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Real Wives of Dictators | Nadya Alliluyeva, Stalin's Wife
21 March 2025Nadezhda Alliluyeva was born into a revolutionary family, but was it always her fate to marry Joseph Stalin?
She was independent,...
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The Rise & Fall of The Moors in Spain
21 March 2025In 711 an Arab and Berber army crossed the Strait of Gibraltar and invaded the Iberian Peninsula. Seven years later, their conquests had birthed...
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What If JFK Wasn't Shot?
20 March 2025The biggest counterfactual that hangs on the assassination of JFK is this: Would JFK have launched a ground war in the jungles of Vietnam? Don...
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The Iliad
20 March 2025A story of war, honour, and destiny, The Iliad is one of the greatest epics in history. Written by Homer and featuring legendary figures like...
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Henry VIII & his Rabbis
20 March 2025Henry VIII's desire to divorce Catherine of Aragon changed England; it could be justified by a biblical law that prohibited a man from marrying...
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Final Days of Joan of Arc: Trial & Execution
20 March 2025(Part 2/2) Joan of Arc, mystic leader of a French army, was captured and sold to the English who tried her as a witch. What do the final days of...
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Samurai & Shinobi: Historians Review Assassin's Creed Shadows
20 March 20255. Assassin's Creed Shadows Review
Assassin's Creed Shadows is now available to play! Matt Lewis had advanced access to the new game and...
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THE LEADERS: Stalin
19 March 2025Was WWII actually Stalin's War? He's a man whose name is synonymous with absolute power, the epitome of ruthless ambition, his story is one of...
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Edward III: The Little Lion
18 March 2025Dr. Eleanor Janega and Matt Lewis bring our series on the Plantagenets to its climax with a look at one of England's most influential...
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The Truth About Alice in Wonderland
18 March 2025In this episode, we're well and truly going down a rabbit hole. To unpick the controversies surrounding the author of Alice in Wonderland, Kate is...
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The Confederacy: Could They Have Won?
17 March 2025Did the Confederates predict that secession would lead to war? How ready were they to fight? And what was their military strategy?
Cecily...
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Murderous Women
17 March 2025**This podcast contains graphic descriptions of murders and the punishments of those convicted**
Gruesome murders carried out by women...
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