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Human Origins: Australopithecus
11 June 2023For millions of years, Australopithecus thrived in Africa's vast landscapes, laying the groundwork for the emergence of the Homo genus. Later,...
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The Greatest Medieval Divorce Scandal
9 June 2023In 855, the Carolingian king Lothar II was married to the aristocratic Teutberga for political reasons. But there was a third...
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Vietnam War & Australia
9 June 2023With discussions of the Vietnam War often focusing on the United States' role and position on the Asian continent, countries like Australia...
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Victorian Pregnancy & Childbirth: The Untold History
9 June 2023Why did Victorian doctors recommend women to lie still in solitary confinement for days after giving birth? What was the 'sit up and cough'...
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The Wright Brothers
8 June 2023Approximately 100 thousand flights take off and land each and every day. A months long journey on a boat is condensed to just a few hours with the...
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Ravenna and the Fall of Rome
8 June 2023The fall of the Western Roman Empire stands as one of the most monumental moments in ancient history, symbolising the end of centuries of Roman...
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Elizabethan 'Travel Liar': The Truth about David Ingram
8 June 2023In 1567, a sailor named David Ingram sailed from Plymouth with 400 others on a slaving expedition. The ensuing events read like a fantastic...
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The British Empire
7 June 2023The British Empire was one of the most influential and far-reaching empires in history. Dan and his guest journalist and author Sathnam Sanghera...
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Suffragette Scientists
7 June 2023Hold onto your lab coats, because the suffragette scientists are here to shake things up! Patricia Fara, author of A Lab of One's Own, joins...
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Hiding Anne Frank
6 June 2023In this episode of Warfare, host James Patton Rogers is joined by Tony Phelan and Susanna Fogel, creators of the new TV series A Small Light,...
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The Pre-Raphaelites: Art & Sexual Liberation
6 June 2023The Pre-Raphaelites: Art & Sexual Liberation
If there’s one thing we like to embrace on this podcast, it’s a slice of controversy. Which...
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Medieval Japan: Myths of the Samurai
6 June 2023Medieval Japan - especially its stories of fearless Samurai and Ninja warriors - have an enduring place in our consciousness. But how true are...
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