Podcast Episodes

Tutankhamun

Season 1 Episode 27

Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook ask why Tutankhamun remains the best known of the Egyptian pharaohs. They examine the discovery of the tomb by Howa…

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Witches

Season 1 Episode 26

Suzannah Lipscomb joins Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook to discuss the history of witches and witchcraft.

Why did society see witches as a threat an…

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Empires

Season 1 Episode 25

Is the age of empires over? And are they always a bad thing?

Dominic Sandbrook and Tom Holland explore empires through history, examining the modern a…

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Sex in the City

Season 1 Episode 24

Everything you wanted to know about sex in the 18th and 19th Century but were afraid to ask. Hallie Rubenhold, author of The Covent Garden Ladies and…

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The 90s

Season 1 Episode 23

Ecstasy, emails and economic stability. Dominic Sandbrook and Tom Holland discuss the 1990s, a decade which brought us Oasis, Tony Blair, Monica Lewi…

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Weird Wars

Season 1 Episode 22

The Rest is History brings you the top ten strangest conflicts of all time. Obscure, little-known, downright strange. Dominic Sandbrook and Tom Holla…

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The History of the Future

Season 1 Episode 21

What is history’s take on the future? Oracles, prophecies, apocalypse, scientific projection. Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss them all.

Lea…

5 years, 2 months ago

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China

Season 1 Episode 20

Broadcaster and historian Michael Wood joins Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook to discuss the world’s oldest civilisation. What were the great moment…

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King Arthur

Season 1 Episode 19

It remains the most romantic historical story of all time, but is the legend of King Arthur a myth? Was he even English? And will he rise again when …

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The North South Divide

Season 1 Episode 18

England has long been divided by an invisible line somewhere north of Watford and south of the Mersey.

But do northerners really have more in common w…

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