Podcast Episodes

Hitler's resource war in Russia - 1941

In June 1941 Nazi Germany and its allies invaded the USSR, they saw the conquest of the country, the eradication of its leadership and the starvation of tens of millions of its people as part of a wi…

Published on 9 months, 1 week ago

Humans: A Monstrous History

In this episode of The Explaining History Podcast we were fortunate enough to speak with Dr Surekha Davies, historian of art, science and ideas, whose new book, Humans: A Monstrous History explores t…

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Romania in 1918

Romania was, in territorial terms, one of the unlikely beneficiaries of the Paris Peace Conference. It acquired land from the disintegrated Austro Hungarian and Russian Empires and from new states li…

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Nazi economic plunder of western Europe PT2

When Europe was rapidly subjugated by the Nazi regime, unprecedented economic opportunities arose and these were exploited by Germany's great industrial conglomerates and cartels such as chemicals gi…

Published on 9 months, 1 week ago

Zelenskyy and the US Empire

In the past 24 hours there has been further indication that an immense transition in international relations is under way, far more significant that the retreat into isolation at the end of the First…

Published on 9 months, 2 weeks ago

The end of the Anglo American 'special relationship'

Donald Trump has signalled a great strategic alignment away from the principles of Pax Americana, the post war unofficial imperium that America has operated since 1945 towards something that resemble…

Published on 9 months, 3 weeks ago

The decline of the Ottoman Empire Part 1

Between 1876 and 1920 the Ottoman Empire experienced its final crises, and despite delivering several shock defeats to allied powers during the First World War it was overcome by 1918 and subject to …

Published on 9 months, 3 weeks ago

AQA Revolution and Dictatorship: Russia 1917-53 part 15

This episode is part of our study series AQA - Revolution and Dictatorship - Russia 1917-53. In this episode we look at Stalin's Terror.

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Published on 9 months, 3 weeks ago

The Atlantic alliance from Roosevelt to Trump

America is withdrawing strategically and diplomatically from Europe and leaving Ukraine to its fate. The history of Atlanticism from 1941 to the present day has been a complex relationship often rely…

Published on 9 months, 4 weeks ago

Anarchism: A beginners guide Part Four

This episode is the forth in our isms and ologies series on Anarchism and gives an explanation of anarchist thought on managerialism and state bureaucracy

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