Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchFranco’s Spain: paranoia, conspiracy & antisemitism
Episode 1691
What are the consequences when conspiracy theories, lies, and paranoia are combined with military might? Speaking with Danny Bird, Paul Preston discu…
2 years, 9 months ago
The myth and memory of Waterloo
Episode 1690
Why is Waterloo still a fixture in the story Britain tells about its national history, more than two centuries on from the battle itself? Speaking to…
2 years, 9 months ago
Coffee history: everything you wanted to know
Episode 1689
From Sufi mystics in 16th-century Yemen to hipster baristas in cities across the world today, the history of this caffeinated beverage is a long and …
2 years, 9 months ago
Caesar: Death of a Dictator Trailer
On the Ides of March, 44 BC, the most famous Roman in history was murdered. Julius Caesar’s killers hoped to save the Republic, but in the end they d…
2 years, 9 months ago
Economies in meltdown: lessons from past financial crashes
Episode 1688
From the Wall Street Crash of 1929 to the global turmoil of 2008, financial crises have wrecked countless lives, businesses and economies. But have l…
2 years, 9 months ago
Living through the Troubles
Episode 1687
The Troubles is a chapter of history that many in Northern Ireland would rather forget, but 25 years on from the Good Friday Agreement, its legacy ca…
2 years, 9 months ago
What can we learn from the fall of Rome?
Episode 1686
What can the fall of Rome teach us about the decline of the west today? That’s the question at the centre of political economist John Rapley and hist…
2 years, 9 months ago
Anne Boleyn & Elizabeth I: the overlooked bonds between mother & daughter
Episode 1685
Since Elizabeth I was less than three years old when her mother was executed, it is often thought that Anne Boleyn had little influence on her life. …
2 years, 9 months ago
Fight like a man? Masculinity in WW2
Episode 1684
How were sexuality, gender roles, and attitudes to the body influenced by men’s experiences in the Second World War? That’s something explored in Luk…
2 years, 9 months ago
Penal transportation to Australia: everything you wanted to know
Episode 1683
Why did the British state decide to send criminals across the globe to Australia? Was it really as grim as you might expect to be one of those transp…
2 years, 9 months ago