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The Library of Alexandria
25 April 2024The Library of Alexandria was one of the most important and most celebrated buildings of the ancient Mediterranean. It was a great hub of learning...
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The Birth of Science in 16th Century Europe
25 April 2024The traditional view of the birth of modern science places it firmly in the 17th century with such huge names as Bacon, Descartes, Newton, and...
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Cannibalism in Scotland: Legend of Sawney Bean
25 April 2024According to legend, Sawney Bean and Agnes "Black" Douglas raised a clan of cannibals in a remote Scottish cave. They killed and ate unlucky...
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Rwandan Genocide Explained
23 April 2024Warning: This episode contains some upsetting descriptions of human suffering.
The Rwandan Genocide is a dark and pivotal moment in modern...
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Medieval Italy
23 April 2024The huge peninsula of what we today call Italy saw waves of invasions and sweeping changes over the course of the Medieval period, with huge...
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Ancient Greek Sexual Health: Wandering Wombs & Headless Beetles
23 April 2024If there’s one thing you’ll find out from this episode, it’s that the Ancient Greeks were better at philosophy than...
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Pontius Pilate
22 April 2024Pontius Pilate was the Roman Prefect of Judea during the reign of Emperor Tiberius and is most famous for condemning Jesus of Nazareth to death by...
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Founding Father: Who Was John Hancock?
22 April 2024An iconic signature on the Declaration of Independence - that is what John Hancock is best known for. But how did he come to be the first...
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What is the Yeti?
22 April 2024Did you know legendary mountaineer Edmund Hillary found evidence of the Yeti? Or that David Attenborough is on board with the idea it exists?...
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How Spices Shaped the Modern World
22 April 2024In the 16th century, spices drove the world economy, creating riches on an unprecedented scale. Spanish and Portuguese explorers competed to find...
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The Battle of Crécy
21 April 2024The English won a decisive battlefield victory over the French in the first decade of the Hundred Years' War. At the Battle of Crécy, an...
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Apollo: God of the Sun
21 April 2024Apollo, the favourite son of Zeus and twin brother of Artemis, was a Greek God with many faces. Perhaps most famous as Phoebus, the God of the...
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