Podcasts

Royal Favourites: Hatton, Elizabeth I's Favourite

How did Sir Christopher Hatton became one of Elizabeth I’s favourites?  How true were the rumours that they were lovers?

After...

The Rise and Fall of the Boleyns

We trace the extraordinary rise and fall of the House of Boleyn. From humble Norfolk tenant farmers, the Boleyns used everything from wool trading...

Iron Age Britain

What if Iron Age Britain was never a land of barbarians at all, but a world of skilled farmers, powerful women, trade, ritual, and spectacle?...

The Secrets of Hagia Sophia

The Hagia Sophia is a landmark that has stood for 1500 years, and that players can clamber all over in Assassin’s Creed Revelations. It is...

How to Get Cancelled in the Tudor Court

Who was Lettice Knollys? And why was she expelled from Elizabeth I's court?

Kate is joined by Estelle Paranque in this episode to find out...

Fatimid Dynasty: Descendants of Prophet Muhammad

How did the Fatimids build one of Islam's most powerful medieval empires? What can the rise of this dynasty reveal about power, culture,...

America's War Against Pirates

Just twenty years after independence, the United States fought a lesser-known war against the Barbary States of North Africa... some use the term...

Battle of the Eras: Medieval v. Early Modern

What if the medieval world did not end with a bang, but with a messy argument over who gets to define history itself? Professor Suzannah Lipscomb...

The Doctor Who Shocked Victorian Britain

What lurks behind the door of Dr. Kahn's Grand Anatomical Museum in Victorian London?

Step inside and find out what shocked the public (and...

Prehistoric Greenland

What can a frozen island reveal about the people who thrived there for thousands of years? Tristan Hughes is joined by Dr. Asta Mønsted to...

Anglo-Saxons vs Vikings: The Battle That Gave Birth To England

Dan explains the Battle of Brunanburh, an epic clash that decided the fate of the British Isles. On one side, the Anglo-Saxon forces of King...

The Elusive Female Orgasm with Dan Snow

There will be giggling and gasping galore! And that's just when you listen to this episode!

Dan Snow quizzes Kate on all things female...