HistoryExtra podcast
The HistoryExtra podcast brings you gripping stories from the past and fascinating historical conversations with the world's leading historical experts.HistoryExtra is a free history podcast, with episodes released six times a week. Subscribe now for the real stories behind your favourite films, TV shows and period dramas, as well as compelling insights into lesser-known aspects of the past. We delve into global history stories spanning the ancient world right up to the modern day. You’ll hear...
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What your hands say about you – according to history
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Thomas More: life of the week
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Going on strike in ancient Rome
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Magna Carta: king v barons
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Untold LGBTQ stories of the National Trust
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Why Greenwich is the home of time
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James Gillray: life of the week
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Churchill and de Gaulle: a strange relationship
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Why Pompeii's tragedy still captivates us today
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The United States and Latin America: a turbulent history
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History's most mysterious manuscripts
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Francisco Franco: life of the week
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How grim was life on Hitler's U-boats?
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How ancient Pompeii was rediscovered
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Why Belgian agents risked their lives spying for Britain
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How tanks redefined warfare
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Robert McNamara: life of the week
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The road to the Holocaust
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The final days of Pompeii
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Life in the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain
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The hidden history of US immigration detention
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Emperor Hirohito: life of the week
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Secrets of the Romans' spectacular success
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Before the volcano: life in ancient Pompeii
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How do you solve a problem like Napoleon?
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What does history teach us about protest?
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Hatshepsut: life of the week
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Tragedy and triumph: a 500-year history of Mexico
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Jane Austen’s final chapter – and lasting legacy
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Prophetesses & she-preachers of the 17th century
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New Year's Eve, newts and Nessie: a history of British folklore
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Augustus: life of the week
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Inside the Viking battle of the genders
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A house of one’s own: Jane Austen’s ‘golden years’
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Æthelstan: the king who made England
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Did the WW1 Christmas truce really happen?
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Father Christmas: life of the week
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When was the best time in English history to be alive?
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“I am to flirt my last”: Jane Austen’s twenties
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The secret propaganda war against the Nazis
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The many faces of James VI & I
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: life of the week
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A short history of ghost hunting
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Becoming Jane Austen
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Ghosts, gods & sea monsters: a supernatural history of the Atlantic
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The summer that changed everything for the Kennedys
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Margaret Beaufort: life of the week
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Idi Amin's willing helpers
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“You can’t kill and maim with impunity”: the powerful legacy of Nuremberg
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Assassins vs Templars
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