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VE Day
Episode 1628
When the Second World War finally ended 80 years ago, there was a mixed reaction in Britain. Today, we hear about these varying responses, from elati…
10 months, 1 week ago
How did Andrew Jackson Change the U.S. Presidency?
Episode 1627
A hero to some, and a villain to others, the seventh president of the United States was a populist firebrand who reshaped America and left a legacy t…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Germany After Hitler
Episode 1626
80 years ago, as the war in Europe drew to a close, the world began to come to terms with the horrors of the Third Reich. This is the story of the Nu…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
The Death of Hitler
Episode 1625
Warning: this episode contains discussion of suicide.
Berlin, April 1945: After nearly 12 years, the "Thousand-Year Reich" is crumbling. Isolated in a…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
The Dreyfus Affair: The Spy Scandal that Shook France
Episode 1621
It started with an inconsequential piece of military intelligence, scrawled on a piece of paper and left in a waste paper basket. But over the next d…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
The Einstein Murders
Episode 1623
Warning: this episode contains discussion of suicide.
In August 1944, German soldiers burst into the Florentine villa of Robert Einstein, cousin of th…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
A History of Popes
Episode 1622
Popes have shaped the history of the world. The Catholic Church has had a Pope for two thousand years, the first- tradition dictates- was St Peter, t…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
How Did the American Revolution Start?
Episode 1620
On 19th April, 1775, just over 250 years ago, the opening salvos of the American Revolutionary War were fired at the battles of Lexington and Concord…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
The Battle of Berlin with Sir Antony Beevor
Episode 1619
Warning: this episode includes discussion of subjects like suicide and sexual assault that some listeners may find disturbing.
80 years ago, the Sovie…
11 months ago
The Liberation of Bergen-Belsen
Episode 1618
Warning: This episode contains detailed discussion of the Holocaust and genocide, which some listeners may find upsetting.
80 years ago, British troop…
11 months ago