Comedy legend Omid Djalili, who grew up in an Iranian Baha'i family, comes on the show to provide a fascinating insight into his relationship with ...
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Watch NowSir Paul Preston CBE comes on the show to discuss Spain's modern history and explain why the stripping away of its empire in the early 19...
Watch NowDominic Sandbrook comes on the podcast to talk through the early 1980s in all their gaudy glory and why this period marks a decisive turning ...
Watch NowKatie Wignall, founder of Look Up London, shines a light on the stories of Annie Besant, Annie Brewster and Sylia Pankhurst, several heroines who transformed ...
Watch NowAll sides in the Second World War believed that aerial bombardment could decisively affect the strategic outcome of the conflict. But did the unprecedented onslaught ...
Watch NowAviation historian Victoria Taylor answers key questions about the air war of World War Two: from the significance of the Dambusters raid to how we ...
Watch NowJames Holland, leading World War Two historian and bestselling author, joins Dan Snow on the podcast to talk about why and how bombing reached such ...
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Dr. Jamie Wood and Professor Niall Mackay at the University of York are mathematicians who love history. Sensible dudes. They released a paper which sent ...
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We were delighted to have comedy royalty on the podcast. Omid Djalili talked to me about one of his earliest stage creations, first performed at ...
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There are more historic artefacts on our ocean floor than there are in every museum in the world put together. Over thousands of years ships ...
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Everyone is Thomas Cromwell obsessed at the moment. The man who rose to be the most powerful member of Henry VIII's court, his Lord Privy ...
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Daniel Todman is a Professor of Modern History at Queen Mary. He has just published his epic study of how during the Second World War ...
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Great leaders? Industrial change? Revolutions? If you thought these were the things that shaped history, think again. Back by popular demand, I was thrilled to ...
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Off the coast of the Gaza Strip fishermen have been discovering coins of extreme rarity and importance. They date from the brief reign of Alexander ...
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Dan chats with journalist and author Ed West about Ed's conservative views, which make him an anomaly among his peers. They explore why conservatives have ...
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In this episode, Dan meets New York Times journalist and writer Bari Weiss, who grew up near and attended the Tree of Life synagogue in ...
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Of all the clubs in the world, perhaps the most extraordinary is the Guinea Pig Club, a group of Second World War veterans that suffered ...
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Professor Paul Preston doesn’t pull his punches. His magisterial new history of modern Spain is called 'A People Betrayed'. He is the greatest living ...
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I was thrilled to chat to Paul Morland, a historian who uses population to explain almost all the major global shifts and events of the ...
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