Podcasts

Mother of All Tudors: Margaret Beaufort

Step into the turbulent heart of the Wars of the Roses and meet one of history’s most formidable survivors: Lady Margaret...

The Assassination of JFK

Anyone alive at the time remembers the day President John F. Kennedy was shot dead in Dallas, Texas, on November 22 1963. In this episode, Dan...

The World's Oldest Letters

What do the world’s first letters reveal about life in the Bronze Age?

Tristan Hughes is joined by Dr Amanda Podany to uncover the...

Trial of Joan of Arc

How did a teenage girl stand up to armies, theologians, and kings?

Dr. Eleanor Janega is joined by Professor Anne Curry to trace Joan of...

The Truth About the Mitford Sisters

The Mitfords could rank as the strangest family of the 20th century.

Unity and Diana were passionate fascists who became obsessed with Adolf...

Crime of the Century: Who Kidnapped Charles Lindbergh Jr?

The Lindbergh Kidnapping is one of the most influential crimes in American history; it plunged a national hero into an investigation which changed...

The Incense Route Through Arabia

Assassin’s Creed Mirage: Valley of Memory takes our hero Basim ibn Ishaq from the glory of Baghdad in the Abbasid era to the remote oasis at...

Who was the Last Witch of Scotland?

With the nights closing in, what better time to re-visit a favourite episode of ours.

In 1727, Janet Horne of the Highland community of...

John F. Kennedy: Myths vs Reality

John F. Kennedy was a man of charm, power, and contradictions. Behind the public image of the heroic president lay a figure plagued by pain,...

Origins of Free Speech

Free speech is today more contested than ever before. In many places, differing views about politics, sex, and religion are suppressed and...

Emperor Tiberius: Monster or Misunderstood?

*WARNING: This podcast contains adult themes and discussion of paedophilia*

A brilliant general. A brooding autocrat. A recluse surrounded...

Did Henry VIII Have An Affair With Anne Boleyn's Sister?

She was 'the Other Boleyn Girl' - Anne's sister, Mary, who supposedly had an affair with King Henry VIII. Such drama!

What evidence is there...