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History Extra podcast

The HistoryExtra podcast brings you interviews with the world's best historians, on everything from the ancient world and the Middle Ages to the Second World War and the history behind current events.... Read more

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Stonewall and the fight for gay rights

Stonewall and the fight for gay rights

Fifty years after the Stonewall riots in New York City, historian Chris Parkes explores the background to the events and... Read more

22 Jul 2019

47mins

Ranked #2

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Politics, Roman style

Politics, Roman style

Classicist and political journalist Asa Bennett discusses his new book Romanifesto, which explores the lessons that 21st... Read more

16 Dec 2019

41mins

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Daily life in ancient Egypt: everything you wanted to know

Daily life in ancient Egypt: everything you wanted to know

In the latest in our series tackling the big questions on major historical topics, Egyptologist Joyce Tyldesley responds... Read more

7 Feb 2021

1hr 5mins

Ranked #4

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Everything you ever wanted to know about Ancient Greece, but were afraid to ask (part 2)

Everything you ever wanted to know about Ancient Greece, but were afraid to ask (part 2)

In the latest of our series tackling the big questions on major historical topics, ancient historian Paul Cartledge resp... Read more

2 Aug 2020

1hr 6mins

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The Patient Assassin: A True Tale of Massacre, Revenge and the Raj

The Patient Assassin: A True Tale of Massacre, Revenge and the Raj

In a talk she delivered at our 2019 BBC History Magazine History Weekend in Winchester, author and BBC broadcaster Anita... Read more

5 Sep 2020

59mins

Ranked #6

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David Olusoga on A House Through Time

David Olusoga on A House Through Time

Ahead of the third instalment of his acclaimed BBC TV series A House Through Time, historian and broadcaster David Oluso... Read more

25 May 2020

29mins

Ranked #7

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Stonehenge: History’s Greatest Mysteries

Stonehenge: History’s Greatest Mysteries

All this week we are counting down the top five of our History’s Greatest Mysteries poll. In second place is Stonehenge,... Read more

30 Jul 2020

33mins

Ranked #8

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News in the Middle Ages

News in the Middle Ages

 Historian Helen Birkett explores communication networks and the spread of information and news in the medieval era. His... Read more

18 Mar 2020

52mins

Ranked #9

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When British pop invaded America

When British pop invaded America

David Hepworth tells the story of the British rock bands – from the Beatles and Rolling Stones to Led Zeppelin – who too... Read more

13 Jan 2021

45mins

Ranked #10

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Everything you ever wanted to know about the English Reformation, but were afraid to ask

Everything you ever wanted to know about the English Reformation, but were afraid to ask

In the latest of our series tackling the big questions on major historical topics, historian Diarmaid MacCulloch respond... Read more

17 May 2020

45mins

Ranked #11

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Everything you ever wanted to know about Nazi Germany, but were afraid to ask

Everything you ever wanted to know about Nazi Germany, but were afraid to ask

In the latest of our series tackling the big questions on major historical topics, historian Richard J Evans responds to... Read more

7 Jun 2020

1hr 2mins

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The Russian revolution: everything you wanted to know

The Russian revolution: everything you wanted to know

Robert Service responds to listener questions and popular search enquiries about the Russian revolutions of 1917, which ... Read more

8 Nov 2020

1hr 25mins

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The Persian empire: everything you wanted to know

The Persian empire: everything you wanted to know

In the latest in our series tackling the big questions on major historical topics, Professor Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones, an e... Read more

24 Jan 2021

1hr 15mins

Ranked #14

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Indians in the trenches

Indians in the trenches

George Morton-Jack, historian and author of The Indian Empire at War, reflects on the contributions made by the vast num... Read more

29 Jan 2020

42mins

Ranked #15

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The Renaissance: everything you wanted to know

The Renaissance: everything you wanted to know

Jerry Brotton, professor of Renaissance studies at Queen Mary University of London, responds to listener questions and p... Read more

10 Jan 2021

51mins

Ranked #16

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Catherine the Great: fact and fiction

Catherine the Great: fact and fiction

Ahead of a major new TV drama about the Russian empress, historian Janet Hartley explores Catherine’s life and considers... Read more

3 Oct 2019

33mins

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Isabel Wilkerson on caste in America

Isabel Wilkerson on caste in America

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Isabel Wilkerson discusses her new book, Caste: The Lies That Divide Us, wh... Read more

7 Sep 2020

45mins

Ranked #18

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Margaret Beaufort: Mother of the Tudors

Margaret Beaufort: Mother of the Tudors

Historian and author Nicola Tallis discusses her new biography of Margaret Beaufort who played a key role in the Wars of... Read more

21 Nov 2019

39mins

Ranked #19

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Hunting down the Portland Spy Ring

Hunting down the Portland Spy Ring

Writer and espionage historian Trevor Barnes discusses his book Dead Doubles, which details the thrilling 1960s MI5 inve... Read more

16 Dec 2020

1hr 4mins

Ranked #20

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Everything you ever wanted to know about Ancient Greece, but were afraid to ask (part 1)

Everything you ever wanted to know about Ancient Greece, but were afraid to ask (part 1)

In the latest of our series tackling the big questions on major historical topics, ancient historian Paul Cartledge resp... Read more

26 Jul 2020

1hr 15mins

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