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The Syrian Civil War: How It Started
13 December 2024Dan is joined by the Defence Editor for The Economist, Shashank Joshi, to explore the origins of the brutal Syrian civil war that has left the...
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President Calvin Coolidge: The Roaring 20s' Quiet Leader
12 December 2024Sworn in after the death of President Harding by the light of a kerosene lamp, the 30th President of the United States led the country through 6...
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Marie Antoinette
12 December 2024In 1770, 14-year-old Archduchess Maria Antonia of Austria arrived in France to marry Louis XVI. As Marie Antoinette, she became the ultimate diva...
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Predicting Death: Strange History of the Premonitions Bureau
12 December 2024Can we see beyond the veil, glimpse the future before it arrives? John Barker, a psychiatrist with a fascination for the unexplained, thought...
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The Wise Men
12 December 2024The Three Wise Men were kings, magicians, more than three, on camels, walking across deserts and the men who tricked Herod. How can they be all...
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Henry VIII's Tudor Christmas
11 December 2024Tudor Christmas was a time for revelry and fun. Henry VIII and his court celebrated the full 12 days of Christmas in excess, with tables ladened...
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Medieval Burials
10 December 2024What can medieval burial practices reveal about societal values and beliefs? Dr. Eleanor Janega is joined by biological anthropologist Dr. Jo...
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History (and Future) of Dating
10 December 2024The history of lonely hearts ads might be a lot deeper than you'd expect.
For as long as people have been printing newspapers, people (read:...
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Waco: A Cult, the FBI and a Fiery Ending
9 December 202476 people died on 19th April 1993 when the compound of a religious sect, the Branch Davidians, went up in flames. It had been under siege by...
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Elizabeth I & the Sultan of Morocco
9 December 2024Elizabeth I and Sultan Ahmad al-Mansur of Morocco shared a common goal of empire building, despite their cultural, political and religious...
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Ireland's First Witch: Medieval Murderer? (Part 2)
9 December 2024(Part 2/2) Anthony returns to his hometown of Kilkenny to conclude the tale of the first person to be executed for witchcraft in Ireland. Set 700...
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The Eight Tigers: Imperial Eunuchs
9 December 2024The infamous eunuchs of the Ming imperial court are the primary villains of Assassin’s Creed Chronicles China. The Eight Tigers have gone down...
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