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Marissa Roth, Photojournalist
20 January 2021Marissa Roth, Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist, joins me on the podcast to talk about her pictures of the 1992 LA riots and lifetime of war...
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The Secret Nazi Found in an Armchair
20 January 2021This episode is all about Robert Griesinger. ‘Who?’ you ask. The name means nothing to most, yet his was a life which impacted upon so many, and...
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44:53
Indonesian Cave Art: A Dramatic New Discovery
19 January 2021It’s a paradox for the ages, breaking news about people who lived and died thousands of years ago. This discovery is no different, because Adam...
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38:05
The Second Reich
18 January 2021On 18 January 1871 as the Siege of Paris raged a couple of miles away King Wilhelm I of Prussia was proclaimed Emperor of the German empire in the...
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Bombing Campaigns in WW2
18 January 2021In the spring of 1945, the aerial assault on Germany was reaching a crescendo as city after city was devastated by British and American bomber...
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26:23
Impeaching the President
17 January 2021He's made history. Donald Trump has become the only President in US history to be impeached not once but twice. Three years ago Dan talked to Joshua...
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Indonesian Cave Art: A Dramatic New Discovery
17 January 2021It’s a paradox for the ages, breaking news about people who lived and died thousands of years ago. This discovery is no different, because Adam...
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Gulf War: Inside the Planning Room
17 January 2021On 17 January 1991, an operation to expel Iraqi forces from Kuwait began. Codenamed Desert Storm, the air offensive continued for 43 days under US...
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Lockdown Learning: The Tudors
15 January 2021We're very pleased to bring you this special 'Lockdown Learning' episode of the podcast, featuring the brilliant Dr Anna Whitelock on the Tudor...
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The Unknown Warrior
15 January 2021On 11 November 1920, the Unknown Warrior, a common soldier and an unidentified casualty of war, was buried in Westminster Abbey with all the pomp and...
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Treason in America
14 January 2021Constitutional law and legal history scholar Carlton Larson talked to Dan during Christmas about treason in the American legal system. How is it...
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Tomyris: A Warrior Queen's Revenge
14 January 2021Her legend afforded her a place alongside Eve, Cleopatra and Venus, to name just a few of the famous women whose biographies were collected by...
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