Nelson Mandela (1918-2013)
This Winter: the original Season 1 collection - the episodes that started it all. Listen to the story of life and legacy of one of the most monumental figures in global history - Nelson Mandela. A bea...
29 Des 202521min
Opium Wars and the establishment of European spheres of influence in China (19th century)
This Winter: the original Season 1 collection - the episodes that started it all. In this episode we draw the curtains back on Britannia's potentially nefarious plot to tilt the Asian trading silver-b...
22 Des 202515min
The Hundred Years' War (1337-1453)
This Winter: the original Season 1 collection - the episodes that started it all. In this first episode of Sleep with History we'll traverse the battlefields, castles, and corridors of power during a ...
15 Des 202517min
Founding of the City of Constantinople (330 CE)
In the twilight of a faltering Roman Empire, the foundations of Constantinople were set, a city born from the vision of Constantine the Great amidst a time of tumult and transformation. As the empire ...
10 Des 202524min
Building of the Panama Canal (1904-1914)
As twilight enfolds the isthmus of Panama, a slender bridge of land whispered with the dreams of navigators and conquerors, we transcend time to trace its transformation from an ancient transit route ...
8 Des 202523min
Marco Polo and His Journeys to the East (1271-1295)
As dusk settled across the medieval landscape, cities like Venice blossomed into thriving hubs of commerce and culture, their streets echoing with the whispers of an impending Renaissance. Meanwhile, ...
5 Des 202525min
The Crusades: Conflict and Commerce in the Middle Ages (1095-1291)
As dusk settles over a Europe in the throes of transformation, we find ourselves weaving through the dense kaleidoscope of the Crusades, a period not merely of religious zeal but of profound sociopoli...
3 Des 202523min
The Rise of the Zulu Kingdom under Shaka Zulu (1816-1828)
In the quiet hours before the storm of empire, the land that would be called KwaZulu Natal lay tranquil, a mosaic of pastoral tribes under starlit African skies. Here, amid the gentle lowing of cattle...
1 Des 202523min
