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Dogs: Domesticating Wolves, Inventing Breeds (& Killer Beavers)
2 July 2023How do we go from wolves to modern dogs? And where do Killer Beavers fit into the story?
Humans domesticated wolves long before any other...
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Wagner & Putin: The Russian Coup?
30 June 2023On the 24th of June 2023, amidst rising tensions within Russia, the Wagner mercenary group rebelled against the Russian Government. With news...
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Medieval Comedy: Minstrels
30 June 2023Every historian dreams of hitting gold in the archives. Matt Lewis’s guest Dr. James Wade of Girton College, Cambridge has done just...
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Women Warriors: From Boudicca to Ukrainian Snipers
30 June 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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Stonewall
29 June 2023What made June 28 1969 a landmark occasion for LGBTQ+ rights?How was Stonewall different from the uprisings that had come before it? And why were...
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Shakespeare's Plays: The Power of Gestures
29 June 2023When we think of Shakespeare, we mostly think of language. But what about gesture and other forms of nonverbal communication - from thumb-biting...
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Persia and the Bible
29 June 2023As the Babylonian Empire fell into decline, and it's power faded, the Persian Empire stepped in to fill the void that was left - but how did this...
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Toto Koopman: Socialite, Vogue Model and WWII Spy
28 June 2023Toto Koopman was remarkable; she was a high society socialite who risked her life wining and dining with Italian blackshirts in order to gather...
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Ejector Seats: Death Defying Invention
28 June 2023"Eject! Eject!" Imagine hearing that and the next second flying out into the sky at hundreds of miles an hour, your life in the hands of a chair....
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Time Team's Tony Robinson: A Life in History
27 June 2023On this episode of Gone Medieval, Matt Lewis talks to Sir Tony Robinson — actor, author and presenter — who is now hosting his own podcast,...
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Stonewall Uprising: Liberation & Mafia Exploitation
27 June 2023In 1969 America, it was illegal to be gay in 49 out of 50 states. You could be fired from your job and evicted by your landlord if you were found...
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Wagner vs Putin: A History of Russian Coups
26 June 2023On the 24th of June, 2023, Yevgeny Prigozhin and his paramilitary group Wagner carried out what appeared to be an attempted coup in Russia. In a...
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