Podcast Episodes

The Ottoman Empire

Season 2 Episode 25

For over six hundred years the Ottoman Empire ruled swathes of the Middle East, North Africa, and Southern Europe. As an Islamic superpower centred o…

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The Underground Railroad

Season 2 Episode 24

The Underground Railroad helped up to 100,000 enslaved people to freedom. It was America’s first civil rights movement, operated by Black and white p…

4 years, 1 month ago

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Apollo 13

Season 2 Episode 23

April 13th, 1970. 200,000 miles from Earth, three astronauts are approaching lunar orbit when they hear a noise. Deep in the spacecraft, a tiny wirin…

4 years, 1 month ago

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Featuring: We Have Ways of Making You Talk - The Dambusters Raid of 1943

Season 2 Episode 25

Short History Of… will be back as usual on Monday, but today we are dropping an episode by our friends at We Have Ways of Making You Talk podcast. Th…

4 years, 1 month ago

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Bonnie and Clyde

Season 2 Episode 22

Forged by the Great Depression, Bonnie and Clyde became icons of lawlessness, thrilling and shocking America with their crime sprees and doomed roman…

4 years, 1 month ago

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Ernest Shackleton

Season 1 Episode 21

Antarctica, October 1915. 1200 miles from civilisation, Ernest Shackleton watches from the ice as his ship finally crumples. To survive, he and his 2…

4 years, 2 months ago

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The Christmas Truce

Season 1 Episode 20

It’s Christmas eve, 1914. On the Western Front, a British soldier peers out across No Man’s Land. A sound catches his attention – not artillery fire,…

4 years, 3 months ago

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The Roman Republic

Season 1 Episode 19

March 15th, 44BC. Despite ill omens, Julius Caesar approaches the Theatre of Pompey. But the men inside have sworn an oath. To save the Republic from…

4 years, 3 months ago

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The Pirate Queen

Season 1 Episode 18

It’s November 28th, 1809. The Imperial fleet in Tung Chung Bay is aflame. But the crew of Zheng I Sao’s ship watch on and cheer. This is the greatest…

4 years, 3 months ago

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Pyramids

Season 1 Episode 17

Sakkara, Egypt, 2,630BC. A man stands atop a structure of dizzying height as the final block grinds into place. For Imhotep, it is the culmination of…

4 years, 3 months ago

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