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Inside a Wild West Brothel
14 October 2025Shoot outs, hard drinking and gambling. The Wild West is remembered for it's general lawlessness, but what might life have been like for the first...
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Origins of the US Navy: America's Revolutionary Pirate
13 October 2025Happy 250th Birthday to the US Navy! Today Don asks, who was John Paul Jones and did he really father the US Navy? Our guest is historian James L....
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Voices of Thunder: Radical Women of the 17th Century
13 October 2025In 17th-century England, women weren’t asked what they believed, they were generally told to obey. But amid civil war, revolution, and...
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The Dark Truth About Madam Tussauds
13 October 2025Behind the current display of celebrity waxworks lies the dark and bloody history of Madam Tussauds.
Join Anthony and Maddy as they go back...
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Vinland: Did Vikings "Discover" America?
13 October 2025Vinland, the mysterious place that may be somewhere in North America, and that players of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla can explore in The Last...
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The Battle of Jutland
12 October 2025On 31st May, 1916, 250 warships and nearly 100,000 sailors converged in the North Sea for the world's first full-scale clash of dreadnought...
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Rise of Islam
12 October 2025In the 7th century, a new empire rose from the sands of Arabia - united by faith, driven by conquest, and destined to change history...
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Thor and Loki
10 October 2025Has Thor always been considered an all-powerful but ridiculed deity? Is it possible to pin down Loki's complex nature as simply a...
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The Boleyn Who Betrayed Henry VIII
10 October 2025She was executed on Henry VIII's orders alongside Catherine Howard, and was sister-in-law to Anne Boleyn and the King. She lived in the heart of...
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Medieval Sex
9 October 2025Warning: this episode contains explicit language.
Medieval people weren’t prudish—far from it. Dan is joined by medieval historian Dr...
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Who was the Best President Ever?
9 October 2025What should we look for in a great President? Who was the greatest of all time? And is it harder for modern Presidents to make the top of the...
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The First Hawaiians
9 October 2025Tristan Hughes goes on an exploration of Hawaii's earliest settlers, guided by the insights of Dr. Patrick Kirch, a leading expert on Hawaiian...
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