How Dogs Became Man's Best Friend
Mike Loades joined me on the podcast to talk about the history of dogs, and they are intertwined with human history.Subscribe to History Hit and you'll get access to hundreds of history documentaries,...
14 Joulu 202016min
Adolf Hitler: The War Years
At the beginning of 1940 Germany was at the pinnacle of its power. By May 1945 Hitler was dead and Germany had suffered a disastrous defeat. Hitler had failed to achieve his aim of making Germany a su...
13 Joulu 202056min
How Slavery Built Modern Britain
Padraic Scanlan joined me on the podcast to talk about how Britain rose to global power on the backs of enslaved workers. Modern Britain has inherited the legacies and contradictions of a liberal empi...
12 Joulu 202022min
Disinformation and the White Helmets in Syria
Chloe Hadjimatheou joined me on the podcast to talk about the death of James Le Mesurier, the man who co-founded the White Helmets, a Syrian civil defence force who filmed themselves pulling survivors...
11 Joulu 202019min
Spartacus: Life or Legend?
‘I’m Spartacus!’ In the field of epic film making, the 1960 historical drama ‘Spartacus’, is legendary. Directed by Stanley Kibrick, adapted from the Howard Fast novel by Red Scare blacklisted screenw...
10 Joulu 202047min
Big Data and History
Dan Hoyer and Peter Turchin joined me on the podcast to talk about the new transdisciplinary field of Cliodynamics, which uses the tools of complexity science and cultural evolution to study the dynam...
9 Joulu 202028min
Mary Queen of Scots with Kate Williams
Dan Snow and Kate Williams talk about the rise and fall of Mary Queen of Scots.Subscribe to History Hit and you'll get access to hundreds of history documentaries, as well as every single episode of t...
8 Joulu 202056min
Diary of an MP's Wife
Sasha Swire joined me on the podcast to talk about her diary, written during the Cameron years. Her husband was an MP and junior minister at the time.Subscribe to History Hit and you'll get access to ...
7 Joulu 202011min
