Podcasts

History (and Future) of Dating

The 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:...

Waco: A Cult, the FBI and a Fiery Ending

76 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...

Elizabeth I & the Sultan of Morocco

Elizabeth I and Sultan Ahmad al-Mansur of Morocco shared a common goal of empire building, despite their cultural, political and religious...

Ireland's First Witch: Medieval Murderer? (Part 2)

(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...

The Eight Tigers: Imperial Eunuchs

The infamous eunuchs of the Ming imperial court are the primary villains of Assassin’s Creed Chronicles China. The Eight Tigers have gone down...

Surviving the Great War: Medics in the Trenches

Warning: this episode contains graphic details of injuries.

The brutal nature of the First World War presented frontline medical personnel...

Hanukkah & the Maccabees

It's perhaps the best known Jewish festival of the year, but what exactly are Hanukkah's origins, and why was it first celebrated?

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Anne of Cleves | Secret Lives of the Six Wives

Anne of Cleves gets a pretty raw deal in the history books.

She's often accused of being ugly, after Henry VIII claimed the painting he had...

Crusades Against Heretics

The Albigensian Crusade was a blood-soaked military campaign, as the church desperately attempted to purge heresy across Christendom in the early...

Fascism in America

The rise of fascism in America in the 1920s & 30s looked just like the rise of fascism in Germany at the same time- scapegoating, the...

Pearl Harbor: The Man Who Spied For Japan

On 7th December, 1941, the Japanese Imperial Navy struck the United States. In an action which killed 2,403 Americans and destroyed 21 US warships...

Origins of the Wheel

It is one of the most pivotal inventions in human history - the wheel.

New research suggests that the wheel was first created by prehistoric...