Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchFear City: New York in the 1970s
Episode 360
“A cloud of black, acrid smoke hung over the area. It was a scene from a warzone, a battlefield - it was a scene from the end of the world…” New York…
2 years, 7 months ago
Martin Luther King's Dream
Episode 359
"Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope.” Arguably the most celebrated speech of the 20th century, Martin Luther King Jr.’s address in front…
2 years, 7 months ago
Viking Sorcery
Episode 358
Warning! This one isn’t for the faint-hearted... A naked, torch-carrying man, who would walk backwards around a funeral pyre, with his fingers coveri…
2 years, 8 months ago
NEW PODCAST: THE REST IS FOOTBALL
Season 1 Episode 357
Join Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer and Micah Richards for a new podcast bringing strong opinions on all the latest stories from the world of football.
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2 years, 8 months ago
Historical Love Island: The Sequel
Episode 357
“There’s a lot of severed heads at this villa!” The great TV sensation of the summer returns on The Rest Is History, as Tom and Dominic are once agai…
2 years, 8 months ago
The Blood-Drinking Bride of Christ
Episode 356
A woman of immense influence on medieval Christendom, Catherine of Siena was one of the first female Doctors of the Church, who married Christ in her…
2 years, 8 months ago
Roman Apocalypse: Pompeii 79 AD
Episode 355
Mount Vesuvius' eruption in the autumn of AD79 remains one of the deadliest and best-known in history. The plume of super-heated volcanic gases spewe…
2 years, 8 months ago
Paris 1968: The Return of De Gaulle
Episode 354
Charles de Gaulle was a war hero in the First World War, and, having refused to accept his government’s armistice with Nazi Germany, became the voice…
2 years, 8 months ago
Paris 1968: The Students' Revolt
Episode 353
May 1968 saw underlying tensions reach a climax in France, resulting in a period of civil unrest coloured by rioting, general strikes, and the occupa…
2 years, 8 months ago
Amsterdam: Kings, Canals, and Coffee Houses (Part 2)
Episode 352
A city which played a fundamental role in the Dutch Golden Age and in the birth of the Dutch monarchy, Amsterdam has also stood in the avant-garde of…
2 years, 8 months ago