Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchHow forgers helped rescue Holocaust victims
Episode 1738
Between 1940 and 1943, a group of Polish diplomats and Jewish activists created a secret programme to forge and smuggle Latin American identity docum…
2 years, 7 months ago
Ancient Egyptian religion: everything you wanted to know
Episode 1737
For more than 3,000 years, the ancient Egyptians adhered to a rich and complex system of beliefs, worshipping a vast pantheon of mighty – and often a…
2 years, 7 months ago
Introducing HistoryExtra Long Reads
Take a deep dive into the past as we bring you the very best of BBC History Magazine, Britain’s bestselling history magazine. With a new episode rele…
2 years, 7 months ago
Did our ancestors really think the world was flat?
Episode 1736
When did people first figure out the world wasn’t flat? Well, according to author James Hannam, it was much earlier than you might imagine. In today’…
2 years, 7 months ago
US Civil Rights: the March on Washington
Episode 1735
As well as being one of the largest protest marches ever staged, the 1963 March on Washington also made history as the setting for Martin Luther King…
2 years, 7 months ago
Roger Mortimer: medieval rebel
Episode 1734
Seven hundred years ago this August, Roger Mortimer broke out of the Tower of London and went on to mastermind the deposition of his captor and arch-…
2 years, 7 months ago
Emotional revolution in postwar Britain
Episode 1733
After the psychological trauma and family separation of the Second World War, Britain underwent an emotional revolution. Psychologists and social ref…
2 years, 7 months ago
Rome vs Persia: an unwinnable fight
Episode 1732
The Roman empire was used to getting its own way – but there was one power it was never able to overcome. Despite frequent bouts of warfare, the Part…
2 years, 7 months ago
British seaside holidays: everything you wanted to know
Episode 1731
What did Victorians get up to on the beach? When did fish and chips first become popular? And what’s the dark story behind Punch and Judy? It’s time …
2 years, 7 months ago
Surviving Hitler and Stalin
Episode 1730
Daniel Finkelstein’s parents were born into comfortable Jewish families in Germany and Poland, but the rise of Nazism and the onset of the Second Wor…
2 years, 7 months ago