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Sanctioned: The Inside Story of the Sale of Chelsea FC with Nick Purewal
Episode 16
The sale of Chelsea FC in 2022 saw politics play a vital role in the sale of football. Nick Purewal, the then AP correspondent assigned to Chelsea ha…
12 hours ago
Remembering Len Deighton - Bomber
Episode 15
On the 17th March 2026, author Len Deighton passed away at the age of 97. To remember this wonderful author, Boney is in the hot seat as he tries to …
2 weeks, 1 day ago
Eden Undone with Abbott Kahler
Episode 14
At the beginning of the Great Depression, three groups of Germans moved to Floreana Island in the Galápagos to create their own utopia. Over the comi…
3 weeks, 1 day ago
The Age of Alchemy with Kit Chapman
Episode 13
Our old buddy Kit Chapman joins us to tell us all about his new book, which looks at the global quest to achieve immortality, cure all disease and tr…
4 weeks, 1 day ago
The Death of Trotsky with Josh Ireland
Episode 12
In August 1940, a man walked into Leon Trotsky's study in Mexico City and drove an ice pick into his skull. While the death of Trotsky is well known,…
1 month, 1 week ago
House of Diggs with Marion Orr
Episode 11
Congressman Charles C. Diggs Jr. led a political career spanning from1951 to 1980. He was the only federal official to attend the trial of Emmett Til…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
The Revolutionists with Jason Burke
Episode 10
In the 1970s, extremists like Leila Khaled, Carlos the Jackal, and the Baader-Meinhof Gang captured the world's attention with their hijackings and m…
2 months ago
Lazarus: The Second Coming of David Bowie with Alexander Larman
Episode 9
From mockery to global mourning, the last 30 years of David Bowie's life were a creative whirlwind of hits, misses, films and side projects that culm…
2 months, 1 week ago
Quantum of Menace with Vaseem Khan
Episode 8
It is always great to welcome back old History Hack friends and Vaseem Khan returns with a corcker! Q has been kicked out of MI:6, and when Q's old s…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective with Sarah Lodge
Episode 7
Sherlock Holmes dominates the thoughts of the Victorian detective; in her Wolfson History Prize shortlist book, Sarah Lodge brings to life the real w…
2 months, 3 weeks ago