Podcasts

Witchcraft: A History in Four Trials

Most of our knowledge of witchcraft accusations and executions comes from the proceedings of high profile and significant...

Education & The House of Wisdom

The sharing of culture was vital for the Abbasids. Even their predecessors, the Umayyads, had been fascinated by the knowledge of other cultures...

War between the Brothers

Muslims spilled a lot of ink pondering what good government should look like, what a wise ruler should be like, and why it mattered for society....

Tyre: Jewel of Phoenicia

One of the oldest inhabited cities in the world, Tyre was a jewel of the Ancient World. A Phoenician metropolis, and the birth place of numerous...

Alexander The Great

This is everything you need to know about the famed conqueror Alexander the Great. Alongside Tristan Hughes, host of the hit podcast The Ancients,...

Age of Consent: Medieval Meaning, Victorian Scandals & Modern Relevance

While the age of consent has fluctuated over time, it reveals some fascinating and enlightening things about how we view sexuality in...

Origins of the Vietnam War

In 1969, at the height of US presence, there were over half a million Americans in Vietnam.

But why were they there in the first place? When...

Normal Women with Philippa Gregory

Did women really do nothing to shape England’s culture and traditions through centuries of turmoil, plague, famine and religious reform? In...

The Venerable Bede

Bede, whose name towers over early medieval English literature, is often referred to as the “father of English history.” He calculated the...

Gladiators in Britain

When you think of Gladiators you tend to think of Roman Amphitheatres, Hollywood films, and probably not Colchester in the UK. But thanks to the...

England's Greatest Monarchs with David Mitchell

David Mitchell joins Dan in today's episode to ask the all-important question - who was England's greatest monarch? From the 'overrated' William...

Achilles

This episode contains themes of a sexual nature

Achilles is one of the greatest heroes in Greek mythology. The son of Peleus, a Greek King,...