Podcasts

Virtual Assistants ft. The Real Siri

We talk to the real life Siri in this episode. Susan Bennett was the original voice of Siri back in 2011, although she didn't know it at the...

A Short History of Humans

Why are humans the only species to have escaped – only very recently – the subsistence trap, allowing us to enjoy a standard of living that...

Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Vikings

September is Vikings month on Gone Medieval, as Dr. Cat Jarman presents a mini-series about her favourite, specialist subject. Over her next four...

Divorce

Why would a married couple stage an affair? Was Henry VIII really the beginning of the end for marriages? And how is the divorce process different...

Atoms and X-rays: Experiments That Changed History

For millennia, people have obsessed over questions about the nature of matter in our universe. Then, by the turn of the twentieth century, we...

Holy Sh*t: A Brief History of Swearing

*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...

WW2: The British Resistance

If Germany's audacious plan to invade Britain - Operation Sea Lion - had succeeded, what exactly would the country's last line of defence have...

The Man Who Rebuilt the Faces of WW1

The mechanised warfare of the First World War brought unprecedented new levels of firepower and destruction to the battlefield and with it...

Contact Lenses

The Contact Lens. The humble Contact Lens. Oh boy, do we have a rip-roaring episode for you about the humble contact lens.

Nazi villains,...

Rise of the Persians

The 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...

The Medieval Bishop’s Sex Workers

Outside Medieval London’s city walls, Southwark was a land without rules. It was the place where people went to indulge their love of theatre,...

The Battle of Salamanca

The Battle of Salamanca was fought in Napoleonic Spain on 22 July 1812, during the Peninsula War. It pitted Lt Gen Arthur Arthur Wellesley, the...