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The Amazing Randi: Patron Saint of Sceptics
Season 4 Episode 4
Welcome back after our mid-season break! And what a return – with (drum roll) the mysteries, magic and mayhem of The Amazing Randi. He had everything…
1 year, 6 months ago
Hall of Fame: Mark Twain and the Dishonesty of the American Flag
Season 4
Every episode, we ask our guest to nominate someone for the Trapped History Hall of Fame. Usually, it's someone we've never heard of but really shoul…
1 year, 7 months ago
Making Sense of Murder: Kim Wagner on Massacres from Paris to the Philippines
Season 4 Episode 3
It's October 1961. The Beatles are in Hamburg, JFK in the White House, Yuri Gagarin has just shot into space. And a state-sponsored killing spree is …
1 year, 7 months ago
Trapped History: The Statue Problem — To Raise Up Or To Tear Down?
Season 4
In this special bonus episode of the Trapped History podcast, historian Kim Wagner talks statues with Oswin, Carla and MK. How do we critically and s…
1 year, 7 months ago
Untold Lives: The Power Behind the Throne
Season 4 Episode 2
Join Oswin and Carla as we go back – way back – to a time before podcasts and instagram, before radio and photographs. Join us as we journey back to …
1 year, 8 months ago
Trapped History: The Shah Goest — Zoos, Empire and the Strangest Wild Cat Ever
Season 4
With its long tufted ears – sometimes mistaken for horns – the caracal is a precious animal. So precious in fact, that one particular animal was gif…
1 year, 8 months ago
Hall of Fame: Mother of the Nation
Season 4
We ask all our guests to nominate someone for the Trapped History Hall of Fame. Someone we've not heard of but should have.
In this Season Four opener…
1 year, 8 months ago
Trapped History: The Passport
Season 4
In an exclusive bonus, Mishal Husain tells us about the chance discovery of her grandfather Shahid's passport.
It may seem a small, insignificant thin…
1 year, 9 months ago
Broken Threads: Mishal Husain on Family, Memory, Loss and Longing
Season 4 Episode 1
Mishal Husain joins Oswin and Carla for a truly special Season 4 opener, telling the tale of her family's journey through the stormy waters of Indian…
1 year, 9 months ago
Jeremy Corbyn Redux: The Charlotte Despard of the 21st Century
With Jeremy Corbyn announcing that he’s standing as an independent in the upcoming general election, we thought we should revisit his time in the Tra…
1 year, 9 months ago