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Poseidon: God of the Sea
27 July 2023God of the sea, earthquakes, and horses, Poseidon is one of the most iconic Olympians.
In this episode, host Tristan Hughes is joined by...
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41:54
Tudor Gifts: How to Win Friends and Influence People
27 July 2023How meaningful can a gift - especially of a book - be? In the fickle world of the Tudor court, the strategic gifting of books was a common...
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43:51
Oppenheimer: What If America Never Dropped the Atomic Bomb?
26 July 2023The new Oppenheimer movie has everyone asking questions about the atomic bombs dropped on Japan in 1945 - were two bombs necessary? Would the war...
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34:44
The Walkman: The First Intimate Technology
26 July 2023Think about how intimate our relationship with technology is. In today’s day and age, it’s almost impossible to function in the modern world...
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39:01
The Fall of Mussolini
25 July 2023Benito Mussolini, the Italian fascist dictator met a gruesome end during the final days of World War II when he and his mistress were executed and...
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How to Survive Plague and War in the Middle Ages
25 July 2023Throughout history, there have been plenty of hugely destructive, catastrophic moments. And yet somehow the human race managed to live on until...
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41:53
Barbie: Feminist Icon?
25 July 2023Barbie is many things: an astronaut, a robotics engineers, a judge, and now a movie star! But can she be considered a feminist...
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44:24
Warrior Women: Boudicca to Ukrainian Snipers
24 July 2023From Boudicca to Ukrainian snipers, battlefields have always contained a surprising number of women.
Today Kate is joined Betwixt the Sheets...
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31:54
Barbie: German Sex Doll to American Icon
24 July 2023She's an icon, a polymath, a fashionista, and she's absolutely everywhere right now.
Where did Barbie come from? What has she represented to...
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54:28
The Reformation: What Catholics & Protestants Believed
24 July 2023In the sixteenth century, religious beliefs underwent a dramatic change. As differences between the late medieval Roman Catholic Church and the...
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43:44
Chairman Mao
24 July 2023Leader of the Chinese Communist Party from 1949 until his death in 1976, Chairman Mao reshaped the nation's course of history, founding the...
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28:55
Nazi's Most Wanted: Assassin Hannie Schaft
23 July 2023Known among the Nazis as "the girl with the red hair," Hannie Schaft was a resistance fighter so deadly that Adolf Hitler personally ordered her...
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