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Titanic: Nightmare at Midnight (Part 5)
Episode 431
“A story of horror unparalleled in the annals of the Sea.”
On the 14th of April 1912, Titanic, a floating palace sailing through the North Atlantic, f…
2 years, 5 months ago
Titanic: The Iceberg Strikes (Part 4)
Episode 430
It is Sunday the 14th of April 1912, and the passengers of the Titanic, from the tycoons in first class to the migrants in third class, have been enj…
2 years, 5 months ago
Titanic: Countdown to Disaster (Part 3)
Episode 429
The drama and tragedy of the Titanic’s sinking has spawned all manner of myths about those who left Southampton on the 10th of April 1912, and for fo…
2 years, 5 months ago
Titanic: Kings of the World (Part 2)
Episode 428
The Titanic was a product of the furious competition of the late Gilded Age, and no expenses were spared to make her the most extraordinary and luxur…
2 years, 5 months ago
Titanic: The Tragedy Begins (Part 1)
Episode 427
"There is no danger that Titanic will sink. The boat is unsinkable and nothing but inconvenience will be suffered by the passengers."
The sinking of t…
2 years, 5 months ago
History's Greatest Monkeys
Episode 426
Man in his arrogance thinks himself a great work, worthy the interposition of a deity. More humble, and I believe truer, to consider him created from…
2 years, 5 months ago
The History Of Chocolate
Episode 425
‘For if a person fatigued with long and hard labour, or with a violent agitation of the mind, takes a good dish of chocolate, he shall perceive almos…
2 years, 6 months ago
Carthage vs. Rome: Total War (Part 4)
Episode 424
In the third century BC, a clash which had been brewing for centuries finally erupted: Rome, the ruthless imperialist upstart dominating Italy, again…
2 years, 6 months ago
Carthage vs. Rome: The Wolf at the Gates (Part 3)
Episode 423
“Every man is the architect of his own destiny”
Long before Rome reigned over the Mediterranean, there was Carthage: the supreme predator of Antiquity…
2 years, 6 months ago
Ancient Carthage: Rise of a Superpower (Part 2)
Episode 422
“An aristocratic republic, secret and well-ordered, where individuals are subject to the harsh laws of the austere and disciplined rich…”
The mysterio…
2 years, 6 months ago