Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchLife in a WW2 tank regiment
Episode 1724
In military history, we often hear the stories of great battles and detailed strategic manoeuvres, but what was life like for the men responsible for…
2 years, 11 months ago
US Civil Rights: the lynching of Emmett Till
Episode 1723
When Mamie Till decided to display the bruised and beaten body of her son, 14-year-old Emmett Till, in an open casket funeral, she poured gasoline on…
2 years, 11 months ago
US Civil Rights: Fighting for freedom
In this HistoryExtra podcast series, we chart some of the key moments in the transformative history of the US Civil Rights movement. Expert historian…
2 years, 11 months ago
A ring of poisoners: Hungary’s most notorious murders
Episode 1722
In 1929, a sensational murder trial took place in Hungary. A group of women, all hailing from the same tiny village, stood accused of murdering dozen…
2 years, 11 months ago
RAF Coastal Command: unsung heroes of WW2
Episode 1721
Throughout the Second World War, the men of RAF Coastal Command took to the skies and valiantly defended Allied ships from German U-boats in the Atla…
2 years, 11 months ago
UFO sightings: an otherworldly history
Episode 1720
A recent Nasa press conference detailing the American space agency’s research into UFO sightings sparked headlines across the globe about extraterres…
2 years, 11 months ago
Dog history: everything you wanted to know
Episode 1719
When were dogs first domesticated? Why was adopting from London’s “Temporary Home for Lost and Starving Dogs” such a radical move? And how did a dogn…
2 years, 11 months ago
History's greatest cities | Season 2 Trailer
Why do some settlements become great centres of international influence, while others languish and ebb away? And how have Europe’s most important urb…
3 years ago
Oppenheimer: “destroyer of worlds”
Episode 1718
When the atom bomb was dropped in 1945, how did its inventor, J Robert Oppenheimer, feel? To mark the release of Christopher Nolan’s new blockbuster …
3 years ago
How Barbie changed the world
Episode 1717
Barbie has been catapulted back into the cultural spotlight this week, thanks to a new movie. But, why is the iconic doll historically significant? S…
3 years ago