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Facebook at Twenty: From College Dorms to Court Cases
7 February 2024Where did the idea for Facebook come from? How has the site evolved? And how has it changed the world? In this episode, 20 years after the...
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The Real King Arthur
7 February 2024If King Arthur never existed, why does he loom so large in England's history? Dan traces the real-life figures who could have been the legendary...
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Who are the Houthis?
7 February 2024As Houthi missile attacks on shipping in the Red Sea continue, we turn to the past to answer the all-important questions - who are the Houthis,...
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Origins of the Civil War
5 February 2024The war between the Union and the Confederacy is a major turning point in the history of the United States. But why did it happen?
From...
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The REAL Charles Dickens with Miriam Margolyes
5 February 2024Joining us today is writer, actor and all-round Charles Dickens superfan Miriam Margolyes.
You might be familiar with Dickens' hugely...
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Supernatural Beings in Early Modern Britain
5 February 2024In the early modern period, it was patently clear to everyone that supernatural beings, foremost among them the devil, were at work in the world,...
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How Everyday People Built Medieval Japan
5 February 2024When it comes to Japan in the Middle Ages, we think mostly of stories of the Shogun, samurai and ninjas. But for a society dominated by the...
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The Reluctant Pirate: William Kidd
5 February 2024The new season of "Echoes of History" features Ubisoft's new game: "Skull and Bones".
You're not born a pirate, you become one. This motto...
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The City of Alexandria
5 February 2024This is the story of a city that laid the foundations for our modern world. Sitting at the intersection of East and West, Alexandria has been home...
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The Epic of Gilgamesh: Rise of Enkidu
4 February 2024The Epic of Gilgamesh is one of the oldest surviving works of storytelling from history. Written in ancient Mesopotamia over three thousand years...
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The Fairy Hoax That Fooled the World
4 February 2024In 1920 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle published a story more explosive than any adventure of Sherlock Holmes. He claimed that photographic evidence had...
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WWII: The Allied Invasion of Italy
4 February 2024By the summer of 1943, there were Allied boots on Axis soil. Sicily had been taken, and fascism's grip on Italy was beginning to loosen. But...
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