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Hollywood’s Odyssey: The Historians' Verdict
Episode 686
Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster film Odyssey brings Homer’s epic roaring back to life and Tristan Hughes and Dr. Emily Hauser are here to unpack ever…
1 month ago
The First New Zealanders
Episode 685
What if the first New Zealanders crossed an ocean, landed in a brand-new world, and built a whole society in just a few generations?
Tristan Hughes an…
1 month, 1 week ago
Odyssey | Sea of Monsters & Slaughter of the Suitors
Episode 684
When Odysseus finally returns to Ithaca, his homecoming turns into a ruthless reckoning. Tristan Hughes and Dr. Emily Hauser dive into the shocking c…
1 month, 1 week ago
Caral: Oldest City in the Americas?
Episode 682
Long before the age of the Inca and Maya, a remarkable city once flourished on the coast of modern Peru. Founded more than five thousand years ago, t…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Odyssey | Cyclops, Circe and Calypso
Episode 681
What if the world’s most famous homecoming was really a nightmare of monsters, gods, and one very stubborn king trying to get back to Ithaca?
In our n…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Egypt's Book of the Dead
Episode 680
For over a thousand years, the Book of the Dead guided ancient Egyptians through the afterlife. Filled with powerful spells these remarkable texts we…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
The Trojan War
Episode 679
The story of Achilles, Odysseus and the siege of Troy has captivated audiences for millennia, but behind the legends lies a deeper mystery. Was this …
1 month, 3 weeks ago
The Flood Myth
Episode 677
Thousands of years before the story of Noah and the Ark, people in ancient Mesopotamia were already telling tales of a devastating divine flood. Writ…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
Delphi: Centre of the Ancient World
Episode 676
For more than a thousand years, Delphi was considered a cultural centre of the ancient world. Every year a throng of pilgrims climbed the slopes of M…
2 months ago
Stonehenge with Ken Follett
Episode 675
What if the secrets of Stonehenge lie not just in the stones, but in the people who hauled them there?
Tristan Hughes sits down with best-selling nove…
2 months ago