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Trump and Presidential History
25 October 2020Two weeks before the 2020 U.S. presidential election, Richard Brookhiser joined me on the podcast to discuss Trump and presidential history.
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The Origins of Ancient Vietnam
25 October 2020It is one of the most extraordinary ancient archaeological sites in Southeast Asia, albeit one that is relatively unheard of outside of Vietnam....
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War Lord with Bernard Cornwell
24 October 2020Bernard Cornwell joined me on the podcast to discuss his final book in the Last Kingdom series. War Lord is the epic story of how England was...
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The Battle of Philippi: Death of the Roman Republic
23 October 2020In October 42 BC the Roman Republic committed suicide. Near the town of Philippi in northern Greece the forces of Brutus and Cassius, the famous...
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Operation Barbarossa
23 October 2020In June 1941, Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa. The campaign on the Eastern Front which was now opened up involved more forces than any other...
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Britain's Oldest Laws
22 October 2020Joanna McCunn joined me on the podcast to discuss the history of some of Britain's oldest and strangest laws. From shooting Welshmen with...
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The Battle of Philippi: Death of the Roman Republic
22 October 2020In October 42 BC the Roman Republic committed suicide. Near the town of Philippi in northern Greece the forces of Brutus and Cassius, the famous...
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Time's Monster with Priya Satia
21 October 2020Priya Satia joined me on the podcast to discuss the dramatic consequences of writing history today as much as in the past. Against the backdrop of...
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JFK in WW2
21 October 2020In this podcast, Deirdre Henderson gives us a unique insight into the mind of President John F. Kennedy. Deirdre was hired by JFK as his...
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Nelson and the Slave Trade
20 October 2020Vice Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson died at Trafalgar on 21 October 1805. Recently there has been considerable interest in Nelson's views on the...
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The Battle of the Somme: The Pals
20 October 2020The Battle of the Somme, fought between July and November 1916, is perhaps one of the most famous battles in British history. For this episode,...
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The Conquistadores
19 October 2020Fernando Cervantes joined me on the podcast to reframe the story of the Spanish conquest of the New World, set against the political and intellectual...
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