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With the Beatles 1940-1970
This week we hear from the eminent rock music author and biographer Patrick Humphries whose new book With The Beatles is a complete history of the group from childhood to the breaking up of the band …
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
Chile: 9:11.73
In 1973 the democratically elected socialist government of President Salvador Allende was overthrown in a violent US backed military coup led by general Augusto Pinochet. Following this seizure of po…
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
20th Century Dictators
Hi everyone and welcome back after the Explaining History summer recess. In this extended episode I interview LBC presenter and author Iain Dale whose new anthology of essays, Dictators launches toda…
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
Men At War - Masculinity, Sexuality and Memory 1939-45
In this fascinating conversation with writer Luke Turner, we explore the emotional and intimate lives of men who fought in the Second World War. Luke's new book, Men at War 1939-45 is an exploration …
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
The Fall of Civilisations
In this wide ranging conversation with historian and podcaster Paul Cooper, we explore the themes in his new book The Fall of Civilisations. Paul has examined numerous ancient and medieval civilisati…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
Westlessness: The changing power of the west in the 21st Century
The western world fought for its survival in the 20th Century and won the three great historical challenges it faced, the first and second world wars and the long ideological struggle of the Cold War…
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago
SAS warfare, survival and resistance 1942-44
In this episode of the Explaining History podcast we hear from Gerald Hough, whose new book Desert Raids with the SAS recounts the story of his father, Anthony, and his experience of war, captivity a…
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago
French Counter Insurgency in Algeria
In today's episode of the Explaining History podcast, we hear from Terence Peterson author of Revolutionary Warfare: How the Algerian War Made Modern Counterinsurgency. In this fascinating discussion…
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago
William Freeman and America's first profit driven prisons
In the first half of the 19th Century profit driven prisons were established in America's northern states, using extreme brutality and conditions that amount to torture to extract free labour from in…
Published on 1 year, 6 months ago
From biplanes to the jet age - three decades in the RAF
In this episode of the Explaining History podcast, we hear from Mark Aedy, whose father Ken served as a bomber pilot during the Second World War. Trained to fly in Oklahoma in 1942, Ken saw active se…
Published on 1 year, 6 months ago