Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchLondon’s Golden Age: Sex and Scandal in Georgian Britain (Part 2)
Episode 651
Why was London such a cauldron of sexual scandal and political tumult in the 18th century? What licentious escapades did the infamous Scottish noblem…
4 weeks ago
London’s Golden Age: The Mad Life of Dr Johnson (Part 1)
Episode 650
Who was Samuel Johnson, the dominant literary celebrity of 18th century London and the man who wrote the Dictionary? Why did his friendship with Jame…
1 month ago
The Fall of the Incas: The Last Emperor (Part 6)
Episode 649
With the Incan emperor on the run, and the Spanish divided, what atrocities would unfold in the final phase of this brutal conquest? Who would triump…
1 month ago
The Fall of the Incas: Battle for the Sacred City (Part 5)
Episode 648
Three years into the conquest of the Incas, how did the Spaniards respond to the Incan uprising, lead by their puppet emperor Manco? How did the desp…
1 month, 1 week ago
The Fall of the Incas: The King in the North (Part 4)
Episode 647
How did the Spanish conquistadors under Francisco Pizarro take advantage of the Incan civil War? Were they able to discover the glorious city of Cusc…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Greatest Paintings: The French Revolution - Millet's Angelus
Why was Jean-François Millet’s The Angelus considered highly controversial and politically divisive in pre-industrial 19th-century France? What do we…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
The Fall of the Incas: Death to the Emperor (Part 3)
Episode 646
What happened to the emperor of the Incas after he was taken prisoner by the Spanish conquistadors? Did the formidable buccaneer, Francisco Pizarro, …
1 month, 2 weeks ago
The Book Club: Wuthering Heights
Why does Emily Brontë's novel, Wuthering Heights, have such an enduring romantic association? Is Heathcliff a romantic lead, or an abusive antihero? …
1 month, 2 weeks ago
The Fall of the Incas: Massacre in the Andes (Part 2)
Episode 645
What happened when the Spanish conquistadors lead by Francisco Pizarro came face to face with the ruthless emperor of the Incan Empire, Atahualpa? Ho…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Greatest Paintings: Age of Enlightenment - Raeburn's Skating Minister
How does Henry Raeburn’s Skating Minister represent both the Scottish Enlightenment and the Romantic movement? In what ways does subject Reverend Rob…
1 month, 3 weeks ago