Remembering the Alamo with W. F. Strong
In this episode taken from our archive, I headed out to Texas in 2016 to discuss the Battle of...
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Podcasts de Historia y Creencias
The War Widow: Women of World War Two
Today's episode is from our brilliant sibling podcast, The World Wars. Author, presenter and...
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In today's episode of the podcast, I am joined by Katherine Pangonis a historian specialising in...
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How Brutish Were Our Ancestors?
Was life for our ancient ancestors brutish and short or did they exist as noble savages free and...
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Alexander's Successors at War: The Spartan Adventurer
Tristan of The Ancients podcasts has published his first book, Alexander’s Successors at War: The...
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Battle of El Alamein Explained
Fought in the second half of 1942, the Battles of El Alamein were a series of climactic...
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RE-RUN: The Last Nuremberg Prosecutor
102 year old Ben Ferencz is the last surviving prosecutor from the Nuremberg trials and a direct...
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Few organisations in history have names as loaded with legend as the Knights Templar. Western...
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This is everything you need to know about the famed conqueror Alexander the Great. Alongside...
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Tutankhamun's 'Curse' & Other History Mysteries
In Dan's long career as a broadcaster, he's come across all sorts of unexplained phenomena, myths...
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BONUS! Histories of the Unexpected: Snow
Dan turns over the reins to the podcast to Sam Willis and James Daybell, as they tell us the...
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Mystery of the Alexander the Great Coin Hoard
Off the coast of the Gaza Strip fishermen have been discovering coins of extreme rarity and...
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Sex. There's a lot of it about. We talk about war, chaos and atrocities on this podcast a lot...
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Why is Jerusalem so Important?
Simon Sebag Montefiore joined me on the pod to discuss one of the most important cities in...
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How and Why History: Charlemagne
Charlemagne was one of history’s most ruthless and ambitious warriors – King of the Franks, then...
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In December 1915, some 135,000 allied troops, nearly 400 guns and 15,000 horses were collectively...
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The Road to 1914: Myths of Nationalism
This week in 1914 saw the outbreak of the First World War. In this special episode from the...
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This episode is the third of our History Legends podcasts, featuring Mary Beard. Subscribe...
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Jessica Dalton joined me on the podcast to talk about the history of the Inquisition. We...
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When the Brits Burnt the Capitol, with Peter Snow
In 1814 a British expeditionary force landed in Maryland, marched on Washington, brushed aside an...
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