18 episodes
Yesterday's News Joe Forrester
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Joe Forrester brings you three headlines from the week in history, focusing on the lesser-known, more unusual and often downright odd.
Every week Joe is joined by a special guest as they discuss that show’s stories and a whole load of puerile nonsense besides.
This is the podcast that shows you history is sexy, sweary and full of people acting like utter plonkers… Imagine Game of Thrones with Benny Hill music.
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Gandhi assassinated | The adventures of Oliver Cromwell’s head | A miscarriage of justice in 50s England
This week we’re there for the aftermath of the murder of Mahatma Gandhi and look back at his life and legacy. Next, we witness Oliver Cromwell’s ‘execution’ and follow the journey of his disembodied head right up to the 1960s. Finally, we look at the original report of the execution of Derek Bentley, a famous miscarriage of justice that changed the British legal system.
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Hitler dooms his soldiers at Stalingrad | A Tudor rebellion and the feminist legacy of Bloody Mary | The liberation of Auschwitz
This week we look at the greatest battle of the Second World War and a titanic clash of egos, as both Stalin and Hitler refuse to allow retreat at Stalingrad and cause the deaths of millions.
We look at a Protestant rebellion against Mary I, as women took centre stage in Tudor politics and ask, was 'Bloody Mary' all that bloody?
Finally, to mark Holocaust Memorial Day and remember those who died, we consider what the Soviet soldiers who liberated Auschwitz found when they entered the very worst place imaginable.
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Special: Presenter Marcus Bronzy talks the history of tech, the future of AI and self-correcting pants
In this special episode technology expert and presenter Marcus Bronzy popped in to talk about how Henry Ford revolutionised the manufacturing process, something we're still seeing today. He also chatted about the future of technology and we consider the possibility of a robot uprising...
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A horrific Hollywood murder; how Henry Ford changed the world; and a chilling Nazi conference
This week we investigate the unsolved case of the Black Dahlia murder, as a new suspect comes to the fore. My guest Marcus Bronzy channels a cartoon newspaper reporter in stunning fashion as he interviews industrial tycoon Henry Ford. Finally we look at the Wannsee Conference, where Nazi bureaucrats settled on a system to industrialise murder.
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Special: Filmmaker Matt Bell talks his new documentary, Star Wars and Englishness
In this special episode filmmaker Matt Bell popped in to talk about his new documentary 'Eddie - Strongman', which charts the rise of charismatic UK strongman Eddie Hall and is currently getting rave reviews on Netflix. We also talk about Star Wars (obvs) and what it means to English.
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How Caesar ended the Roman Republic. Was Joan of Arc actually burned for cross-dressing? And Alfred the Great sees off the Vikings (kind of)
This week Matteo Bellini meets Caesar (who is inexplicably from the Bronx); we are present at the trial of Joan of Arc and Joe Forrester is live on these scene at the Battle of Ashdown as Alfred the Great faces the Vikings.
#history #podcast #RomanEmpire #AlfredTheGreat #JoanofArc #Hundred YearsWar