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Henry VIII's Reckoning: Pilgrimage of Grace
19 January 2026The Pilgrimage of Grace sounds calm, but was in reality a major uprising in the north of England against Henry VIII’s religious and political...
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The Top Assassination Attempts on Hitler
19 January 2026What does it take to kill a dictator? In this episode, we explore the most dramatic assassination attempts on Adolf Hitler. From Georg Elser, the...
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The First Slave Republic & The Haitian Revolution
19 January 2026Assassin’s Creed: Freedom Cry reminds us of an often overlooked turning point in history: the Haitian Revolution, when the slaves of Haiti...
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The Victorian's Dark Obsession with Ancient Egypt
19 January 2026The Victorians had a lot of twisted fascinations, but their fixation on Ancient Egypt might be the darkest of the lot.
From 'mummy...
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The First Arabians
18 January 2026What can ancient DNA tell us about the first homo sapiens to arrive in Arabia over 50,000 years ago? Tristan Hughes is joined by Prof. Pierre...
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How Filthy Were Medieval People?
16 January 2026If there's one sure way to irritate an historian of the Medieval period, it's to ask why the people of the Middle Ages didn't wash.
In this...
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The Origins of Greenland
16 January 2026With Greenland in the news, you may be wondering how and why Greenland became inhabited in the first place. Like all great stories, it is a...
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The Truth about the Two-Term Limit
15 January 2026The two-term limit, the idea that the President of the United States may not seek a third term, has a long history. Originating from a decision...
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How to Survive on Hadrian’s Wall
15 January 2026Step into the daily lives of those stationed along Hadrian's Wall, from Roman soldiers to civilians. Tristan Hughes and Dr. Francis Macintosh are...
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A History of Iran
15 January 2026How does Iran's history underpin today's unrest? Dan traces more than 2,500 years of Iran's story — from the first Persian empires through...
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Hamnet
15 January 2026How much do we really know about William Shakespeare, his wife Anne Hathaway, and the family tragedies that may have shaped the bard's greatest...
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The Deadly Arctic Witch Trials
15 January 2026It all started when a huge storm drowned 40 men on Christmas Eve, 1617.
The people of Vardø, northern Norway, needed someone to...
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