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Mount Hiei: Home of Japan's Warrior Monks
20 May 2025Assassin's Creed: Shadows gives players the chance to visit the imperial capital of medieval Japan. But today, we're heading to a mountain lying...
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The Pill: Sexual Liberation?
20 May 2025At least 160 million people worldwide take some form of the contraceptive pill. So where did it come from? Who invented it and why? And how has...
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The Last Pagans
20 May 2025What really happened when the last pagans of medieval Europe were 'converted' to Christianity?
Dr. Eleanor Janega is joined by Dr. Francis...
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The Manson Family: Cult Murder in Hollywood
19 May 2025In the summer of 1969, Hollywood was shaken by a set of brutal murders. Their perpetrators? The infamous Charles Manson and his 'family'.
In...
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Xanthippe: The Formidable Wife of Socrates
19 May 2025Assassin's Creed Odyssey lets players spend time with renowned philosopher Sokrates - but it also lets us meet his surprisingly younger and...
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Lost Colony of Roanoke: the Untold Story
19 May 2025The lost colonists left behind one clue, the word "Croatoan" carved into a tree. Who were the Croatans? What were their lives like? How can we see...
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How to Kill a Scottish Witch
19 May 2025**This episode contains some descriptions of torture and executions**
If you lived in Scotland in the 1500s, it was highly likely that you,...
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The Nazi Occupation of Jersey
18 May 2025The only British territory ever occupied by the Nazis was the Channel Islands. From 1940 to the end of the war, the Germans turned Jersey, and...
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The Council of Nicaea
18 May 20251700 years ago, the Roman Emperor Constantine called an unprecedented meeting of early Christian leaders from across the empire to settle a fierce...
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Legends of Robin Hood
16 May 2025Was Robin Hood a symbol of justice? A challenge to authority? Or simply a folk hero offering a fantasy of freedom? Whether or not he truly...
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What Made You Ugly In Tudor Times?
16 May 2025Why did royalty have worse teeth than commoners? How would the Tudor court have smelt? And when even the Queen of England can be accused of being...
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Why is Timbuktu Famous?
15 May 2025Synonymous for somewhere far away, Timbuktu has been mythologised by the stories of old European explorers. But in fact, for centuries it was in...
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