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We are a slightly mad, always fun podcast bringing you all the History you love and a lot that you didn‘t know you‘d love until you heard it here! Recommended by BBC Radio, and presented by acclaimed historian Alexandra Churchill, with Alina Nowobilska, Chris Sams and the rest of the awesome team.
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Friday Jan 08, 2021
#324 History Hack: Paris is Falling
Friday Jan 08, 2021
Friday Jan 08, 2021
English and Polish girls interview a Texan about French history. Specifically, Ian Boyd joins us for a fascinating chat on sinkholes, armageddon-like events and catacombs in Paris.

Thursday Jan 07, 2021
#323 History Hack: Love's Madness
Thursday Jan 07, 2021
Thursday Jan 07, 2021
Anna Jamieson joins us to talk all about perceptions of female "madness" in the 18th and early 19th centuries.

Thursday Jan 07, 2021
#322 History Hack: Hedge-Hopping with Matt Bone
Thursday Jan 07, 2021
Thursday Jan 07, 2021
In his monthly instalment, Matt Bone is joined by historian Mike Bechthold to discuss the Battle of Bardia.

Wednesday Jan 06, 2021
#321 History Hack: Myth-busting the Falklands War
Wednesday Jan 06, 2021
Wednesday Jan 06, 2021
Ricky Phillips joins us to tackle all manner on nonsensical claims made about a highly controversial conflict.

Tuesday Jan 05, 2021
#320 History Hack: Horses in the Ancient World
Tuesday Jan 05, 2021
Tuesday Jan 05, 2021
Carolyn Willekes joins us to myth bust and talk all about the development of man's relationship with horses in ancient history.

Monday Jan 04, 2021
#320 History Hack: Nazi Invasion: The Special Duties Branch
Monday Jan 04, 2021
Monday Jan 04, 2021
Andrew Chatterton returns to talk all about the covert Special Duties Branch and what was expected of them in the event that Hitler invaded Britain during the Second World War.

Friday Jan 01, 2021
#318: Sharpe's Gold
Friday Jan 01, 2021
Friday Jan 01, 2021
Alex, Marcus, Zack and Matt host a reunion for the oddity that is Sharpe's Gold; with Jason Salkey, Ian Shaw, Peter Eyre, Hugh Ross and Abel Folk.

Friday Jan 01, 2021
#317 History Hack: Caroline of Ansbach
Friday Jan 01, 2021
Friday Jan 01, 2021
Charlotte Ward joins us to talk all about George II's consort and her life from German childhood to Queen of England.

Thursday Dec 31, 2020
#316 History Hack: Down the Pub
Thursday Dec 31, 2020
Thursday Dec 31, 2020
Join the regulars in The Mary Rose as they willingly bid goodbye to 2020 with a game of historical shag, marry kill

Thursday Dec 31, 2020
#315 History Hack: Medieval Zombies
Thursday Dec 31, 2020
Thursday Dec 31, 2020
Polina Ignatova joins us to talk all about the history of the undead in medieval literature.