Podcast Episodes

The Gunpowder Plot (Repeat)

Season 4

The Gunpowder Plot is an epic tale of adventure and murderous revenge, a detective story complete with secrets, aliases, even an anonymous letter of …

2 years, 7 months ago

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Magna Carta

Season 4 Episode 108

Magna Carta is one of the most enduring documents from the Middle Ages. Reluctantly signed by King John at Runnymede in 1215, it forever changed soci…

2 years, 7 months ago

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Jane Austen

Season 4 Episode 107

Jane Austen is arguably the most famous female writer in history. Her novels have gone on to inspire countless films, plays, and dramas all over the …

2 years, 7 months ago

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Congo River

Season 4 Episode 106

The Congo River is the world’s deepest and most powerful waterway. In its basin, a wilderness bigger than Alaska, natural resources abound - oil, gol…

2 years, 7 months ago

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Margaret Thatcher

Season 4 Episode 105

Margaret Thatcher was one of the most controversial figures of the 20th Century. Praised by some as a fearless leader and feminist icon, and despised…

2 years, 8 months ago

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Boston Tea Party

Season 4 Episode 104

In December, 1773, hundreds of angry Bostonians charged into the harbor at Griffin’s Wharf, and tossed over 300 chests of tea into the icy waters bel…

2 years, 8 months ago

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Fukushima Nuclear Disaster

Season 4 Episode 103

In 2011, Japan was hit by the worst earthquake in the country’s history. Enormous tremors caused devastation all throughout Japan, and the tsunami th…

2 years, 8 months ago

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Joan of Arc

Season 4 Episode 102

Joan of Arc is a historical superstar, a peasant who rose above her rank and gender to help free France from foreign occupation. Claiming to be actin…

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Suez Canal

Season 4 Episode 101

The Suez Canal is one of the world’s most famous waterways - connecting the Red Sea to the Mediterranean, and opening up trade between the East and t…

2 years, 8 months ago

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Marilyn Monroe

Season 4 Episode 100

Marilyn Monroe was one of the most famous screen actors of all time. Known for her charisma and beauty, her private life and turbulent health made he…

2 years, 9 months ago

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