Was Winston Churchill Racist?
The former Prime Minister has faced a renewed controversy as people are calling for his statues to be removed due to his racist views. We are joined by Professor Richard Toye and Dr Warren Dockter to ...
30 Nov 202019min
The Gay Men Who Took on Hitler
Chris Bryant joined me on the podcast to tell the story of the gay British politicians who were among the very first to warn Britain about the danger of Hitler’s rise to power and the most vocal in de...
29 Nov 202016min
Pompeii and the Eruption of Mount Vesuvius
Pompeii is back in the news. An extraordinary new, touching discovery, found during the Great Pompeii Project of Professor Massimo Osanna and his team. Roughly 700 metres northwest of Pompeii, in the ...
28 Nov 202052min
Elizabeth I with Helen Castor
Dan talks to Helen Castor about her book on Elizabeth I and the way she governed.Subscribe to History Hit and you'll get access to hundreds of history documentaries, as well as every single episode of...
27 Nov 202031min
The First Thanksgiving
Sarah Churchwell and Kathryn Gray joined me on the podcast to discuss the first Thanksgiving of 1621. They critique mythologies of Thanksgiving that have arisen from 19th century ideologues, to Reagan...
26 Nov 202027min
Rebel Women
Sarah Lonsdale joined me on the podcast to tell the stories of radical women who challenged the status quo in the interwar years.Subscribe to History Hit and you'll get access to hundreds of history d...
25 Nov 202023min
Food, Class and Baking
Pen Vogler joined me on the pod to discuss the origins of our eating habits and reveals how they are loaded with centuries of class prejudice.Subscribe to History Hit and you'll get access to hundreds...
24 Nov 202021min
Vaccine Roll Outs: Tragedy and Triumph
Paul Offit is on the US Food and Drug Administration's advisory panel on vaccines. He talked Dan through the history of massive public vaccination programmes in the US, starting with the unprecedented...
23 Nov 202023min
