Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchConspiracy | 2. Was Pearl Harbor an inside job?
Episode 1886
On 7 December 1941, Japan attacked the US naval base at Pearl Harbor. It's one of the most notorious surprise attacks in history, but how much of a s…
2 years, 6 months ago
Ireland's tangled relationship with empire
Episode 1885
Often described as England's first colony, Ireland has a long – and deeply complicated – relationship with empire. Rhiannon Davies speaks to historia…
2 years, 6 months ago
Life of the Week: Harold Godwinson (Harold II)
Episode 1884
King Harold II is famous for getting an arrow to the eye at the battle of Hastings. But is that story even true? And what else should we know about t…
2 years, 6 months ago
Britain's long love affair with sport
Episode 1883
Britons may not always be the best at playing sports. But, as David Horspool tells Spencer Mizen, when it comes to inventing, codifying and becoming …
2 years, 6 months ago
The Silk Road: everything you wanted to know
Episode 1882
The Silk Road is one of the most famous trade routes in history, a vast interconnected network along which not only goods but ideas, knowledge and cu…
2 years, 6 months ago
The Renaissance: an explosion of creativity
Episode 1881
From the nightmarish creations of Hieronymus Bosch to the intricate flying machines of Leonardo da Vinci, the Renaissance was a time of experimentati…
2 years, 6 months ago
Conspiracy | 1. Was Elizabeth I a man?
Episode 1880
In her most famous speech, delivered on 9 August 1588, Queen Elizabeth I declared that she had the "heart and stomach of a king". Was that just rheto…
2 years, 6 months ago
Conspiracy | Series 2 Trailer
Who shot JFK? Have the Knights Templar been hiding the Holy Grail? And what really landed at Roswell in 1947? In the second series of Conspiracy from…
2 years, 6 months ago
From the Mongols to the Huns: the nomads who dominated Eurasia
Episode 1879
From the Huns, Mongols and Magyars to the Turks, Xiongnu, Scythians and Goths, these nomadic people of the Eurasian steppes built long-lasting empire…
2 years, 6 months ago
Life of the Week: Frederick Douglass
Episode 1878
Having run away from a life of slavery as a young man, Frederick Douglass went on to forge his own path as an abolitionist, orator, writer and states…
2 years, 6 months ago