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Ottoman Empire in the Renaissance
4 November 2021The Ottoman Empire has long been seen as the Islamic-Asian opposite of the Christian-European West. But the reality was very different: the...
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Glasgow's Roman Remains & Hadrian's Wall
4 November 2021To align with the COP26 conference in Glasgow, this episode features legendary Roman Britain archaeologist Dr David Breeze talking about his many...
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The Vikings Who Beat Columbus to America
4 November 2021Five centuries before Christopher Columbus set foot in America, the Vikings had already crossed the Atlantic. Using new dating techniques, scientists...
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When We Nearly Nuked the Moon
3 November 2021In this archive episode, Vince Houghton joins Dan Snow to talk about some of the weirdest and craziest ideas put forward during the twentieth...
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WWII's Battle for London
3 November 2021At the start of the Second World War London was one of the largest and most important cities in the world, a centre of industry, finance and the...
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The Origins Of Scotland
2 November 2021The Medieval period saw the advancement of many countries, evolving to the provinces in Europe that we know today; Scotland is no different. In...
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The History of Money
2 November 2021It is said that money makes the world goes round and has done for millennia, but what exactly is money and where does it come from? To find out Dan...
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Singing the News in Tudor England
1 November 2021In an age before newspapers and mass media, how did the general public keep abreast of what was going on? How did they find out about the...
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Mass Psychogenic Illness: Havana Syndrome
1 November 2021‘Brain-fog’, dizziness, ringing in the ears, fatigue: everyday symptoms of attacks by a possibly extraordinary weapon. In 2016, a number of...
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Why We're Wrong About George III
1 November 2021George III ruled through an extraordinary period of revolutionary change, political upheaval, gigantic war and scientific, industrial and...
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The Truth About the Roman Orgy (And More!)
31 October 2021Was Ancient Rome truly as sexually liberated as we think? How did the Greeks feel about nude statues? And how did these ideas vary across the...
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Ghost Stories: The History
30 October 2021Ghosts have inspired, fascinated and frightened us for centuries. The belief in the existence of an afterlife, as well as manifestations of the...
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