Podcast Episodes

The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Season 6 Episode 229

In 1914, Europe was dominated by four great empires — the British, the French, the Russian, and the vast, uneasy realm of Austria-Hungary, stretching…

2 months, 1 week ago

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C.S. Lewis

Season 6 Episode 228

One of the most famous writers of the 20th century, C. S. Lewis was a scholar of medieval literature, an influential Christian thinker and a supremel…

2 months, 2 weeks ago

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Introducing: Real Vikings - Episode 1

Season 6

This is a preview of a brand-new show from the Noiser podcast network. Hosted by Iain Glen (Game of Thrones, Silo), Real Vikings takes you on a deep …

2 months, 3 weeks ago

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Ernest Hemingway

Season 6 Episode 227

At the dawn of the twentieth century, a writer emerged who learned his craft not in a classroom, but in battlefields, bullrings, and bars. To some, E…

2 months, 3 weeks ago

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The European Middle Ages (Part 2 of 2)

Season 6 Episode 226

Although the Middle Ages were an undeniably turbulent period in the history of Europe, characterised in part by endemic violence, hardship and inequa…

2 months, 4 weeks ago

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The European Middle Ages (Part 1 of 2)

Season 6 Episode 225

The period known as the Middle Ages was defined by more than knights and warfare. It began centuries before the First Crusade was called, in the conf…

3 months ago

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The Silk Roads

Season 6 Episode 224

From the deserts of Central Asia to the gates of ancient China, from the bazaars of Persia to the harbours of the Mediterranean, the Silk Roads were …

3 months, 2 weeks ago

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The Falklands War

Season 6 Episode 223

The sinking of the General Belgrano on May 2nd 1982 by a British submarine was one of the most controversial events of the Falklands War. The strike …

3 months, 3 weeks ago

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Rwandan Genocide

Season 6 Episode 222

For hundreds of years, Rwanda’s Hutu and Tutsi groups had lived in relative harmony. But the arrival of European colonists enforced and exaggerated t…

3 months, 4 weeks ago

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Rasputin

Season 6 Episode 221

⁠A Short History of Ancient Rome⁠ - the debut book from the Noiser Network is out now! Discover the epic rise and fall of Rome like never before. Pic…

4 months ago

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