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Henry III vs. Simon de Montfort
16 May 2023After speaking to Gone Medieval in April 2022 about the first volume of his magisterial biography of Henry III, David Carpenter promised Matt...
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Nazi Codebreaking with Betty Webb
15 May 2023Betty Webb is the last known living veteran who worked on both German and Japanese codes at Bletchley Park and Dan got an invite to her 100th...
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41:28
LBJ's Legacy
15 May 2023The Vietnam War or the Great Society? Which event looms larger in the history of the United States?
The 36th President of the United...
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The Dambusters Raid with Max Hastings
15 May 202380 years ago, in the late hours of May 16th 1943, Wing Commander Guy Gibson fearlessly commanded the 617 Squadron of the Royal Air Force to...
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Enslaved Children in 16th Century Spain
15 May 2023Following the Second Granada War (1568-70), thousands of Moriscos in Spain were exiled, imprisoned or enslaved. Moriscos were former Muslims who...
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37:01
The Haitian Revolution and King Henri Christophe
14 May 2023In the summer of 1791, thousands of enslaved people in Saint Domingue, as Haiti was then known, cast aside their shackles and revolted against...
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38:05
Chicken Nuggets: A Bitesized History
14 May 2023The most famous chicken nugget of them all, the McDonald’s McNugget, turns 40 this year. So we’re asking, who invented the Chicken...
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41:45
Nebuchadnezzar
14 May 2023One of the most famous Babylonian Kings - Nebuchadnezzar II was a legendary ruler who appears in biblical stories, cuneiform texts, and was...
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The Rise & Fall of the de la Pole Family
12 May 2023The de la Pole dynasty played a central role in the Wars of the Roses. Theirs is a fascinating story of the rises and falls that plagued families...
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17:58
Hiding Anne Frank
12 May 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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Witch Hunts of Scotland
12 May 2023In 1603, James VI & I became the first king of Scotland and England. But this isn’t the only reason he was remarkable. Because he also had a...
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The Rise of Buffalo Bill
11 May 2023He was the most famous man in the world at the turn of the 20th century, bringing the American frontier to the rest of the United States, the...
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