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Richard Nixon: Rise from Poverty
24 April 2025To understand Watergate, to understand the fall of Nixon, you need to look first at the rise. How the turbulence of his sky rocketing career left...
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The Birth of Indo-European
24 April 2025From the steppes of prehistoric Eurasia to the languages we speak today, the story of Indo-European is one of ancient roots and global impact. But...
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Final Days of 'Mad' George III
24 April 2025How did George III die? Was it raving in a straightjacket? Who stayed with him at the end of his long illness? Today we uncover the truth about...
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The Caribbean, Colonisers & Christianity
24 April 2025What - and who - did Christopher Columbus find when he landed in the Caribbean?
Professor Suzannah Lipscomb and Dr. Alice Samson explore the...
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A History of Popes
22 April 2025Popes have shaped the history of the world. The Catholic Church has had a Pope for two thousand years, the first- tradition dictates- was St...
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What Happened On A Medieval Wedding Night?
22 April 2025We've been tying the knot for thousands of years in one way or another, but what did a medieval wedding look like?
The church had very...
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St. George & Springtime Saints
22 April 2025Dr. Eleanor Janega welcomes back Amy Jeffs, author of Saints: A New Legendary of Heroes, Humans, and Magic, to revel in the fascinating stories of...
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Vietnam: Conscientious Objection in a Warzone
21 April 2025During the Vietnam War, 170,000 men received conscientious objector deferments. In this episode, we speak to one of them.
Sidney Morrison...
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Hammersmith Ghost: How to Murder a Poltergeist
21 April 2025Can it be murder if you think you're killing a ghost? In 1804 the London suburb of Hammersmith was being terrorised by a ghost. One man set out to...
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Cardinal Wolsey
21 April 2025No advisor was more important to King Henry VIII than Cardinal Thomas Wolsey. He captured Henry's attention with his brilliance and became his...
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Crystal Palace and the Great Exhibition
21 April 2025Assassin’s Creed Syndicate takes players to Victorian London. This was an age of massive social change through technological innovation and...
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How Did the American Revolution Start?
20 April 2025On 19th April, 1775, just over 250 years ago, the opening salvos of the American Revolutionary War were fired at the battles of Lexington and...
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