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Could You Survive Medieval Childbirth?
3 June 2025Childbirth isn't for the faint-hearted at the best of times, let alone in the medieval period.
What was a birthing room like at this...
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Frenemies: Mexico & the USA, a History
2 June 2025With almost 2,000 miles of shared border, the United States and Mexico have a long history of cooperation and conflict. From territory and trade,...
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Rise of Thomas More
2 June 2025Thomas More is one of the most famous and controversial figures in English history. Was he truly the saintly man of conscience, immortalised by A...
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Victorian England's Most Gruesome Murder
2 June 2025It was one of the most gruesome crimes of the Victorian era... and it ended up in David Attenborough's garden! Kate Webster, a servant, killed and...
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Ancient Greek Architecture In Assassin's Creed Odyssey
2 June 2025Historians Review & Ubisoft Developer Interview with Benjamin Hall
For the past few weeks, we have investigated the history behind...
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The Rise and Fall of the Assyrian Empire
1 June 2025Was this the world’s first empire? To uncover the story of ancient history's most formidable powers, Dan is joined by Yale University’s...
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Pompeii: The Buried City
1 June 2025Buried in ash, frozen in time—Pompeii offers one of the most extraordinary windows into everyday life in ancient Rome.
In this episode of...
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How to Survive the 14th Century
30 May 2025Matt Lewis dives into the dramatic and transformative 14th century with historian Helen Carr, from the drama of the Peasants' Revolt, where...
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The Truth About The Minotaur
30 May 2025Deep in an Ancient Greek labyrinth lurks the half bull half man monster: the Minotaur.
What did this wild myth about a woman having a baby...
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Why do India and Pakistan fight over Kashmir?
29 May 2025A dive into the history behind today's tensions. In this episode, Dan is joined by historian and journalist Andrew Whitehead to explain the...
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Battle of Shiloh
29 May 2025The staggering casualties of the Battle of Shiloh shocked both the North and South, marking a turning point in public perception of the Civil...
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Origins of Astronomy
29 May 2025Long before telescopes or space agencies, ancient Mesopotamians were decoding the secrets of the cosmos. Beneath skies unpolluted by modern light,...
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