Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchMutilated corpses and undead mothers-in-law: vampire epidemics through history
Episode 2415
Fears of the undead rising from their graves to cause trouble have recurred in societies around the globe throughout the centuries. But why was your …
4 months ago
The problem with poo: a millennium of manure
Episode 2414
When did poo become a problem? Why was manure so important in the medieval economy? And why don't we have vacuum-powered sewers? All these questions …
4 months, 1 week ago
James Garfield: life of the week
Episode 2413
US president James Garfield's life is often overshadowed by his untimely death in 1881, as the second president to be assassinated in office. However…
4 months, 1 week ago
A new history of multicultural Britain
Episode 2412
As Britain's influence on the world around it grew throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, so too did the world influence Britain – and a key part of…
4 months, 1 week ago
What should we do with the Nazis? The road to the Nuremberg Trials
Episode 2411
At the end of the Second World War, the victorious Allies had to decide the fates of the surviving leaders of a regime that had initiated the bloodie…
4 months, 1 week ago
Who stole the Tudor crown?
Episode 2410
On her deathbed Elizabeth I named the Scottish James VI as her successor, ensuring a smooth transition from the Tudor to Stuart monarchies. That, at …
4 months, 1 week ago
The librarian who stole KGB secrets
Episode 2409
When an elderly man with a battered suitcase walked into the British embassy in Vilnius in 1992, few could have guessed what he was about to hand ove…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Nellie Bly: life of the week
Episode 2408
In the late 19th century, when female reporters were largely confined to newspapers' society pages, Nellie Bly's daring investigations and headline-g…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
The improbable alliance that defeated Hitler
Episode 2407
To what extent does the course of history turn on the force of individual personalities? It’s a question that looms large when examining the unlikely…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Remember, remember: The legacy of the Gunpowder Plot
Episode 2406
'Remember, remember the fifth of November…'. For more than 400 years, the Gunpowder Plot has been etched into Britain’s memory. In the final episode …
4 months, 2 weeks ago