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Lewis & Clark & Sacagawea's Expedition
25 June 2026Lewis and Clark's expedition is a foundational story of America and Sacagawea was more central to it than is remembered. We hear this incredible...
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38:50
Life in the Trenches
25 June 2026What was life really like in the trenches of the First World War? In this episode, we step into the mud of the Western Front to hear about the...
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47:49
True Crime: Moll Cutpurse - London's Cross-Dressing Criminal
25 June 2026How did one woman scandalise sixteenth century London by refusing to live by its rules?
Mary Frith - aka Moll Cutpurse - rejected the...
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46:23
Stonehenge with Ken Follett
25 June 2026What if the secrets of Stonehenge lie not just in the stones, but in the people who hauled them there?
Tristan Hughes sits down with...
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45:54
The Murder Network That Terrified Versailles
25 June 2026In 17th century France, Louis XIV's court sparkled with luxury. It also teemed with poison, occult rituals and aristocrats trying to murder their...
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51:59
Medieval Royal Bastards
23 June 2026What really made a royal bastard, and could illegitimacy be a path to power as much as a barrier?
Dr Eleanor Janega is joined by Lauren...
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39:29
Sex Work in Alaska's Gold Rush
23 June 2026Why on earth would anyone make a perilous journey across wilderness and snow covered mountains, all because of a bit of gold?
This isn't...
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36:45
What Made America? Victory in the Civil War
22 June 2026Was the Civil War a 'Second American Revolution', or was it a continued evolution of the nation set out by the Founding Fathers? How did Lincoln...
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37:30
Spain vs Portugal: The Spice Race
22 June 2026What happens when tiny volcanic islands become the most valuable real estate on Earth? In the 16th century, Portugal and Spain launched a deadly...
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57:58
Pocahontas & the Virginian Venture
22 June 2026How did the Stuarts turn fragile American outposts into an empire? How did English settlers, Native peoples - including Pocahontas - and London...
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53:34
History's Greatest Ghosts with Uncanny's Danny Robins
22 June 2026In this special episode of After Dark. Anthony and Uncanny’s Danny Robins delve into historical ghost stories and explore why our obsession with...
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42:30
The Library of Alexandria
21 June 2026The Library of Alexandria was one of the most important and most celebrated buildings of the ancient Mediterranean. It was a great hub of learning...
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