Podcast Episodes

George Orwell

Season 6 Episode 200

Best known for his books Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell earned a reputation as chronicler and prophet of modern society. Plagued…

6 months, 1 week ago

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The Domesday Book

Season 6 Episode 199

Following the Norman Conquest at the Battle of Hastings, Norman culture transformed the country, as William I governed through force and bureaucracy.…

6 months, 2 weeks ago

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The Mitford Sisters

Season 6 Episode 198

Rarely out of the papers during their lifetimes, and still figures of fascination in modern media, the six Mitford sisters have become notorious. Fro…

6 months, 2 weeks ago

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Florence Nightingale

Season 6 Episode 197

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Revered as a heroine, and mythologised as ‘the Lady with the Lamp’, Florence Nightingale has g…

6 months, 3 weeks ago

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The Hiroshima and Nagasaki Bombings

Season 6 Episode 196

In May 1945, the Second World War ended in Europe, but Japan refused to surrender - despite seemingly facing inevitable defeat. So, confronted by the…

7 months ago

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Marie Antoinette

Season 6 Episode 195

The last Queen of France before the French Revolution, Marie Antoinette is best known today for her extravagant lifestyle and controversial legacy. I…

7 months, 1 week ago

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The Stone Age

Season 6 Episode 194

The Stone Age is the foundational period of human history, stretching from roughly 3 million to 5,000 years ago, and accounting for over 99% of human…

7 months, 2 weeks ago

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Captain Cook

Season 6 Episode 193

Through his voyages in the eighteenth century, Captain Cook’s work as an explorer contributed to startling advances in scientific knowledge, and mapp…

7 months, 3 weeks ago

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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…

8 months ago

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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…

8 months, 1 week ago

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