Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchThe hidden history of women in intelligence
Episode 1877
From women who worked in vital wartime intelligence centres like Bletchley Park to those who parachuted behind enemy lines as part of SOE operations,…
2 years, 6 months ago
The Bloomsbury Group: everything you wanted to know
Episode 1876
From the groundbreaking novels of Virginia Woolf to the economic theories of John Maynard Keynes, the Bloomsbury Group shook up British culture in th…
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'Madness' and the supernatural
Episode 1875
The birth of psychiatry in the early-19th century changed the way that 'madness' was understood, with beliefs in the supernatural becoming evidence o…
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Boston Tea Party | 5. A complex legacy
Episode 1874
Why does the Boston Tea Party still loom so large in the popular story of American independence today? Is it right that it holds so much significance…
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Why were the Romantics obsessed with Mount Vesuvius?
Episode 1873
The Romantics were obsessed with Mount Vesuvius, climbing up to peer into its bubbling depths, and even using it as a metaphor to describe some of th…
2 years, 6 months ago
Life of the Week: Stalin
Episode 1872
Josef Stalin is a titan of modern history – and one of its most infamous leaders, responsible for the deaths of millions. Danny Bird spoke to Robert …
2 years, 6 months ago
James Longstreet: Confederate Judas
Episode 1871
James Longstreet spent the American Civil War as one of the leading generals in the Confederate Army. But after 1865 he became a supporter of reconst…
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Medieval popes: everything you wanted to know
Episode 1870
Who were some of the most influential popes of the Middle Ages? What did you have to do to earn the title of 'anti-pope'? And which pope was believed…
2 years, 6 months ago
A history of song: from Schumann to Sting
Episode 1869
Songs can trigger a range of emotions in their listeners: intense joy, sadness or even disgust. But how did this type of musical composition develop …
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Boston Tea Party | 4. The crackdown
Episode 1868
The consequences of the protest are vital in understanding the role of the Boston Tea Party in the revolution that was to come. In episode four, we h…
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