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Royal Sex: Catherine the Great
18 July 2025Did Catherine the Great really die having sex with a horse? Was she involved in her husband's death? And were her lovers selected for political...
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Monsters of the Medieval World
18 July 2025Welcome to Monsterland.
The Medieval world is a realm of dragons, demons and beasts. Matt Lewis and Nick Jubber step into this murky world...
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How did the Colonies win the American War of Independence?
17 July 2025In 1775, American revolutionaries went to war with the British. Seeking independence from colonial ties, they fought more than 150 battles over...
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Revolutionary War: How Good Was George Washington?
17 July 2025Whisper it quietly, but could our original commander-in-chief possibly be overrated as a military leader?
To find out Don is joined once...
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Dark History of the Luddites
17 July 2025Would you have joined the OG Luddites? In 1811 and 1812 across the midlands and north of England which were the Silicon Valley of the day,...
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When Women Ruled the Low Countries
17 July 2025Five generations of remarkable women - from Mary of Burgundy to Isabella Clara Eugenia - made an enduring impact on the Low Countries. By...
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The First Sharks
17 July 2025Long before the first dinosaurs, the first trees or even the formation of the rings of Saturn, our planet's oceans were ruled by prehistoric...
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Christopher Wren
15 July 2025Architect, astronomer, anatomist, and genius who rebuilt London after the Great Fire —Christopher Wren. His life is nothing short of...
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Childbirth in Medieval Times with Kate Lister
15 July 2025This episode contains explicit language and graphic descriptions of birth
Today we're delving into historical childbirth's stark realities,...
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Sex Lives of the Roman Legion
15 July 2025As the Roman Empire grew, so did the importance of its army - the Roman Legion.
But what was life on the march like? What happened on the...
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200 Years Inside Sing Sing Prison
14 July 2025In May 1825, a group of prisoners arrived on the banks of the Hudson, thirty odd miles up river from New York. They began to build what would...
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The Plague That Shook The Roman Empire
14 July 2025In the 6th century, the Roman Empire was split and its future hung in the balance.
Emperor Justinian dreamed of restoring it to its former...
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