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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.
Episodes
Oct 8, 2020
Oct 8, 2020
38 min
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.
Oct 7, 2020
Oct 7, 2020
40 min
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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Oct 6, 2020
Oct 6, 2020
38 min
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.
Oct 5, 2020
Oct 5, 2020
38 min
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.
Oct 2, 2020
Oct 2, 2020
31 min
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.
Oct 1, 2020
Oct 1, 2020
47 min
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?
Sep 30, 2020
Sep 30, 2020
43 min
Matt Breen, host of The Explorers Podcast, joins us to talk us through his top five explorers in history.
Sep 29, 2020
Sep 29, 2020
32 min
Liz Gloyn joins us to talk to us all about monsters of the classical world and how they are represented in popular culture today.
Sep 28, 2020
Sep 28, 2020
49 min
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.
Sep 25, 2020
Sep 25, 2020
16 min
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.