Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWW2 the big questions: the ‘Big Three’
Episode 1636
How instrumental was Churchill in Britain’s decision to stand against Hitler? What was it like to work with the consummate charmer President Roosevel…
3 years, 3 months ago
Russian tsars: everything you wanted to know
Episode 1635
Who were the rulers of Russia prior to the 1917 Revolution? How accessible were they to the ordinary peoples of the Russian empire? How did a foreign…
3 years, 3 months ago
‘Black Douglas’: a not so dastardly bushranger?
Episode 1634
A dastardly bandit responsible for incredibly heinous crimes, or a runaway in search of his freedom? Meg Foster unravels the myth of “Black Douglas”,…
3 years, 3 months ago
The KGB’s secret war on the west
Episode 1633
The KGB would stop at virtually nothing in its attempts to spread chaos and confusion in the west throughout the Cold War. From honeytraps and smear …
3 years, 3 months ago
Century of chaos: people & power in the 1600s
Episode 1632
The 17th century was a turbulent time for England, overshadowed by a civil war, a coup and a regicide, not to mention the looming threats of terroris…
3 years, 3 months ago
What Norse poetry reveals about the Viking age
Episode 1631
What can Viking poetry reveal about the era in which it was written, and the people that wrote it? And why are ships, love and death some of its most…
3 years, 3 months ago
WW2 the big questions: the early years of the conflict
Episode 1630
Why did Hitler make the fateful decision to invade Poland in 1939? How did Churchill turn defeat at Dunkirk into a victory on the home front? And why…
3 years, 3 months ago
Life in the trenches: everything you wanted to know
Episode 1629
What was it really like to live and fight in WW1 trench? Why was throwing your empty food tins into No Man’s Land a death sentence? And what was the …
3 years, 3 months ago
Nuclear apocalypse in Britain
Episode 1628
If – or when – a nuclear bomb was dropped on Cold War Britain, the nation was primed to react fast. When the sirens sounded, children would run home …
3 years, 3 months ago
Wild urban spaces: a history
Episode 1627
In recent years, discussions about sustainability and how we can create greener, more environmentally conscious urban spaces have been at the forefro…
3 years, 3 months ago