Rediscovering Amazon Civilisations
Ella Al-Shamahi, explorer, paleoanthropologist, evolutionary biologist and stand-up comic, joined me on the podcast...
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Lockdown Learning: The Middle Ages
In this week's Lockdown Learning episode, I was delighted to be joined by medieval historian Marc Morris. We discuss...
Lucy Worsley on Queen Victoria
BAFTA winning historian and Joint Chief Curator of Historic Royal Palaces Lucy Worsley takes Dan on a tour of...
Eric Thompson has had his finger literally on the nuclear button. He joined the Royal Navy submarine service in the...
In this episode, I was joined by journalist Ian Dunt, a well known a commentator on politics and on Brexit. Ian is...
How the Irish Shaped Britain with Fergal Keane
Fergal Keane joined me on the podcast to talk about the profound influence the Irish have had on Britain over many...
In this episode Dan speaks with 5 survivors of genocide and how it affected their lives. See...
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When Dr Henry Chakava became Kenya's first African book editor in 1972, there were virtually no books or educational...
Fighting for justice for India's Sikhs
Anti-Sikh violence erupted in India after the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi by her Sikh bodyguards in...
A wave of popular anti-government uprisings swept through the Arab world in the early months of 2011. Many of the...
Protests erupted across the Arab world in 2011, people wanted change, an end to tyranny and dictatorship. But in...
Inspired by events in Tunisia and Egypt young Yemenis took to the streets in spring 2011. Ishraq al-Maqtari was a...
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Andrew Crosse, The Electrician
In the early 1800s, Andrew Crosse observed a strange thing happening on an electrified rock in his lab, and he was...
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After suffering a horrific loss, Nat and Abi must try to piece their lives together, build a future, and repair the...
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212-Armenian Folklore: Witchy Woman
An awesome story about a young king who wants to do the impossible! And the ill-advised! And, frankly, makes a kind...
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The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. A note on notes: We’d much rather you just...
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Werewolves of the ancient world
Historian Daniel Ogden, author of new book The Werewolf in the Ancient World, explores the origins of the...
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In Conversation with HornDogz Sax player Eric "Shrizzadelic" Rohner
Eric "Shrizzadelic" Rohner, Saxophonist, Vocal and MC for the HornDogz in conversation with Jim Baker of Unity 101's...
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In this episode Dan speaks with 5 survivors of genocide and how it affected their lives. See...
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The "Robber Barons" - with James Valliant
“If a man from Mars—that is, an objective, let us say, uncorrupted intelligence—looked at the...
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Goose Green: A Veteran Remembers
John Geddes joined the Parachute Regiment as a teenager in the late 1970s. Within a couple of years he was plunged...
The Turner Diaries - America's manual of hatred
Following the assault on the US Capitol earlier this month, Amazon banned The Turner Diaries, a racist novel blamed...
Behind the Scenes Minis: Late 2020 Wrap Up
Tracy and Holly talk about the travel thoughts that the show's recent Unearthed! episode brings up. Talk also turns...
Paul begg - jack the ripper interviews #1
Hugely respected, extensively quoted and widely regarded as the 'bible' of Ripper studies, The Complete Jack the...
210-Russian Legends: Dragons, Dragons Everywhere
The story of Dobrynya the dragon slayer from Russian folklore is the tale of a young man finding his heroic destiny,...
Episode 144: A Murder of Crows and Princes
In the second half of the 1400s, there is written evidence of word play and new word formations within English. These...
This week, in the United States, we inaugurated a new president. The more important question is “who is...
Ten years ago, we met (literally MET!) to record our first episode. It's been a journey, and we thought as a...
My special guest tonight is Thomas Bauerle who's here to discuss his book about hauntings in Japan. Buy the book....
Revisionist History Presents: Hasta la Vista, America
The news is overwhelming right now. Maybe we all need a laugh. Here's an excerpt from Hasta la Vista, America:...