Podcast Episodes

The East India Company

Season 6 Episode 192

Over 400 years ago, a bold commercial venture was established to allow an ambitious group of English merchants to send ships halfway around the world in search of spices, skills, and profit. It was k…

Published on 4 months ago

The Shroud of Turin

Season 6 Episode 191

The Shroud of Turin is a length of linen, believed by many to be the burial cloth of Jesus of Nazareth. Its most famous feature is the blurry imprint of a man’s face, which resembles the pictures of …

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

Arthur Conan Doyle

Season 6 Episode 190

Arthur Conan Doyle, a doctor, war volunteer, campaigner for justice, politician, and believer in the spirit world, created one of literature’s most famous characters. In his lifetime, he wrote ghost …

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Introducing: Fidel Castro - Real Dictators

Season 6

This is a taster episode of the Fidel Castro story. To hear episodes 2-10, head over to Real Dictators and hit follow.

Fidel Castro - a revolutionary turned strongman dictator, beloved by his suppor…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

The Spanish Flu

Season 6 Episode 189

The influenza pandemic of 1918-20 infected about one-third of the world’s population at the time, killing at least 50 million people. Occurring during the First World War, what became known as the Sp…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

The Manhattan Project

Season 6 Episode 188

The Manhattan Project was the codename for the US government’s top secret programme to develop the first atomic bomb. At the height of World War Two, America’s top scientists - such as Dr Robert Oppe…

Published on 5 months ago

The First Emperor of China

Season 6 Episode 187

In the third century BC, China was a land fractured by war - a patchwork of rival kingdoms struggling for dominance. Out of this chaos rose a single, extraordinary figure who would reshape the course…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

Anne Frank

Season 6 Episode 186

Anne Frank is one of the world’s most famous writers, yet she didn’t live long enough to see her work published. At the age of thirteen, Anne was a normal teenager, who poured her heart into a diary.…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

Alfred Hitchcock

Season 6 Episode 185

Alfred Hitchcock was one of the most celebrated film directors of all time. In a career that spanned six decades, he produced more than 50 films, including Britain’s first successful talking picture.…

Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago

Gaudi (Bonus Episode)

Season 6

In a long life, spanning the late 19th and early 20th century, Antoni Gaudi created some of history’s best-loved architecture. From his early lamppost designs, through to his great unfinished masterp…

Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago