
Episode 138: The Conquistadors. With Matthew Restall
This week. We talk about the Spanish Conquest of South America. From the "Discovery", of the new world to the entry of Cortez and his conquest of the Aztec Empire to Pizarros conquest of the Inca. All...
27 Jul 20231h 38min

Episode 137: Klaeopatra with Jane Draycott
In this weeks episode we take a look at the Egyptian Queen Klaeopatra. From the rise of The Ptollemyies to the birth of Klaeopatra, and her upbringing. To her meeting with Caesar and Anthony. All this...
20 Jul 202350min

Episode 136: The Second World War. With Gerhard Weinberg
This week we take a look at The Second World War. From the Japanese Attack on Machuria in 1931, to Hitlers attack on Poland in 1939, And the beginning of the war to the retreat at Dunkirk. The North A...
13 Jul 20232h 31min

Episode 135: The Daughter Of The Red Tsar. With Rosemary Sullivan
In this weeks episode we take a look at "Svetlana Stalin", known as "The Daughter Of The Red Tsar". We talk about what it was like to grow up in the Kremlin, and have Stalin as a father. How and why s...
6 Jul 20231h 6min

Episode 134: A History Of Seduction. With Clement Knox
Seduction has always been around. And this week we take a look at the history Of Seduction with the Author of "Strange Antics: A History Of Seduction", where we discuss seduction history from the 17t...
28 Jun 20231h 7min

Episode 133: Adrian Goldsworthy Returns: Julius Caesar!
In this weeks episode our returning guest Adrian Goldsworthy is back to talk abou Julius Caesar. A man who needs no introduction. This week we talk about his life from his upbringing to his hiding fro...
22 Jun 20232h 5min

Episode 132: Sweden-Norway. 1850-1905. Part 2. With Morten Nordhagen
In the second half of this two part series on Sweden-Norway we take a look at the second half of the 19th Century. How close were really the union? And what happened to the Kiel Treaty? And Were we re...
15 Jun 20231h 53min

Episode 131: Sweden-Norway. 1814-1850. Part 1. With Marthe Hommestad
The Sweden-Norway union would last for almost a century. But this week we are taking a look at the first half of the Union. From the loss of Finland to the Kiel treaty, to The politics that dominated ...
8 Jun 20231h 9min



















