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Beasts of Battle: Indian War Elephants
4 February 2021The four components of the Ancient Indian battlefield: infantry, cavalry, chariots … and elephants. These magnificent creatures were dominant in...
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The AIDS pandemic
3 February 2021In this episode of the podcast, I’m joined by Tash Walker and Adam Zmith, hosts of The Log Books podcast, to discuss the Aids pandemic of the...
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Secret History of Nuclear Testing
3 February 2021How do you test a weapon of mass destruction? A weapon whose potential you can only estimate. Since 1945, countries with nuclear capabilities have...
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Edges of Empire: Rome's Northernmost Town
2 February 2021Roughly two miles south of Hadrian’s Wall lie the remains of Roman Corbridge, the northernmost town of the Roman Empire. The site’s...
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How the Establishment Resisted the Abolition of Slavery
1 February 2021Historian Michael Taylor joined me on the podcast to discuss the resistance of the British establishment to the ending of the slave trade.
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Gary Lineker on his 'D-Day Dodger' Grandfather
1 February 2021Gary Lineker's grandfather was one of the 'D-Day Dodgers': men who fought in the Italian campaign, who were accused of missing the supposedly harder...
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Elvis: Destined to Die Young
31 January 2021Sally Hoedel joined me on the podcast to talk about the turbulent life and career of Elvis Presley, King of Rock ‘n’ Roll.
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Edges of Empire: Rome's Northernmost Town
31 January 2021Roughly two miles south of Hadrian’s Wall lie the remains of Roman Corbridge, the northernmost town of the Roman Empire. The site’s...
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Lockdown Learning: Russian Revolution
29 January 2021Helen Rappaport, a specialist in Russian history, joined me on the podcast for the third episode of our lockdown learning series to talk about the...
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The Budapest Ghetto
29 January 2021Born in Budapest in July 1944, Agnes Grunwald-Spier resided in the Ghetto with her mother from November 1944 to January 1945. For this week's...
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Pirates
28 January 2021Rebecca Simon joined me on the podcast to talk about the Golden Age of Piracy within the British-Atlantic world.