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A lot of history episodes and a lot of film episodes. A few other subjects in between!

  1. In the Kingdom of Ice - with Hampton Sides

    DEC 2

    In the Kingdom of Ice - with Hampton Sides

    Hampton Sides loves to tell stories of people fighting against impossible odds.The story of the Jeannette's voyage is right in that vein. His book is called In the Kingdom of Ice and the subtitle sums it up - the Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette.Look forward to hearing about US naval officer George de Long's polar expedition of 1879, including:a rich and eccentric newspaper ownera syphilitic navigatora mentally unbalanced German cartographera wonderful love storyand courag...

    56 min
  2. Spring Heeled Jack - with Mike Dash

    NOV 9

    Spring Heeled Jack - with Mike Dash

    Spring Heeled Jack was an uncatchable villain from Victorian times. His speciality was attacking young women, raking their faces and clothes with metal claws and sometimes breathing fire in their faces. We have good evidence for his existence with newspaper reports and police and courts involved. But the more historian Mike Dash peels away the layers the harder it becomes to be sure of anything. A proper historical investigation into a proper mystery!You can send a message to the show/feedbac...

    57 min
  3. Giles Milton on Nathaniel’s Nutmeg

    OCT 7

    Giles Milton on Nathaniel’s Nutmeg

    The 'spice wars' between the Dutch and the English in the 1600's were quite something. Giles Milton told the story in his remarkable book Nathaniel's Nutmeg. What I hadn't realised until reading this was how feeble and disorganised the English were compared to their competitors. And the Dutch in particular were as ruthless as they were capable.Visits to the court of Ivan the Terrible, a knight of the realm imprisoned in a cupboard under the stairs, horrific torture, courage and persistence be...

    55 min
  4. Rebel Island - Jonathan Clements on the history of Taiwan - part 2

    SEP 12

    Rebel Island - Jonathan Clements on the history of Taiwan - part 2

    We are back with Jonathan Clements for part 2 of our podcast on the history of Japan. In this episode we start with the remarkable story of Taiwan's 50 years as a colony of Japan. And Jonathan then takes the story through the White Terror up to the current day.And to remind you:Rebel IslandJonathan's blogYou can send a message to the show/feedback by clicking here.

    1h 4m
  5. Rebel Island - Jonathan Clements on the history of Taiwan - part 1

    SEP 10

    Rebel Island - Jonathan Clements on the history of Taiwan - part 1

    Jonathan Clements has written a number of histories of East Asia. His latest, Rebel Island, is a history of Taiwan from the earliest times up to today. If you have any interest in the history of the region this book is an absolute must read. And while it is a serious and meticulously researched history it is also genuinely gripping with 'Blimey! I didn't know that!' moments on every other page. Really terrific stuff.We ran rather long so I split it into two parts. Part 1 takes us all the way ...

    50 min
  6. The 4th Crusade and the final fall of the Roman Empire - with Ed Watts

    AUG 23

    The 4th Crusade and the final fall of the Roman Empire - with Ed Watts

    Delighted to have Professor Ed Watts back on the show. This time he is talking about the 4th Crusade which turned into one of history's great catastrophes. People give many possible dates for the fall of the Roman Empire and Ed argues persuasively for 1204 when the crusade reaches its heartbreaking climax. You can send a message to the show/feedback by clicking here.

    1h 24m
  7. In Sulla's shadow - Ed Watts reappraises Caesar

    JUL 24

    In Sulla's shadow - Ed Watts reappraises Caesar

    Professor Ed Watts is a reliably brilliant guest on the show. In this episode he looks at Sulla's career and the blight the cast on the Roman Republic. Ed argues that it is impossible to understand any the great characters - Caesar, Cicero, Cato, Pompey and so on - without understanding the scarring effect of Sulla's rule. In Ed's view Caesar emerges from all this as a man with terrible ambition and many faults but ultimately redeemed by his refusal to follow Sulla's example. Refreshingly rev...

    1h 1m
  8. Mother Leakey and the Bishop

    JUN 1

    Mother Leakey and the Bishop

    I can't remember enjoying a story more than Peter Marshall's Mother Leakey and the Bishop. The way Peter tells the story is absolutely brilliant with walk on parts from some very famous characters. At heart though it is a ghost story and the story of how an Anglican Bishop came to be hanged for the crime of sodomy in Dublin in the winter of 1640. Peter is one of the leading historians of the Reformation and won the Woolfson prize for his book Heretics and Believers. And as I say i...

    56 min
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A lot of history episodes and a lot of film episodes. A few other subjects in between!

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  • Creator
    Russell Hogg
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2024
  • Episodes
    80
  • Rating
    Clean
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