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VE Day
8 May 2022For most of us, VE Day conjures up black and white images of carefree servicemen and women dancing and beaming in Trafalgar Square, of Churchill...
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LSD
8 May 2022How did LSD go from accidental discovery to the counter cultures go to drug?
On April 19th 1943 Albert Hoffman had the first ever LSD trip...
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32:53
Pandora
8 May 2022According to Greek myth, Pandora was the first human woman - moulded from the earth by Hephaestus on the instruction of Zeus himself.
We've...
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The Wars of the Roses: Origins
7 May 2022The Wars of the Roses is a complex and fascinating period of English history that dominates the second half of the 15th century and leads to the...
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Declaring The War On Drugs
6 May 2022As the Cold War came to an end, US President George H.W. Bush defined his 1992 election bid in terms of the War on Drugs. It was said that there...
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45:28
Tudor Sex
6 May 2022WARNING: This episode includes adult themes and explicit words.
Why did Henry VIII want everyone to know about his wet dreams? What animal...
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36:50
Diving for Lost Slave Shipwrecks
5 May 2022From the 16th to the 19th centuries, European slave traders forcibly uprooted millions of African people and shipped them across the Atlantic in...
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43:43
Sex & The Tudors
5 May 2022There’s not an infinite number of ways that humans can act on sexual desire. Human bodies haven’t changed, but the cultural landscape around...
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Gardening for Mental Health with Sue Stuart-Smith
5 May 2022It’s Mental Health Awareness Week this month, and Jimmy will be joined by a selection of guests who will tell us how nature can have an impact...
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The World of Stonehenge
5 May 2022Described as the "most important piece of prehistoric art to be found in Britain in the last 100 years", an elaborately decorated 5000 year-old...
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Agincourt: Myths Explained
4 May 2022Agincourt is a name which conjures an image of plucky English archers taking on and defeating the arrogant and aristocratic knights of the French...
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22:53
Hitler's American Gamble
4 May 2022The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7 1941 remains etched in public memory as the turning point of WW2. But in fact, it was Hitler’s...
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