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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.
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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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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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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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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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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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Who Was the Victorian Thames Torso Murderer? With Lucy Worsley
13 January 2026For over a century, a series of gruesome murders have gone unsolved. Until now?
The Thames Torso Killer terrified Victorian Londoners by...
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The Sagas of the Earls of Orkney
13 January 2026Sail north with Gone Medieval to Orkney’s storm-lashed islands, where saints, shipwrecks, blood-feuds and tax disputes all unfold in the Sagas...
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36:43
America's Most Innovative General
12 January 2026New weapons, new opponents, new technology - as warfare evolves, armies need generals able to evolve with it. In this episode, Don is joined by...
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Tudor True Crime: Murder in Renaissance Rome
12 January 2026This episode contains discussions of incest and sexual assault.
Professor Suzannah Lipscomb is joined by historical novelist Elizabeth...
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Rasputin: Russia's Greatest Propaganda Machine?
12 January 2026Grigori Rasputin is a household name, mostly thanks to the Boney M song. And such is Rasputin’s reputation that you can’t help but think of...
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