The Forgotten Revolution: Venezuela’s Democratic Spring of 1945

In 2025, Venezuela is once again in the crosshairs of US foreign policy, facing the threat of military intervention and heightened sanctions from a n…

5 months ago

Your Party and the fragmented British Left in 2025

In this episode of Explaining History, Nick takes a hard look at the state of the British Left in late 2025. With the Starmer government firmly entre…

5 months, 1 week ago

Code Breaking: From Bletchley Park to the Cold War

In this episode of Explaining History, we sit down with author Maggie Ritchie to discuss her latest novel, White Raven. We explore the remarkable tru…

5 months, 1 week ago

Explaining History: The End of the Western World Order?

Is the era of Western global dominance coming to an end? This episode explores the profound decline of Western, and particularly American, "hard" and…

5 months, 2 weeks ago

The RAF and the origins of mass bombing 1939-40

From Restraint to Ruin - The Birth of the Bombing War

At the dawn of World War II in 1939, a fragile consensus existed among the warring powers. Spurr…

5 months, 2 weeks ago

America and China in 2025

Explaining History Podcast: 2025 in Review - The Year the Tech War Was Lost

As 2025 draws to a close, we reflect on a pivotal year that historians may…

5 months, 3 weeks ago

Live Aid, famine, debt and activism: A four decade struggle for justice

In this episode of the Explaining History podcast, host Nick Shepley is joined by veteran journalist and author Paul Vallely to explore the definitiv…

6 months ago

Churchill's Spaniards: how veterans of the Spanish Civil War fought for Britain

Churchill’s Spaniards: The Spanish Republicans Who Fought for Britain in WWII — with Sean F. Scullion

In this episode, I speak with historian Sean F.…

6 months ago

Poverty, power and punishment in Georgian Britain

What was life really like for the poor and powerless in the wake of the Napoleonic Wars? In this episode of the Explaining History podcast, we're joi…

6 months ago

Family, memory and the burden of Germany's past

In this episode of Explaining History, Nick is joined by acclaimed author Anne Weber to discuss her new book Sanderling (Indigo Press, 2025) — a dee…

6 months, 1 week ago