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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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Surviving the Great War: Medics in the Trenches
9 December 2024Warning: this episode contains graphic details of injuries.
The brutal nature of the First World War presented frontline medical personnel...
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Hanukkah & the Maccabees
8 December 2024It's perhaps the best known Jewish festival of the year, but what exactly are Hanukkah's origins, and why was it first celebrated?
On...
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Anne of Cleves | Secret Lives of the Six Wives
6 December 2024Anne 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...
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Crusades Against Heretics
6 December 2024The Albigensian Crusade was a blood-soaked military campaign, as the church desperately attempted to purge heresy across Christendom in the early...
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Fascism in America
6 December 2024The rise of fascism in America in the 1920s & 30s looked just like the rise of fascism in Germany at the same time- scapegoating, the...
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39:44
Pearl Harbor: The Man Who Spied For Japan
5 December 2024On 7th December, 1941, the Japanese Imperial Navy struck the United States. In an action which killed 2,403 Americans and destroyed 21 US warships...
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Origins of the Wheel
5 December 2024It is one of the most pivotal inventions in human history - the wheel.
New research suggests that the wheel was first created by prehistoric...
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William III & the Persecution of Sodomites
5 December 2024**Warning: This episode contains explicit descriptions of sexual acts and the use of historic terminology that does not align with current...
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33:49
History's Greatest Ghost Hunters: the Warrens
5 December 2024Ghost hunting couple Ed and Lorraine Warren transformed twentieth century America into an enchanted land dotted with haunted houses, cursed...
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Roman Saturnalia
4 December 2024Episode 1 in our 'Origins of Christmas' series. This Roman winter festival laid the foundations for many of our Christmas customs today- feasting,...
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Battles, Kings, and Conquests: A Journey Through Medieval England
3 December 2024Dr. Eleanor Janega invites co-host Matt Lewis to discuss his exciting new book, 'The History Hit Guide to Medieval England.' Matt reveals the...
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