Nikola Tesla: life of the week

Nikola Tesla: life of the week

Nikola Tesla is remembered as an enigmatic, eccentric genius who harnessed the power of electricity. But if we strip away some of this myth, what can we really say about the inventor's life and legacy? For this Life of the Week episode, Iwan Morus joins Ellie Cawthorne to reveal how Tesla believed he could invent a death ray, whether he was really a recluse, and how he would feel about Elon Musk's company using his name today. The HistoryExtra podcast is produced by the team behind BBC History Magazine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Olympic History: everything you wanted to know

Olympic History: everything you wanted to know

Over the past two weeks, we've witnessed spectacular sporting achievements in Paris. And for anyone who doesn't feel quite ready for the Olympics to be over just yet, we've got the pod for you. In thi...

9 Elo 202443min

Hidden labs, sex gardens & torture attics: secrets of British royal palaces

Hidden labs, sex gardens & torture attics: secrets of British royal palaces

If walls could talk, what secrets would those of a British royal palace whisper? Murder, debauchery, treason and more, says Professor Kate Williams. Speaking to Kev Lochun, she reveals how palaces mak...

8 Elo 202443min

Toilets through time | 3. Tudor garderobes

Toilets through time | 3. Tudor garderobes

Did constipation turn Henry VIII into a tyrant? For the third episode of our mini-series Toilets Through Time, David Musgrove revisits the luxurious surroundings of the royal Tudor water closet. To te...

7 Elo 202435min

Gulbadan Begum: princess, explorer, author

Gulbadan Begum: princess, explorer, author

Gulbadan Begum was meant to live a quiet life in a Mughal harem. Instead she set off on a daring pilgrimage to Islam's holy cities and, on her return, wrote an extraordinary account of her dynasty. In...

6 Elo 202427min

Anne Frank: life of the week

Anne Frank: life of the week

Anne Frank was one of six million Jews to be murdered by the Nazis. A number of these victims' lives were lost to history. But Anne had left behind a diary – a diary that would become a global sensati...

5 Elo 202431min

Stealing the Mona Lisa

Stealing the Mona Lisa

In August 1911, an Italian handyman walked out of Paris' Louvre museum with the Mona Lisa tucked under his arm. It was an audacious theft that shocked the art world, aroused the attention of the world...

4 Elo 202433min

The Great Exhibition: everything you wanted to know

The Great Exhibition: everything you wanted to know

In 1851, a spectacular showcase of the world's best art, design and innovation opened in London. Housed in a magnificent 'Crystal Palace' constructed by Joseph Paxton in just five months, the Great Ex...

3 Elo 202441min

Dismemberment & disgrace: the grisly fate of Simon de Montfort

Dismemberment & disgrace: the grisly fate of Simon de Montfort

Simon de Montfort's body was horribly mutilated and dismembered after his defeat at 1265's fateful Battle of Evesham, during the Second Barons' War. The medieval rebel leader's head and testicles were...

1 Elo 202447min

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