15. Walls and Borders

15. Walls and Borders

From the Great Wall of China to the Berlin Wall, history is littered with the building of barriers aimed at keeping people out, and sometimes in. Do they work? Are they ever a good thing? Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook climb walls and explore borders as they investigate the history of separation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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504. The French Revolution: War to the Death (Part 2)

504. The French Revolution: War to the Death (Part 2)

“You have shaken off the yoke of your despots, but surely this was not to bend the knee before a foreign tyrant…” It’s January 1792, and one of the largest factions in revolutionary France, the Girond...

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503. The French Revolution: Bloodbath in Paris (Part 1)

503. The French Revolution: Bloodbath in Paris (Part 1)

Welcome to Season 2 of The French Revolution! Revolutionary fervour threatens to engulf the streets of Paris, as demonstrators have gathered on the Champ de Mars to sign a petition demanding the remo...

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502. The Roman Conquest of Britain: To the Ends of the Earth (Part 4)

502. The Roman Conquest of Britain: To the Ends of the Earth (Part 4)

In the aftermath of Boudicca’s uprising, the Romans felt they could not withdraw from the British Isles. They sent their most competent fighters and leaders to suppress the indigenous Britons in the s...

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501. The Roman Conquest of Britain: Boudicca’s Reign of Blood (Part 3)

501. The Roman Conquest of Britain: Boudicca’s Reign of Blood (Part 3)

“Two cities were sacked, eighty thousand of the Romans and of their allies perished, and the island was lost to Rome. Moreover, all this ruin was brought upon by a woman...” Few figures have statues d...

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500. The Roman Conquest of Britain: The Empire Strikes Back (Part 2)

500. The Roman Conquest of Britain: The Empire Strikes Back (Part 2)

Viewed as an idiot by those around him, Claudius felt the need to prove himself. In the century since Caesar had invaded Britain, the mythology surrounding the island had taken hold in Roman imaginati...

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499. The Roman Conquest of Britain: Julius Caesar’s Invasion (Part 1)

499. The Roman Conquest of Britain: Julius Caesar’s Invasion (Part 1)

Julius Caesar saw the Britons as brutal savages. Yet the Romans romanticised their lack of civilisation, deeming them as untainted by Mediterranean luxury. In 55 BC, after sending scouts along the Ken...

29 Sep 202448min

498. Evita: The Mystery of the Missing Body (Part 5)

498. Evita: The Mystery of the Missing Body (Part 5)

After lying in state in an open casket, Evita’s corpse is taken down to a secret laboratory in the basement. And as the Argentinian Victor Frankenstein, Dr Ara, busily embalms her body, her ghost cont...

25 Sep 202455min

497. Evita: Death of a Martyr (Part 4)

497. Evita: Death of a Martyr (Part 4)

The workaholic mother of a nation, Evita’s health deteriorates and she faints at a public event. A self-proclaimed martyr, she seems to be willing to die for Perón and Perónism, and her supporters see...

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