Podcast Episodes

D-Day Heroes: The Green Howards

There was only one Victoria Cross awarded on the 6th June 1944, D-Day. It went to Company Sergeant Major Stanley Hollis of the 6th Battalion of the G…

3 years, 9 months ago

The Veteran Searching for his D-Day Shipwreck

On June 6, 1944, D-Day, Patrick Thomas, a young Royal Navy telegraphist, boarded the craft in Portsmouth. The boat was part of the first wave on Swor…

3 years, 9 months ago

Elvis Presley: A Turbulent Life

A hotly anticipated biopic about the king of Rock'n'Roll will be released in June directed by Baz Luhmann. We've delved back into our archives to bri…

3 years, 9 months ago

Vasectomy

What do you think of when you think of birth control? Is it condoms, IUDs, the pill? What about vasectomies?

From monkey testicles to possible cancer …

3 years, 9 months ago

Platinum Jubilee: Britain’s Greatest Queens

Queen Elizabeth II is the longest-reigning monarch in British history and one of the longest-reigning in the world. To mark the Queen's Platinum Jubi…

3 years, 9 months ago

Tulsa: The Attack on Black Wall Street

From May 31 to June 1, 1921, a white mob attacked residents, homes and businesses in the predominantly Black ‘Greenwood District’ of Tulsa, Oklahoma.…

3 years, 9 months ago

Falklands40: Battle of Goose Green

Please note that this episode contains descriptions of combat and some explicit language.

At the Battle of Goose Green the Second Battalion the Parach…

3 years, 9 months ago

SAS Founder: Warrior or Phoney?

David Stirling was an aristocrat, innovator and special forces legend that earned him the nickname 'The Phantom Major'. His formation of the Special …

3 years, 9 months ago

The Treadmill

Before they found their way into gyms, treadmills had a much darker history. In the 19th Century, they could most commonly be found in prisons.

In con…

3 years, 9 months ago

Our Obsession with Nostalgia

Longing to go back to the 'good old days' is nothing new. For hundreds of years, the British have mourned the loss of older national identities and c…

3 years, 9 months ago