Today Greg and Jem look at disease - how illness has affected history, and how much a simple...
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Today Greg and Jem look at disease - how illness has affected history, and how much a simple...
31:43
182 - Fast 5 With Greg - The Sound of Silence
This week Greg talks about silent movies, why he likes them, and why he finds them similar to...
06:00
197 - Can Evil People do Good Things
In the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal, Greg and Jem look at the problems when people who...
34:30
205 - The History of Magic... Part One
Jem decides that it is time for Greg to do some research and so the topic this week is right in...
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134 - Fast 5 with Jem - The Ottomans
What do you know about the Ottoman Empire? Jem has an idea that many of our listeners will have...
06:06
128 - Fast 5 with Greg - Imagining History
Greg wants you to do him a favour and imagine history... really imagine it! The Condensed...
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127 - Things Your History Teacher May Have Lied About!
In this week's episode we learn about errors and oversimplifications which may have been made by...
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125 - The Return of Jo Clyne (And we talk about the plague!)
Jo Clyne is back on the podcast for one of our most anarchic episodes to date. The history of the...
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123 - The History of Juggling!
Finally the podcast turns to history that really matters, as Jem questions Greg about the history...
28:12
Both Greg and Jem profess a fondness for Indiana Jones - although this has taken them in very...
28:38
145 - The Habsburgs (By special request)!
Greg and Jem have been asked to look at the Habsburgs in this week's episode, and they are happy...
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Jem actually met a listener this week, and so took a suggestion of a topic - and so we wander...
29:04
As Greg has a big new Steampunk project coming up (see www.thelastairship.com for more...
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Fast 5 with Greg - Steampunk Success!
Greg has some thanks to share as he updates everyone on his Steampunk project!
06:57
159 - Dinosaurs in Small Bites
Jem interviews Greg about his new podcast 'Dinosaurs in Small Bites' - a new short podcast all...
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162 - Fast 5 With Greg - Roast Beef!
Greg looks more into the history of language - and specifically as it relates to food!
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163 - Were the Tudors overrated? (Of course not... but let Jem have his moment).
This week Greg and Jem discuss the Tudors, and whether or not they deserve to be as well known,...
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Ahead of Greg performing some Pirate histories over the summer, he and Jem bring the subject up...
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173 - The Seven Year War (Or Greg discovers a new famous War)
Of all the wars you may have heard of, it seems that the Seven Year War is one of the most...
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From Benedict Arnold to Judas, and from Ancient Rome to Nazi Germany, Greg and Jem debate...
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