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Outlaws vs the FBI: J. Edgar Hoover's G-Men
19 December 2024What makes the ideal gangster hunter? In the 1930s, outlaws like John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson and Bonnie & Clyde were the scourge on the...
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42:12
The Birth of Money
19 December 2024Gold has shaped human history for several millennia. But how and when did it first turn into currency? And what can it tell us about the birth of...
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52:05
The Bible
19 December 2024How did the Bible transform from a guarded manuscript read in secret to a book accessible to millions?
Professor Suzannah Lipscomb is joined...
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Inside the Foundling: London's First Orphanage (Part 2)
19 December 2024(2/2) We find out what life inside the Foundling Hospital was like as we complete the heartbreaking and heartwarming history of London's first...
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Georgian Christmas
18 December 2024Pantomimes, pleasure gardens, bare-knuckle boxing and political upheaval. Christmas in the 18th and early 19th centuries was a very different...
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How Did People Smell in Medieval Times?
17 December 2024Accessing stories from the past can be difficult, but how do we access smells from the past?
In today's episode, Kate is joined by...
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The Haunting Medieval World of M.R.James
17 December 2024The chilling ghost stories of M.R.James are as much a part of our Christmas television viewing as the King’s speech. But few realise that...
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Was the Civil War Won by Chance?
16 December 2024How did a couple's holiday save Kyoto from certain ruin? How did a landslide contribute to the Revolutionary War? Basically, how have chance...
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33:37
Pirates of the Pacific & the Spanish Empire
16 December 2024Pirates weren’t just a menace on the high seas - they were a direct threat to Spain’s empire-building ambitions in the Pacific. Professor...
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Lost Children of Georgian London (Part 1)
16 December 2024Today Anthony and Maddy look into the heartbreaking history of the Foundling Hospital, now London’s saddest museum.
Starting in the...
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The Mongol Invasions of Ming China
16 December 2024In Assassin's Creed Chronicles China, players foil a plot by Altan Khan to invade Ming China with his Mongol army. But who was Altan Khan, and how...
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The Cod Wars
16 December 2024In the long and lamentable history of human conflicts, the Cod Wars have to be among the most bizarre. And what was the catalyst for them? You...
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