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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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Thursday Oct 08, 2020
Thursday Oct 08, 2020
Jonathan Jones joins us to discuss a sad consequence of the American civil war with a talk on opiate addiction amongst veterans and its consequences.
Wednesday Oct 07, 2020
Wednesday Oct 07, 2020
To celebrate the release of two new books, history heavyweight Simon Sebag Montefiore joins us to talk about the greatest speeches and the greatest letters of all time.
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Tuesday Oct 06, 2020
Tuesday Oct 06, 2020
Carla Ionescu joins us to fly the flag for the goddess Artemis, and to tell us why she deserves far more credit than she currently receives.
Monday Oct 05, 2020
Monday Oct 05, 2020
Join us as we talk to Andy Chatterton to find out what would have happened if the Nazi's had been successful in invading Britain. Just what preparations had been made to boot them back off our fair isle? Who were our unsung heroes? The answer is as eccentrically British and silly as you'd hope.
Friday Oct 02, 2020
Friday Oct 02, 2020
Is military intelligence an oxymoron?! Ben Hodges joins us to explain why this isn't funny, cuts down some silly assumptions and explains how intelligence progressed in the inter-war period.
Thursday Oct 01, 2020
Thursday Oct 01, 2020
Katharine Fellowes joins us to reveal all about one of the Renaissance's most eminent families. How did they get to power, how did they stay there? And should we believe everything we see on television?
Wednesday Sep 30, 2020
Wednesday Sep 30, 2020
Matt Breen, host of The Explorers Podcast, joins us to talk us through his top five explorers in history.
Tuesday Sep 29, 2020
Tuesday Sep 29, 2020
Liz Gloyn joins us to talk to us all about monsters of the classical world and how they are represented in popular culture today.
Monday Sep 28, 2020
Monday Sep 28, 2020
Just how did it get to the point where the Nazi's tried to enact the Final Solution? Holocaust historian Nicholas Terry joins us to talk all about 1941 and why it was a crucial point in a horrific tale.
Friday Sep 25, 2020
Friday Sep 25, 2020
Owen Griffiths rejoins us with another quick tales from the annals of Welsh folklore. Every wondered why Wales loved the dragon enough to put it on their flag? Tune in to find out.