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The Cocaine Craze in Victorian Britain
18 August 2024Many things may come to mind when you hear the word 'cocaine' - and we'd wager that the last thing on that list would be the Victorians. But as it...
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36:53
The First Cats
18 August 2024Cats! These much loved furry friends have brightened people’s lives for millenia. And it was the same in ancient times. They were pets. They...
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Sex Work in 18th Century Paris
16 August 2024Paris was a wild place in the 18th century.
It was the Age of the Enlightenment, cafe culture was exploding along with the world of ballet...
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37:34
Crusader Criminals
16 August 2024Please be aware that this episode mentions sexual violence
Amongst the countless crusaders who travelled to the Holy Land, there were...
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56:25
The Real Society of the Snow: I Survived the Andes Flight Crash
15 August 2024Warning: this episode includes descriptions of human suffering and cannibalism.
High in the remote Andes mountains, a Uruguayan rugby team...
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28:47
Kamala Harris: An Unprecedented Candidacy?
15 August 2024Cleopatra, Catherine the Great, Boudicca, Margaret Thatcher, Angela Merkel: what do these women have in common? They were all leaders of their...
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American History Hit: 200 Episodes On
15 August 2024Host Don Wildman has a message for listeners old and new, marking 200 episodes of American History Hit.
American History Hit first started...
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The Parthenon: Wonder of Athens
15 August 2024It is the most famous monument of ancient Greece. Its remains standing tall above modern Athens today, more than 2,000 years old. The Parthenon. A...
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Lorenzo de' Medici, the Magnificent
15 August 2024All this month, Professor Suzannah Lipscomb is taking a deep dive into the complex and controversial House of Medici, which left an indelible mark...
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44:15
Harry Houdini: the Original Ghostbuster
15 August 2024Harry Houdini was the greatest magician that ever lived. He was also the greatest ghostbuster ever, exposing countless spiritual mediums as...
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The Fall of Roman Britain
13 August 2024By 410 AD, over 450 years after Julius Caesar first landed on its shores, the Romans had formally withdrawn from Britain. Burdened by military...
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The Real Joan of Arc
13 August 2024How did a peasant girl go on to lead French armies at the age of 17? How did her visions of saving France from the English play a part in her...
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