Podcasts

Legendary Woman Samurai: Hosokawa Gracia

Toda Mariko, or Mariko-san, one of the main characters from the new TV series Shogun - adapted from James Clavell's epic novel - is based on a...

Last Witches of England

This is the dark history of the last people to be executed for witchcraft in England. In 1682, Temperance Lloyd, Mary Trembles and Susannah...

The Ark of the Covenant

The Ark of the Covenant is one of the most famous, yet mysterious, objects mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. This special box that held the sacred 10...

The Other D-Day: The Eastern Front

Historian, broadcaster and author Jonathan Dimbleby joins Dan to explain how Hitler's plans in the East went disastrously wrong.

2 weeks...

Dan's History Heroes: Britain's Greatest Soldier, Part 2

Please note that this episode contains some explicit language.

This is the story of Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart, Britain's most extraordinary...

The REAL Bridgerton: Historians React To Season 3

*SPOILER ALERT: THIS EPISODE CONTAINS DETAILS OF SEASON 3 OF BRIDGERTON*

With the second part of season 3 of Bridgerton dropping on Netflix...

Pope Joan: Sacred Scandal

Out of the shadowy world of the medieval church, an extraordinary legend emerged of a woman who disguised herself as a man and remarkably, rose to...

Dan's History Heroes: Britain's Greatest Soldier, Part 1

This is the story of Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart, Britain's most extraordinary soldier. The one-handed, one-eyed, walking stick-wielding war hero...

Presidential Pardons: Mormons, Conscientious Objectors & January 6th

In the US Constitution, the President of the United States is granted the right to pardon those convicted of federal crimes.

But how do they...

Six Wives: Anne of Cleves

Six wives - six lives that we think we know everything about. But beyond their mostly doomed marriages to Henry VIII and, in most...

The ‘Genius’ Killer

The so-called 'Genius' Killer was a murderer who seemed to be both philosopher and psychopath, whose brain was one of the largest ever recorded....

Kyoto: Japan's Imperial City

During the Onin Wars of the early Sengoku period, Kyoto was razed as civil war struck the Imperial capital. Only with unification did the city...