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How Sexy Was Shakespeare?
30 December 2025There's a bit of interest around Shakespeare at the minute - can we call this the Paul Mescal effect?
The Bard’s work featured many...
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Medieval Europe's Most Evil Monarch
30 December 2025Who was the worst Medieval monarch?
Dr. Eleanor Janega teams up with the hosts of our sister podcast After Dark to delve into the lives of...
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How Much Power Does the President Have?
29 December 2025Ever since independence, a question has hovered over the government of the United States. How much power should the President have? Not too much,...
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The First Europeans In Japan
29 December 2025When Portuguese merchants ran aground on the Japanese isle of Tanegashima in 1543, two worlds collided - Europeans encountered Japan for the first...
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The Secrets Hidden In Tudor Art
29 December 2025Why are diamonds black, and how does a triangle show power in Tudor portraits? From Henry VII’s shrewd statecraft to the glittering reign of...
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29:23
What was the Hanseatic League?
29 December 2025The Hanseatic League was a medieval trading network that stretched across Northern Europe. Formed in Northern Germany in the 12th century, it was...
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Banshees: Herald of Death
29 December 2025Today we're delving back into the After Dark vaults to revisit our episode on Banshees...
Siobhan McSweeney (Derry Girls) joins Anthony...
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The Ice Age
28 December 2025Think of the Ice Age and tales of ferocious sabre-toothed tigers and giant megafauna likely spring to mind - but what do we know about prehistoric...
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How Hot Was Lord Byron?
26 December 2025How 'mad, bad and dangerous to know' was Lord Byron really?
We know the Romantic poet had a bit of a reputation, but how true was it? And...
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Assassins and Templars
26 December 2025The heart of the Assassin’s Creed franchise is the deadly rivalry between the brotherhoods of Assassins and Templars. These were real groups in...
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How Did Fossils Change America?
25 December 2025When fossils were discovered in the US during the 19th Century, it altered American understandings of science, religion, race and more. So what...
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How Did the British Empire Build the Modern World?
25 December 2025Tobacco, sugar, rum, cotton, rubber, tea, coffee, spices, industry, borders, slavery, war - all things spread across the globe thanks to the...
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