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The Battle of Berlin with Sir Antony Beevor

Warning: this episode includes discussion of subjects like suicide and sexual assault that some...

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How Did the American Revolution Start?

On 19th April, 1775, just over 250 years ago, the opening salvos of the American Revolutionary...

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A History of Popes

Popes have shaped the history of the world. The Catholic Church has had a Pope for two thousand...

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The Einstein Murders

Warning: this episode contains discussion of suicide. In August 1944, German soldiers burst...

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The Adventures Of Alfred Hitchcock: Chapter 11

In complete control of his creative powers, Hitchcock is about to embark upon the making of what...

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Exercise Tiger: Disastrous D-Day rehearsal BBC
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Exercise Tiger: Disastrous D-Day rehearsal

In April 1944, the Allies planned Exercise Tiger to practise their landing on France's Normandy...

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Coca-Cola’s ‘New Coke' BBC
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Coca-Cola’s ‘New Coke'

Forty years ago, on 23 April 1985, Coca-Cola decided to change the secret formula of its fizzy...

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The creation of YouTube BBC
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The creation of YouTube

An 18-second clip of a young man standing in front of an elephant enclosure at San Diego Zoo in...

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Staging Othello in apartheid South Africa BBC
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Staging Othello in apartheid South Africa

In September 1987, Othello was staged at the Market Theatre in Johannesburg during the apartheid...

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The origin of World Book Day BBC
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The origin of World Book Day

In November 1995, a proposal of having an annual day focused on celebrating books was put forward...

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Wanda Gág, Part 1

As an artist and writer Wanda Gág is well known for her children’s books. But this first of two...

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Wanda Gág, Part 2

After struggling to raise her siblings and start an art career, Wanda Gág’s life changed almost...

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Stephen G. Eoannou - After Pearl

1942. War rages in Europe. Pearl Harbor still smolders. And alcoholic private eye Nicholas Bishop...

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The 93 penises of the Bayeux Tapestry

Historians have counted lots of things in the Bayeux Tapestry – animals, ships, hands and plants....

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AWA354 - Why did ancient armies have few ranged units compared to line infantry?

Long-time listener Uygar sent this in. "why did ancient armies, especially Greek...

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559. The Rolling Stones: Satanic Majesties of Sixties Rebellion (Part 2)

"We're not worried about petty morals." What happened to the Rolling Stones in...

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Final Days of George III

How did George III die? Was it raving in a straightjacket? Who stayed with him at the end of his...

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The Battle of Crécy

The Battle of Crécy in 1346 saw an outnumbered English army under King Edward III win an...

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The Birth of Indo-European

From the steppes of prehistoric Eurasia to the languages we speak today, the story of...

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249. Victorian Narcos: Doomed Envoy to China (Ep 3) Goalhanger Podcasts
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249. Victorian Narcos: Doomed Envoy to China (Ep 3)

Who led the first British envoy to China? What did Europeans think of China in the 1700s? Why did...

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The Liberation of Bergen-Belsen

Warning: This episode contains detailed discussion of the Holocaust and genocide, which some...

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The Adventures Of Alfred Hitchcock: Chapter 8

In the 1920s,Alfred Hitchcock, the son of a shopkeeper, embarked on a career in the fledgling...

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Dorothy Arzner

Dorothy Arzner wasn’t the first female film director in the U.S., but she was really the only one...

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Daniel Meltz - Rabbis of the Garden State

In the suburbs of New Jersey, where temple gossip flows like Manischewitz wine, eleven-year-old...

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405: European legends: Ale to the King

🍺Meet Cambrinus, things aren't going so well for him🍺 He's a peasant kid with a job that's going...

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Tariffs and trade wars: a history of economic warfare

Trade wars and tariffs have once again been making headlines in recent weeks, as US president...

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473 – Stage Management

So, when we left off, Anselm finally had his Pallium, and Rufus got… well… Rufus got all the...

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Episode 229: Teammates

Order The Memory Palace book now, dear listener. On Bookshop.org, on Amazon.com, on Barnes &...

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AW352 - Tiberius

In this episode of the Ancient Warfare Podcast, Marc De Santis talks to historian and author...

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