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What Made America: The Constitution & The Franklins
8 June 2026We've asked some of our favorite historians for their number one moment from these 250 years of the United States' History. For this episode,...
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How Boudica Took On The Roman Empire
8 June 2026Ancient Britain was occupied by the Romans, and tension was building with local tribes.
Their brutal occupation reached a breaking...
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Anne Boleyn: Ambition or Faith?
8 June 2026Was Anne Boleyn a seductress, a schemer, or something far more radical? What happens when we look at Anne not through the lens of sex and scandal,...
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Harald Hardrada
8 June 2026Exile, mercenary, Viking king. Harald Hardrada, 'Thunderbolt of the North', fought his way from Norway to Byzantium, from the streets of...
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The Rosetta Stone
7 June 2026In July 1799, French soldiers unearthed a stone that would transform our understanding of the ancient world. Discovered in a fort at Rashid, the...
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The Black Death: A Global Apocalypse?
5 June 2026A plague of terrifying speed, mysterious symptoms and global reach, the Black Death transformed more than Europe alone.
Matt Lewis is joined...
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Supersluts of History: Roman Empress Theodora
5 June 2026In this new mini-series, we're exploring and celebrating women whose sexuality was used to define them.
First up is Roman Empress Theodora....
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Life in the Pirate Republic
5 June 2026Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced puts us in the heart of the pirate world during the Golden Age Of Piracy: the island of New Providence and...
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Inside a Serial Killer's 'Murder Castle'
4 June 2026He's one of the most famous serial killers in American history... but how much of H.H Holmes' gruesome crimes were sensationalised by the press at...
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The Gruesome History of Sexual Disease
4 June 2026*Warning: this episode contains discussions of puss*
Gonorrhea and syphilis are no laughing matter, especially in a time before...
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Rise & Fall of James IV of Scotland
4 June 2026How did a teenage rebel become Scotland’s king, and rule a realm riven by feuds and shifting loyalties? James IV balanced chivalry, diplomacy,...
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Neanderthal Art
4 June 2026Fifty thousand years ago, Neanderthal artists in Ice Age Europe painted symbols and handprints deep inside caves, leaving behind some of the...
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