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History Podcast

  • Westminster Abbey-A Church in History. Link here.....Westminster Abbey
  • Saladin and the Crusades: medieval and modern perspectives. Link here...... Saladin and the Crusades
  • Bentley Priory Museum Podcasts, famous for their role in the Battle of Britain. For those who are unable to visit the Museum at this time, volunteers are creating a podcast series featuring their oral history interviews. Welcome to Bentley Priory Defending Britain from the Nazis and Nuclear threat.
  • Are you a history buff? How about Echoes of India: A history Podcast. Here is A Day in Ancient Ujjain.
  • In this 101st episode of The History of Ancient Greece Podcast, we discuss the year 413 BC of the Peloponnesian War, including the rise of Archelaus to the Macedonian throne, the Spartan establishment of Decelea, the defeats by the Athenian army and navy at Syracuse, and the retreat and ultimate surrender of the Athenians, which brought the Sicilian Expedition to an end. Link here...... The Peloponnesian War
  • A podcast episode from History Extra. Historian Seb Falk discusses his new book, The Light Ages, which highlights the surprising sophistication of scientific research in the Middle Ages – from astronomy to medicine. Middle Ages History
  • Think art history is boring? Think again. It's weird, funny, mysterious, enthralling, and liberating. Join the Art Curious Podcast Series as we cover the strangest stories in art. Is the Mona Lisa fake? Did Van Gogh actually kill himself? And why were the Impressionists so great? Here is Season 8, Episode 3: Art Curious
  • The Bomb. This incredibly compelling 7 part podcast series from the BBC is told by someone whose grandfather worked directly on the atomic bomb that dropped on Hiroshima. The story tells of the development of the bomb and the host‘s personal struggle with knowing that part of her family was involved in creating the most terrifying weapon ever made. Listen to the first episode: The Bomb
  • The next Podcast series is called Something Rhymes with Purple, featuring Gyles Brandreth and the lovely Susie Dent from Countdown fame. It has been described as “A thoroughly entertaining romp through the hidden histories and odd delights of the English language.” They are up to about 70 episodes. This one is entitled Something Rhymes with Purple- Literally.
  • The Constant is a Science and History Podcast series about getting things wrong. From ancient science to contemporary blunders, we take you on journeys of misadventure and misapprehension, filling your brain with juicy nuggets of the sometimes comical, sometimes tragic and always fascinating ways people mess things up." Here is an episode entitle The Cold Hard Truth. (Note there are two parts to this particular story). On September 7th, 1909, The New York Times announced that Robert Peary was the first person to ever reach The North Pole. But a week earlier, The New York Herald had said the same thing about Frederick Cook. Only one of them could be right, but which one? And how could you tell for certain? The Cold Hard Truth - pt1
  • Listen to The History of Coffee taken from the In Our Time series from the BBC, and originally broadcast on Radio4. The breadth of subjects covered in the In Our Time series, hosted by Melvyn Bragg, is astonishing! Click here.... The History of Coffee
  • Listen to Episode 1 of A History of Egypt Podcast Series. There are 130+ episodes to listen to !
  • Everything you wanted to know about The Tudors with Tracy Borman