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Unsung Victorians: Grace Darling, Josephine Butler & George Biddell Airy
Author Mark Beatty joins to explore three Victorians who shaped their era in very different ways yet rarely get the spotlight. We trace Grace Darling…
7 months ago
John Dee: Queen Elizabeth's Wizard
Who was John Dee—the Tudor polymath who advised Elizabeth I, mapped the heavens, spoke (he believed) with angels, and penned a landmark preface to Eu…
7 months ago
Berlin in 1945
In 1945, weeks before the Western Allies arrived in Hitler's capital the Red Army controlled the city and began to quietly impose a new generation of…
7 months ago
The politics of rearmament in Britain - 1936
In the mid-1930s, with the shadow of one great war still looming and the threat of another growing darker, Britain faced a vexing national crisis: sh…
7 months, 1 week ago
The Ottoman Empire and Germany - 1914
In this episode of Explaining History, we delve into the intricate web of diplomacy, ambition, and betrayal that led the Ottoman Empire into the Grea…
7 months, 1 week ago
Italian dockworkers and Gaza
As an international aid flotilla approaches the shores of Gaza, sailing directly towards an Israeli naval blockade, strikers in Italy have forced the…
7 months, 1 week ago
Economica: The Hidden History of Women, Wealth, and Power
Who really built the global economy? Traditional history books tell a story dominated by men—inventors, industrialists, and financiers. But what if t…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Uzbekistan and Central Asia in transition
Unveiling Uzbekistan: A Nation at the Crossroads of History and Future
Join host Nick as he welcomes back acclaimed journalist and author Joanna Lilli…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
The Holocaust and the General Government in occupied Poland
In this episode, The Explaining History Podcast explores the dark and complex evolution of genocide during the Second World War. Drawing on the found…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Social Democracy and the Splintering of the 60s left
In the post war decades huge strides were made across the world to address the worst aspects of social deprivation using the coordinated power of the…
7 months, 3 weeks ago