Rediscovering Amazon Civilisations
Ella Al-Shamahi, explorer, paleoanthropologist, evolutionary biologist and stand-up comic, joined...
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Podcasts de Historia y Creencias
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...
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The release of The Dig has brought the story of the Sutton Hoo dig to the forefront of people’s...
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The 18th Century Precedent for Trump's Impeachment
As the impeachment trial of Donald Trump got underway in the USA the 18th-century case of Warren...
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Cheddar Man: Science and the Skeleton
Today's episode is from our brilliant sibling podcast The Ancients. Cheddar Man is the oldest...
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Myanmar is currently experiencing one of its worst-ever periods of violence and civil unrest as...
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Today's podcast is an episode taken from our sibling podcast The Ancients. In 4 BC, the Ides of...
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On the 16th March 1968, the My Lai Massacre occurred in South Vietnam. 350-500 men, women,...
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The War in the East: Part 1 with Bill Frankland
In this episode taken from our archive, I talk to Dr Bill Frankland (19 March 1912 – 2 April...
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Napoleon: Captive on Saint Helena
Saint Helena is one of the most remote inhabited islands in the world. Nearly a thousand mile...
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The Suez Canal is blocked! The dream of connecting the Mediterranean to the Red Sea stretches...
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The Man Who Dropped the First Bomb on Iraq
30 years ago Maj. Gen. Greg \"the beast\" Feest dropped a bomb from his F-117 stealth bomber...
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Operation Jubilee: A Pinch Raid at Dieppe?
On 19 August 1942, a six thousand strong combined Allied landing force took part in a raid on...
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The Atlantic Wall is one of the biggest construction projects in history a line of formidable...
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Violence Against Women in Victorian London
In the 1880s and 1890s Whitechapel, in London, become notorious for its violence especially...
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300 years of British Prime Ministers: Part 1
We\'re heading back to the Eighteenth century as 300 years ago Sir Robert Walpole became the...
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Take a deep dive into the remaking of the American Constitution and the 14th amendment created in...
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Elizabeth Chudleigh, Duchess of Kingston was a duchess who attracted scandal, a duchess who...
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On 7th May 1915, the ocean liner RMS Lusitania was sunk by a German U-boat off the coast of...
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Greatest Heist in History: The Crown Jewels and Thomas Blood
On the 9th May 1671, Thomas Blood led his co-conspirators in a daring bid to steal the Crown...
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