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Challenging the Pope: The Avignon Papacy
21 April 2026Who would pick a fight with the Pope?? Matt Lewis and Dr. Eleanor Janega dive into the explosive clash between Pope Boniface VIII and Philip IV of...
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Who was the first 'Lesbian'?
21 April 2026Was Sappho queer? Or was this Ancient Greek poet just really really good friends with women?
Today on Betwixt the Sheets, Kate is joined by...
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Shays' Rebellion: An Honorable Rebellion?
20 April 2026Shays’ Rebellion has long been taught as a dangerous uprising, one that risked shaking the newly founded United States of America. But by...
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Maria Theresa, Habsburg Empress
20 April 2026How did a woman rise to power, and keep it, in the fiercely male-dominated Habsburg Empire?
From her distrust of the Enlightenment to her...
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57:32
Titanic's Biggest Myths Debunked
20 April 2026Is it true that third-class passengers were locked below decks? Or that more lifeboats would have saved more lives? Did the band really play as...
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51:16
Churchill's Secret Army
20 April 2026Trap doors under toilets, hidden radio rooms in the back of wardrobes, secret bases behind waterfalls....Dan investigates an extraordinary network...
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54:15
Athens vs Persia: The Legend of Themistocles
19 April 2026A legend of the great Greek city of Athens, Themistocles rose from obscurity to save ancient Greece and helped shape one of the greatest naval...
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Sex Work in the American Revolution
17 April 2026Where the American War of Independence raged, the camp followers...followed.
Among them were sex workers, for both the American and British...
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51:34
Legends of Richard the Lionheart
17 April 2026Was Richard the Lionheart really England’s greatest medieval hero? Or is he one of history’s most successful myths, more heroic in legend than...
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46:51
How to Escape Alcatraz
16 April 2026What was it like to live on Alcatraz? And was it possible to escape? In this episode, Don speaks to a historian with the unique experience of...
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58:36
The Hittites
16 April 2026What made the Hittites one of the great Bronze Age powers, and how did their empire survive on war, diplomacy and faith? Tristan Hughes is joined...
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The Murder that Shook Mary Queen of Scots
16 April 2026On the night of Saturday the 9th of March, 1566, a pregnant Mary Queen of Scots was having a dinner party.
It was a night that ended in the...
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