Podcast Episodes

We’re all so 17th Century

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Season 1 Episode 4

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Plague, pestilence and statue smashing are back in business. Has 2020 turned out to be the 17th Century in disguise? And if so, has Boris Johnson become the new Oliver Cromwell, determined to crack d…

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Published on 4 years, 11 months ago

Is Trump Caesar or Nixon?

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Episode 3

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Recorded hours after Joe Biden was named President of the United States, we ask if Donald Trump is a modern day Caesar, willing to do anything to stay in power? Or is Trump the natural successor to t…

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Published on 4 years, 11 months ago

Civil War

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Episode 2

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What are the conditions needed for a civil war to start? Could we see a modern industrial nation turn upon itself again? Historians Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook explore examples from ancient his…

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Published on 5 years ago

Greatness

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Episode 1

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How did certain people come to be called ‘the Great’? Is the notion of great men and women outmoded? Can anyone today be reckoned ‘great’? Historians Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook take a wide ran…

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Published on 5 years ago

Trailer

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Season 1 Episode 1

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Historians Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook are interrogating the past, attempting to de-tangle the present for their new podcast "The Rest Is History"

They question the nature of Greatness, why the …

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Published on 5 years ago