England’s historic Euro 2022 victory on Sunday night was the most watched TV programme of...
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History and humanities audios
Thor: The God behind the Superhero
Few early medieval gods are as well-known and as popular as Thor. He’s currently...
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Anne Frank's Step Sister: 'How I Survived the Holocaust' Part 1
1/2. On the morning of the 4th of August 1944, exactly 78 years ago today, the Frank family...
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Anne Frank's Step Sister: 'How I Survived the Holocaust' Part 2
2/2. Eva Schloss remembers her days as a girl in Amsterdam playing in the street with the other...
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The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb
On August 6 and 9, 1945, US B-29 bombers, dropped their nuclear bombs on the two cities of...
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Known as the Eternal City, ancient Rome was one of the greatest civilisations in human history,...
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When Asians were forced to leave Kenya
Many South Asians migrated to Kenya in the early 20th century. They lived in a society divided by...
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The exodus of Asians from Uganda
In 1972, the dictator Idi Amin announced that all Asians had just 90 days to leave Uganda....
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The city shaped by Ugandan Asians
Thousands of Asians who were expelled from Uganda in 1972, settled in the UK and many made...
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The return of Asians to Uganda
When President Yoweri Museveni came to power in 1986, he encouraged exiled Asians to return to...
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The resignation of President Nixon
On 8 August 1974 Richard Nixon became the first US president in history to resign from office,...
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SYMHC Classics: Tamerlane and the Battle of Ankara
This 2011 episode from previous hosts Sarah and Deblina covers Timur the Lame (Tamerlane to...
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The Life and Disappearance of Rudolf Diesel
We have enough pieces of the story of Rudolf Diesel’s life that remain consistent that we...
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Scott Alexander Hess - Skyscraper
A Lambda Literary Finalist in Best Erotica In modern day Manhattan, Atticus is a...
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LIAM 558 – Make Peace with Your Past
Have you ever tried to climb a hill carrying a heavy weight? How did you feel once you set the...
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397 – William: The Devil Inside
It was Christmas Day of 1066 and England was crowning it’s new King. In celebration, the...
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15 minutes of fame: Alice Kinloch, Pan-African activist
It’s the HistoryExtra podcast’s 15th birthday! To celebrate, we’ve asked 15...
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The final unscripted episode before resuming full episodes next week. We provide you with a...
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S3 E04 - Dr. Sarah Bendall on The Myths About Historic Corsets
This week we are taking a journey behind the dressing screen with material, culture and fashion...
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Ep267 – Morale in the BEF on the Western Front, 1917-8 – Dr Alex Mayhew
Dr Alex Mayhew, a historian of the cultural, military, and social history of war and also a...
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The Shortest History of Democracy
In a time of grave uncertainty about the future of our planet, the radical potential of democracy...
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How abortion was legalised in Great Britain
In the 1960s, a young mother, Diane Munday became well-known in Britain for her work demanding...
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Courbet was iconic even in his own lifetime. He flew in the face of artistic convention, turned...
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Tim Schwartz - Strange American History
Find out what the "Powers That Be" Don't want you to know regarding the truly hidden - occult -...
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Season 6 Episode 19 Extra: After the Fire
In March 1974, Terry Matthews and his mother, Gerri Betz, came across a strange metallic sphere...
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King Arthur and his best knight, Sir Gawain, have to answer the age-old question: what do women...
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Episode 160: Approximately English
In this episode, we explore the sounds represented by the letters L and R. Linguists refer to...
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The Wives of Henry VIII in Six Chapters: a mega-episode revisit
Covid has sidelined us this week, so instead of talking, we've remastered and combined our 2012...
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LIAM 556 – The Belief Equation with Peter Salerno
If you want to rid yourself of a negative mindset that keeps you from getting what you want in...
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You thought the antics of Will, Grace, Jack and Karen were just harmless fun. Oh please....
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