Podcasts

The Mad Monk & The Witch Hunts

Malleus Maleficarum may sound like a spell but it is actually almost the opposite. This book was nicknamed the Hammer of Witches, and today we're...

Reconstruction Era: Terror in the South

Reconstruction promised freedom and political equality, but how quickly did that promise begin to unravel? Why did white Southern resistance...

The Making of Osama bin Laden

A deep dive into the rise and fall of Osama bin Laden, from his affluent childhood in Saudi Arabia to his assassination during the biggest manhunt...

True Crime: Mass Murderering Artist Cellini

How did a murderous, swaggering, wildly unreliable goldsmith become one of the most celebrated artists of the 16th century? Does genius excuse...

The Spy Who Fooled The Nazis

She was the only person during World War Two to parachute from Britain behind enemy lines into Nazi-occupied Germany, all while wearing a...

How Slavery Built the Roman Empire

Was the Roman Empire really made by conquest? Or was it powered by something much darker?

For centuries, millions of enslaved people...

Henry III vs. Simon de Montfort

Was Henry III overthrown by England's first constitutional revolution? How did Simon de Montfort's rebellion change the course of...

History's Deadliest Women: The Husband Killer

Until the 19th century in Britain, a woman killing her husband was guilty of worse than murder, she was guilty of petty treason.

So what is...

Marco Polo and The Court of the Great Kublai Khan

No throne on Earth came close to rivalling it. The court of Kublai Khan stood at the centre of an empire that threw every other power of its age...

Romulus & Remus

The story of Romulus and Remus is one of the most famous myths from the ancient world. But the Romans believed the founding of their city...

C.S. Lewis & Narnia: Renaissance Origins

Why does C.S. Lewis's Narnia - with its images of winter, sacrifice, kingship and renewal - continue to resonate with generations of readers? How...

Civil War Battle Of The Ironclads

In March 1862, wooden warships had dominated global warfare for centuries. In less than 48 hours off the coast of Virginia, two experimental metal...