The Viking Age and the Lives of Everyday Norsemen with Eleanor Barraclough
Send us Fan Mail Let's pillage (but also more than that)! Eleanor Barraclough joins me to talk her book Embers of the Hands: Hidden Histories of the Viking Age. Buy Embers of the Hands Check out Elea...
24 Jun 20251h
The Greatest Monsters of History Including Vampires, Rougarou, Dragons, and Even Godzilla with Nick Jubber
Send us Fan Mail Let's go monster hunting! Nicholas Jubber Returns to talk his book Monsterland: A Journey Around the World's Dark Imagination. Buy Monsterland Check out Nick's website Support the sho...
17 Jun 202542min
Ted Bundy, the Rise of Serial Killers, Pacific Northwest Life, and the Lead Crime Hypothesis with Pulitzer Prize Winner Caroline Fraser
Send us Fan Mail Let's talk the age of serial killers! Pulitzer Prize winner Caroline Fraser joins me to talk her book Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers. Buy Murderland Ch...
10 Jun 202536min
English Kings, Their Favorites, and the Upheaval of the 14th Century with Helen Carr
Send us Fan Mail Let's pick a favorite! Helen Carr joins me to talk her book Sceptred Isle: A New History of the Fourteenth Century. Buy Sceptred Isle Check out Helen's website Support the show
3 Jun 202538min
The Battle of the Atlantic and the Heist of a German U-Boat with Alexander Rose
Send us Fan Mail Let's go sub hunting! Alexander Rose returns to talk his book Phantom Fleet: The Hunt for Nazi Submarine U-505 and World War II's Most Daring Heist! Buy Phantom Fleet Check out Alex's...
27 Mai 202543min
Midway Island and the World War II Battle That Changed the Pacific Theater with Martin Dugard
Send us Fan Mail Let's turn the tide! Martin Dugard returns to talk his new book Taking Midway: Naval Warfare, Secret Codes, and the Battle that Turned the Tide of World War II. Buy Taking Midway Che...
20 Mai 202532min
World War II Art Spy Rose Valland with Michelle Young
Send us Fan Mail Let's track some art! Michelle Young joins the podcast to talk her book The Art Spy: The Extraordinary Untold Tale of WWII Resistance Hero Rose Valland. Come listen! Buy The Art Spy C...
13 Mai 202530min
WWII Era Serial Killer Reg Christie and (Maybe?) the Execution of an Innocent Man with Kate Summerscale
Send us Fan Mail Let's right a wrong! Kate Summerscale joins me to talk her book The Peepshow: The Murders at Rillington Place. Murder, yellow journalism, and justice denied. Come listen! Buy The Peep...
6 Mai 202533min
