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Holy Sh*t: A Brief History of Swearing
5 September 2022*WARNING: This episode contains very strong language - including the F and C words - and derogatory terms for sex workers. So if you're likely to...
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37:37
WW2: The British Resistance
5 September 2022If Germany's audacious plan to invade Britain - Operation Sea Lion - had succeeded, what exactly would the country's last line of defence have...
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28:11
The Man Who Rebuilt the Faces of WW1
4 September 2022The mechanised warfare of the First World War brought unprecedented new levels of firepower and destruction to the battlefield and with it...
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28:00
Contact Lenses
4 September 2022The Contact Lens. The humble Contact Lens. Oh boy, do we have a rip-roaring episode for you about the humble contact lens.
Nazi villains,...
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44:46
Rise of the Persians
4 September 2022The Achaemenid Empire, or better known as the First Persian Empire, was one of the largest empires in History - led by Cyrus the Great it covered...
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40:40
The Medieval Bishop’s Sex Workers
3 September 2022Outside Medieval London’s city walls, Southwark was a land without rules. It was the place where people went to indulge their love of theatre,...
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51:49
The Battle of Salamanca
2 September 2022The Battle of Salamanca was fought in Napoleonic Spain on 22 July 1812, during the Peninsula War. It pitted Lt Gen Arthur Arthur Wellesley, the...
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38:45
Mafia Women
2 September 2022Who was Pupetta Maresca? And what did she do to become the first woman in Italy to be prohibited from having a funeral?
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41:22
Prosthetics in Antiquity
1 September 2022Prosthetics - an artificial feature or body part commonly used to either help restore functions of lost limbs, or change a person's appearance....
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42:02
Shakespeare’s Henry V
1 September 2022This week marks 600 years since the death of King Henry V, perhaps best known for his military successes during the Hundred Years War against...
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39:21
Taiwan: China's Ukraine?
31 August 2022Located just 100 miles off the coast of mainland China, the nation of Taiwan sits in the so-called 'first island chain' - a group of US-friendly...
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34:56
Sports Bra
31 August 2022REAL 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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