The Battle of Berlin with Sir Antony Beevor
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Popes have shaped the history of the world. The Catholic Church has had a Pope for two thousand...
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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
In April 1944, the Allies planned Exercise Tiger to practise their landing on France's Normandy...
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Forty years ago, on 23 April 1985, Coca-Cola decided to change the secret formula of its fizzy...
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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
In September 1987, Othello was staged at the Market Theatre in Johannesburg during the apartheid...
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In November 1995, a proposal of having an annual day focused on celebrating books was put forward...
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As an artist and writer Wanda Gág is well known for her children’s books. But this first of two...
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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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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 in 1346 saw an outnumbered English army under King Edward III win an...
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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)
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
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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 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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So, when we left off, Anselm finally had his Pallium, and Rufus got… well… Rufus got all the...
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Order The Memory Palace book now, dear listener. On Bookshop.org, on Amazon.com, on Barnes &...
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In this episode of the Ancient Warfare Podcast, Marc De Santis talks to historian and author...
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