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Passion & The Foundation Of A Formidable Kingdom!
Season 2 Episode 74
My obsession with this remarkable story changed my life! The ‘fun of the roads’ goes too far and a child is conceived - the ‘little blazing fire’ who…
2 years, 6 months ago
Freedom!
Season 2 Episode 73
The best idea for a country there has ever been – period! This week Neil travels to America to visit James Madison the man credited with writing the …
2 years, 7 months ago
Witchcraft & The Ultimate Cancelling!
Season 2 Episode 72
A beautiful woman is led in chains to a town square packed with onlookers: standing before the crowd an executioner swings his sword and cuts off her…
2 years, 7 months ago
The Largest Empire In Human History
Season 2 Episode 71
Religious zealotry, factional fighting and a new kid on the block! This week we travel with Neil to the Indian city of Murshidabad as Lieutenant Colo…
2 years, 7 months ago
Changing the world forever! - the Industrial Revolution
Season 2 Episode 70
Invention, innovation, and entrepreneurial dynamism are at the heart of the Industrial Revolution. This week we travel with Neil to Devon in England.…
2 years, 7 months ago
Greed, power and the plague of war!
Season 2 Episode 69
A battle many regard as one of the most significant in history! This week we travel with Neil to Blenheim in Germany as the cauldron of bitter royal …
2 years, 8 months ago
Glimpsing ‘The Meaning Of Life’!
Season 2 Episode 68
A genius who changed the way we understand the Universe. In this episode we travel with Neil to Woolsthorpe Manor in Lincolnshire, England to meet Is…
2 years, 8 months ago
A Half-plucked Chicken & The Scientific Method!
Season 2 Episode 67
Ghoulish apparitions haunting a city square, and an approach to science that is still vital today. This week Neil takes us to meet Francis Bacon at t…
2 years, 8 months ago
The Best-Selling Book in the World!
Season 2 Episode 66
In this episode we travel to Stationers Hall in the City of London to hear a version of this book, that has taken over seven years to research and wr…
2 years, 8 months ago
John Smith, Pocahontas, Jamestown & North America
Season 2 Episode 65
In this episode Neil takes us to a place that starts out as a malarial hellhole but will come to play a pivotal role in the development of North Amer…
2 years, 8 months ago