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Warfare in Ancient Greece
Episode 1400
How did warfare work in Ancient Greece? The weapons and armour of the Greek hoplite are legendary, as are the warrior cultures of city-states like Sp…
1 year, 9 months ago
Boudica: Queen of the Iceni
Episode 1398
She's the warrior queen who took on the mighty Roman Empire, but who really was Boudica?
Separating facts from the myths we've read can be tricky, but…
1 year, 9 months ago
Infiltrating the IRA: Murder & Espionage in Northern Ireland
Episode 1397
With Operation Kenova back in the headlines, we look to the story of Frank Hegarty, an IRA member turned British informant whose assassination led to…
1 year, 9 months ago
The Financial Crashes that Changed the World
Episode 1396
Over the last turbulent century, the global economy has suffered the shockwaves of recessions and depressions, bubbles and unchecked investor euphori…
1 year, 10 months ago
Oppenheimer vs Einstein
Episode 1395
Today we're talking about two 20th century titans, the physicists J. Robert Oppenheimer and Albert Einstein. Their scientific achievements changed th…
1 year, 10 months ago
4. Machu Picchu: The Fall of the Inca Empire
Episode 1394
Part 4/4. The Spanish conquistadors arrived in Peru in 1526 in a bloody pursuit of gold and riches; it was the beginning of the end for the Inca. The…
1 year, 10 months ago
3. Machu Picchu: Inca Gods and Human Sacrifices
Episode 1393
Part 3/4. Juanita the Ice Maiden is one of the most famous mummies in the world. She was found in 1991 by anthropologist Johan Reinhard lying out in …
1 year, 10 months ago
2. Machu Picchu: The Rise of the Inca Empire
Episode 1392
Part 2/4. At their most powerful, the Inca had the largest empire in the world. Lasting just one century from the mid-15th century, it stretched acro…
1 year, 10 months ago
1. Machu Picchu: The 'Lost City'
Episode 1391
Part 1/4. Dan takes the podcast to the Peruvian Andes as he follows in the footsteps of intrepid American explorer Hiram Bingham who revealed Machu P…
1 year, 10 months ago
History of Gulags
Episode 1389
On the 16th of February, 2024, the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service announced that opposition leader Alexei Navalny had died. He had been impriso…
1 year, 10 months ago