Podcast Episodes

Halls of Fame: Art and Celebrity from Ludwig I to Donald Trump

Season 6 Episode 2

We’re proud of our own Hall of Fame here at Trapped History, but what are they and where did the idea come from?

As we celebrate our three-year anniversary, join Oswin, Carla and MK for a very special…

Published on 9 hours ago

Pilgrimage: A Christmas Trapped History Special

Season 6

This holiday season, we've got a meditative and, we hope, nourishing bonus for you – as Michaela Strachan remembers taking part in the BBC series "Pilgrimage".

She is also remembering her friends and …

Published on 4 days, 9 hours ago

Hall of Fame: Ending Animal Cruelty one Bear at a Time

Season 6

Michaela Strachan's nominee for the Trapped History Hall of Fame is one of the most selfless people we have heard of – Jill Robinson, who has dedicated her life to saving bears from the cruelty of th…

Published on 1 week ago

The Pride of the Peaks: Michaela Strachan on the Woman who Fought for Nature

Season 6 Episode 1

We have a wonderful season opener for you – as wildlife TV legend Michaela Strachan joins Trapped History to help us tell the tale of the woman who fought for nature. Her name was a bit of a mouthful…

Published on 2 weeks ago

Season 6 Taster: Beer, Sex, Rice and Freedom – the Very Best of Trapped History

Season 6

We're delighted – chuffed even – to welcome you to Season 6. Trapped History is out of nappies and toddling all over the place (we're three years old this Christmas), clutching two international awar…

Published on 3 weeks ago

It Only Takes a Minute: Vote for Trapped History Now!

Season 5

It's not a new episode I'm afraid, but we really need your votes! We're chuffed, delighted, over the moon – pick your favourite – to announce that Trapped History is a finalist in three international…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Hall of Fame: Throwing Stones, Winning the Vote and Changing Women's History

Season 5

Join us for Helen Lewis' nominee for the Trapped History Hall of Fame: Constance Bulwer-Lytton, daughter of a Viceroy, sister to an Earl – but one of the bravest suffragettes of them all.

In changing …

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

The Genius Myth: Helen Lewis on Why We Fall for the Same Old Shtick Throughout History

Season 5 Episode 7

We are delighted to be joined today by Helen Lewis, whose new book, The Genius Myth, rips apart the stories we like to tell ourselves about ‘them’ – the heroic geniuses we idolise and adore. This is …

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Hall of Fame: The Medieval Sibyl of the Rhine

Season 5

Jet's nomination for the Trapped History Hall of Fame is an oldie – 850 years old, to be precise. A Renaissance Woman centuries before the Renaissance, a medieval queen of music, philosophy, science …

Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago

The Body is the Statement: Jet from Gladiators on History's Fitness Queen, Lady Lisa Lyon

Season 5 Episode 5

There’s a photo – you can google it – which when you see it, you’ll laugh, you’ll double-take, you’ll think ‘whaaaat?’. It’s of a young woman, she’s small, five foot nothing and she’s in a fitness gy…

Published on 4 months ago