Podcast Episodes

Endurance22: Shackleton's Lost Ship Discovered!

Ernest Shackleton's famous shipwreck the Endurance has been found! This is the exclusive behind the scenes story of how the international crew of the…

4 years ago

War, Women and the 1921 Census

After World War One women outnumbered men by the highest margin in recorded history, even compared to after World War Two. This had wide-reaching imp…

4 years ago

Escape From a Nazi Concentration Camp

In April 1945, weeks before the Nazi defeat, nine women made a last-ditch escape from the concentration camp at Ravensbruck. The group, who had all b…

4 years ago

Yellowstone: The World's First National Park

This year is the 150th anniversary of the world's first national park of its kind, Yellowstone. Each year nearly four million people visit the park b…

4 years ago

Edward VI: The Last Boy King

Edward VI, son of Henry VIII, became king at the age of nine. All around him loomed powerful men who hoped to use him to further their own ends. Edwa…

4 years ago

ENDURANCE22: Onto the Ice

On today's episode, Dan takes the podcast out onto the Antarctic ice to find penguins, seals and the expedition scientists conducting experiments. He…

4 years ago

The Real Peaky Blinders

Who were the real Peaky Blinders? Did they really exist? Carl Chinn reveals the true story of the notorious gangs that roamed Birmingham's streets du…

4 years ago

How the Mongols Changed the World

After the death of Chinggis Khan, the founder and first Emperor of the Mongol Empire, the land became the largest contiguous empire in history.

The Ho…

4 years ago

An Audacious Heist at the National Gallery

Please note that this episode contains spoilers from the film ‘The Duke’.

Kempton Bunton was a taxi driver who stole Goya’s portrait of the Duke of We…

4 years ago

Crisis in Ukraine: Putin & NATO

Ukraine has been invaded by Russia. But why? What is NATO’s purpose, and why does it bother Vladimir Putin so much? In this episode of Warfare, we’re…

4 years ago