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The Pharisees
11 June 2026The Pharisees are one of the most familiar names in the ancient world, but are they also one of the most misunderstood?
Tristan Hughes is...
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Great Plague of London
11 June 2026What effect did the Great Plague have on Londoners, their society and the wider state?
Professor Suzannah Lipscomb and Rebecca Rideal...
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The Sicilian Catacombs of the Living Dead
11 June 2026*Warning: this episode contains discussions of child death*
Deep beneath the sunny streets of Palermo Sicily, the Capuchin Catacombs are...
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Hildegard of Bingen - Prophetess, Composer, Mystic
9 June 2026How did a cloistered, twelfth century nun become a visionary, composer, healer, preacher, and adviser to popes and emperors?
Despite having...
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The Truth about Adam & Eve
9 June 2026What really went down in the Garden of Eden? Was there an apple? Was there a snake? Was the 'original sin' all that bad?
To answer these...
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What Made America: The Constitution & The Franklins
8 June 2026We've asked some of our favorite historians for their number one moment from these 250 years of the United States' History. For this episode,...
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Harald Hardrada
8 June 2026Exile, mercenary, Viking king. Harald Hardrada, 'Thunderbolt of the North', fought his way from Norway to Byzantium, from the streets of...
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Anne Boleyn: Ambition or Faith?
8 June 2026Was Anne Boleyn a seductress, a schemer, or something far more radical? What happens when we look at Anne not through the lens of sex and scandal,...
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How Boudica Took On The Roman Empire
8 June 2026Ancient Britain was occupied by the Romans, and tension was building with local tribes.
Their brutal occupation reached a breaking...
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The Rosetta Stone
7 June 2026In July 1799, French soldiers unearthed a stone that would transform our understanding of the ancient world. Discovered in a fort at Rashid, the...
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The Black Death: A Global Apocalypse?
5 June 2026A plague of terrifying speed, mysterious symptoms and global reach, the Black Death transformed more than Europe alone.
Matt Lewis is joined...
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Supersluts of History: Roman Empress Theodora
5 June 2026In this new mini-series, we're exploring and celebrating women whose sexuality was used to define them.
First up is Roman Empress Theodora....
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