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Valentine's Day
Episode 151
Happy Valentine's Day! Have you ever wondered why we send each other cards and go out to Carluccio's for dinner on a weeknight?
In today's episode, To…
4 years, 1 month ago
Real Dictators: Adolf Hitler's Day In Court
Today we're dropping an episode from our friends at Noiser. Their podcast brings us to Munich, Germany. November 1923. The Nazis have just attempted …
4 years, 1 month ago
Smuggling
Episode 150
Did you think smuggling in Britain was confined to the Jamaica Inn and the beaches of the Cornish coast? If so, you might want to listen to today's p…
4 years, 2 months ago
The Birth of Russia
Episode 149
In the second of two episodes on the Vikings in the East, Tom and Dominic investigate their role in the birth of Russia.
Producer: Dom Johnson
Exec Pro…
4 years, 2 months ago
The Vikings Go East
Episode 148
In this week's episode, Tom and Dominic take a look at the actions, influence and brutalisation of the Vikings in Eastern Europe, including their rol…
4 years, 2 months ago
Disease, the New World and modern pandemics
Episode 147
How devastating were European arrivals to the Americas in terms of deaths and the introduction of new infectious diseases?
Tom and Dominic are joined …
4 years, 2 months ago
Disease vs. the rise of civilisation
Episode 146
The way we die has been utterly transformed.
There have been around 10,000 generations of human beings, but only in the last 3 or 4 have infectious di…
4 years, 2 months ago
Babylon
Episode 145
Greatest city on earth. Den of iniquity. Imperial oppressor. Wealth and power.
The ancient city of Babylon has been mythologised for millenia, but how…
4 years, 2 months ago
The Trial of Charles I Part 2
Episode 144
Tune in to hear the second part of The Rest Is History's take on the execution of Charles I and its aftermath.
Charles I was executed 373 years ago to…
4 years, 2 months ago
The Trial of Charles I Part 1
Episode 143
Charles I was executed 373 years ago to the day on 30th January. But was his killing a sinful act of treason or merely one of retributive justice?
Tom…
4 years, 2 months ago