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The Brothels of Imperial Russia
24 April 2026In today's episode we're taking you back to the brothels of 19th century St. Petersburg.
Sex work was legalised under the Emperor Nicholas...
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Offa, King of the Mercians
24 April 2026Was Offa a tyrant whose reputation was forever tainted by the killing of his prospective son-in-law? Or a visionary ruler whose achievements have...
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37:29
The Astors, The Gilded Age & The Building of New York
23 April 2026From fur traders to rulers of the New York social scene - how did the Astors rise to the top? What did it mean to be 'Old Money' in the Gilded...
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The Assassination of Trotsky
23 April 2026This is the true story of the plot to kill Stalin's greatest enemy. It involves ice axe, a bloody study in Mexico City, and a betrayal years in...
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49:15
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
23 April 2026On a summer day in Sarajevo in 1914, a young man fired two rounds of his pistol in the middle of the street, killing a Royal couple... He didn't...
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53:45
Anne Boleyn at Hever Castle
23 April 2026What was Anne Boleyn like before she became the most controversial queen in English history? Can the rooms and gardens at her childhood home...
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46:00
The First Tools
23 April 2026What if the first technology was just a stone?
Tristan Hughes and Dr. Emma Finestone, - Curator and the Robert J. and Linnet E. Fritz...
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56:53
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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41:39
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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45:44
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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50:07
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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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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