Podcast Episodes

Aztec myths

Episode 1963

Were the Aztecs really obsessed with death and sacrifice? Did they have a pantheon of deities similar to the ancient Greeks or Romans? And how did a …

2 years, 3 months ago

View Episode

David Lloyd George: life of the week

Episode 1962

David Lloyd George regularly features in lists of Britain’s greatest prime ministers. Born in Manchester and raised in rural Wales, the Liberal lumin…

2 years, 3 months ago

View Episode

Graffiti's golden age: radicalism & romance in the 18th century

Episode 1961

From etchings scratched into the earliest monuments, to the spray can designs that appear on structures today, the urge to leave our mark is universa…

2 years, 3 months ago

View Episode

Highwaymen: everything you wanted to know

Episode 1960

Were highwaymen really as dashing and gentlemanly as the stories would have us believe? How did these bandits pick the best locations to rob from the…

2 years, 3 months ago

View Episode

An African perspective on the history of Africa

Episode 1959

Africa's story has long been presented in western narratives as one that only 'began' with the arrival of non-Africans – yet modern science has revea…

2 years, 3 months ago

View Episode

WW2's greatest battles | 1. Battle of Britain

Episode 1958

In the summer of 1940, the skies over Britain filled with the sounds as of engines and gunfire, as the battle of Britain saw the RAF and Luftwaffe go…

2 years, 3 months ago

View Episode

WW2's greatest battles | Trailer

Did Allied victory in the Second World War really hinge on the battle of the Atlantic? What made Stalingrad such a pivotal victory for the Soviet Uni…

2 years, 3 months ago

View Episode

How Kissinger transformed the Cold War

Episode 1957

Henry Kissinger, who died in November 2023 at the age of 100, was one of the most significant, and controversial, figures of the 20th century. Matt E…

2 years, 3 months ago

View Episode

Lord Byron: life of the week

Episode 1956

Famously branded "mad, bad and dangerous to know", Lord Byron captured the imagination – and attention – of early 19th-century Britain with his soul-…

2 years, 3 months ago

View Episode

Horrible Histories: 15 years of death, poo and talking rats

Episode 1955

Since it first hit TV screens back in 2009, Horrible Histories has brought Terry Deary and Martin Brown’s hugely successful series of books to an ent…

2 years, 3 months ago

View Episode