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Neanderthal Britain
21 July 2024For more than 100,000 years, Neanderthals made their home in Ice Age Britain, right on the edge of the inhabitable world. But what evidence do we...
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US Presidents Who Escaped Assassination
19 July 2024Lincoln, FDR, Reagan, Clinton, Bush and now Trump. All have been targets of assassination attempts while in or running for office. Listen to this...
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46:40
The Medieval Tudors
19 July 2024We don't often use the word 'Tudor' on Gone Medieval but we can't ignore how the Tudors have a sensational medieval story.
Henry VII...
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47:55
Incest & Royalty: House of the Dragon & Beyond
19 July 2024With the House of the Dragon featuring *that* incest scene, we thought we'd look into the real history of sexual relations within...
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Sovereignty, the Constitution and 100 years of Citizenship: Native Rights
18 July 2024This podcast contains adult language.
What was the ‘Indian Citizenship Act’ of 1924? Why was it necessary? How did it happen? And why...
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47:39
Pyramid of the Sun
18 July 2024The Pyramid of the Sun is ancient America’s Great Pyramid of Giza. Built in the legendary city of Teotihuacán, and given its name by the...
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Spycraft: From the Elizabethans to the Restoration
18 July 2024The 16th and 17th centuries were a crucial time for spycraft, full of political intrigue and diplomatic subterfuge. Walsingham was known as a 'Spy...
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Real History of the Illuminati
18 July 2024There really was a secret society called the Illuminati that aimed to create a New World Order. This is true story of the Illuminati and how they...
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The Royal Marines
17 July 2024Members of this elite unit - formed in 1664 under Charles II - were present at the American Revolution, the Battle of Trafalgar, the Crimean War,...
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US Presidents Who Were Almost Assassinated
16 July 2024Lincoln, FDR, Reagan, Clinton, Bush and now Trump. All have been targets of assassination attempts while in or running for office. Dan is joined...
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Gaslighting to Woke: Origins of Modern Buzzwords
16 July 2024What does it mean to be 'woke'? What did the bluesman Leadbelly mean when he coined the phrase? And what does a story set in Victorian London have...
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The Murder of Thomas Becket
16 July 2024Today on Gone Medieval we arrive at one of the most consequential events in English history; the murder of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas...
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