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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 Jun 24, 2022
Friday Jun 24, 2022
Victor Sebestyen joins us to talk all about his new book, which focuses on the often turbulent history of the city of his birth.
Buy Victor's book, Budapest: Between East and West, at the History Hack Bookshop here: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/6252/9781474609999
Support us: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack
Wednesday Jun 22, 2022
Wednesday Jun 22, 2022
Alan Smith joins us to talk about an HMS Victory (but not THAT HMS Victory), and Admiral Balchen who went down with her.
Buy Alan's book, Balchen's Victory: The Loss and Rediscovery of an Admiral and His Ship, at the History Hack Bookshop here: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/6252/9781399094122
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Monday Jun 20, 2022
Monday Jun 20, 2022
Teresa Cole joins us for a jaunt through half a millennium of history in search of the eight men who have reigned so far as King Henry.
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Friday Jun 17, 2022
Friday Jun 17, 2022
Mei Trow joins us to talk all about the role of women in the Crimean War.
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Wednesday Jun 15, 2022
Wednesday Jun 15, 2022
Join Charly and Chris as they dive into boat-adjacent history with John van der Kiste and discuss how James II let his reign descend into revolution.
Buy John's book, James II and the First Modern Revolution: The End of Absolute Monarchy, at the History Hack Bookshop here: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/6252/9781399001403
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Monday Jun 13, 2022
Monday Jun 13, 2022
You've seen a pike phalanx in action in films, but what are they doing, and why? Christopher Matthew joins us for a masterclass on ancient warfare.
Buy Christopher's book, Storm of Spears: Understanding the Greek Hoplite in Action, at the History Hack Bookshop here: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/6252/9781848842953
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Friday Jun 10, 2022
Friday Jun 10, 2022
Daisy Dunn joins us to talk about how Oxford found itself at war, even after the First World War ended...
Buy Daisy's book, Not Far From Brideshead: Oxford Between the Wars, at the History Hack Bookshop: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/6252/9781474615570
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Wednesday Jun 08, 2022
Wednesday Jun 08, 2022
Vampires are real. And we promise we aren't trolling. Richard Sugg drops by to explain how.
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Monday Jun 06, 2022
Monday Jun 06, 2022
Shelley Puhak joins us to discuss two fearless Early Medieval queens, Brunhild (yes that one) and her sister-in-law Fredegund. It is a wild ride across the blood-soaked landscape of sixth-century Merovingian France, which Boney calls Germany in his intro...
Buy Shelley's book, The Dark Queens: A gripping tale of power, ambition and murderous rivalry in early medieval France, at our Bookshop: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/6252/9781801109154
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Friday Jun 03, 2022
Friday Jun 03, 2022
Richard Cohen joins us to talk about the nuts and bolts of how history gets written, and the people who have shaped how we study the past.
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