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The Secret History of Nuclear War
10 April 2023Why is it that nobody has used the absolute weapon, the nuclear bomb, since 1945? Was it ever likely that the American arsenal would be used...
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Catherine Howard: Henry VIII's Fifth Wife
10 April 2023Catherine Howard was Queen Consort - and fifth wife - to Henry VIII for just 16 months before he had her executed for treason for committing...
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The Assassination that Ended South African Apartheid
9 April 2023The assassination of Chris Hani was a pivotal moment in the dismantling of South African apartheid. On the 10th of April, 1993, he was shot dead...
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Assassins vs Templars: The Assassins & The Crusaders
9 April 2023In 1192, Conrad of Montferrat was assassinated, the question was, did Richard I have anything to do with it? Then, 80 years later Lord Edward, who...
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Athena: Goddess of Wisdom
9 April 2023This episode contains graphic references of a sexual nature.
Athena is the goddess of wisdom, tactical war and skilled craft in Greek...
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Vasectomies
9 April 2023Why did Sigmund Freud want a vasectomy at 67 years old? Why were goat gonads all the rage in the 1920s? Who was the first person to get the...
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Tournaments & Rebellion in Historical Fiction
8 April 2023The Second Baron’s War was a time of great unrest and upheaval in 13th century England. Fought just decades after the signing of Magna Carta, it...
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AI At War: Killer Robots
7 April 2023What if we could take people completely out of the equation when planning military strikes? Lethal autonomous weapons systems use artificial...
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34:15
Sports Bra
7 April 2023REAL LIFE INVENTOR ALERT!!!
Two jockstraps cleverly sewn together. That was how the very first sports bra was made in 1977. The product...
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Hudson River: America's First Art Movement
6 April 2023English-born artist Thomas Cole emigrated to the United States in 1818. Six years later he began what is now known as the Hudson River School,...
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Mary, Queen of Scots on Film: Historians’ Verdict
6 April 2023What do you get when you bring together five top historians to debate Mary, Queen of Scots on film? History with the gloves off - our second...
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Rise of the Assyrians
6 April 2023At its pinnacle, the kingdom of Assyria stretched from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf, a feat few could compare with in 660BCE....
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