Podcast Episodes

The British Empire

Season 1 Episode 68

The British Empire: good, bad or neither? And how does its legacy shape us today? Journalist Sathnam Sanghera, author of “Empireland”, joins Tom Holl…

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Anglo-German Relations

Season 1 Episode 67

With England and Germany set to do sporting battle once again, Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook explore the historical events which have shaped the …

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Ghosts

Season 1 Episode 66

Settle down by the fire and prepare to be haunted. Roger Clarke, author of A Natural History of Ghosts, joins Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook to wo…

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A Very British Scandal

Season 1 Episode 65

Jeremy Thorpe was the most flamboyant politician of his day. Leader of the Liberal Party for nine years he was tried at the Old Bailey for conspiracy…

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Hitler, with Ian Kershaw - part 2

Season 1 Episode 64

In the second part of our examination of Adolf Hitler, Sir Ian Kershaw joins Dominic Sandbrook to discuss the Nazi leader’s years leading up to and d…

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Hitler, with Ian Kershaw - part 1

Season 1 Episode 63

He was “the embodiment of modern political evil” according to historian Sir Ian Kershaw. In this first episode of a two-part investigation of the Naz…

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Magna Carta

Season 1 Episode 62

Does the Magna Carta enshrine the liberties of every free-born Englishman? Or is it now irrelevant? Ted Vallance, Professor of History at Roehampton …

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California

Season 1 Episode 61

No state in America captures the imagination quite like California. With its glitz and glamour and also its enormous economic disparities the state i…

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Muhammad

Season 1 Episode 60

Who was Muhammad, where did he come from and what was the historical context for his life? Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss one of the most …

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The World Cup of Gods - Part 2

Season 1 Episode 59

Competition for top deity hots up as we look back on the knock out stages of the Rest is History World Cup of Gods. Dominic Sandbrook and Tom Holland…

4 years, 10 months ago

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