Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 39 days 7 hours 8 minutes
In October 1962 the world came very close to annihilation during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Serhii Plokhy joins Dan on the podcast to discuss his research which shows that we came even closer than previously thought to the Cold War going hot.
We often hear about the kings & queens of medieval England, but what was life like for the ordinary person? From knights to peasants to barbers, Dan joins Dr Eleanor Janega to explore the lives & deaths you could expect to find in Medieval Engl...
During the changes and troubles of the 20th century, officials in Britain faced a huge question: how could they maintain imperial power? Dr Louis Halewood has been researching the troubles faced by British policymakers to maintain dominance.
World War 1 saw unprecedented numbers of women enter the workplace & help pave the way for women to be given greater rights & responsibilities in their jobs, or did it?
On April 12th 1961 the Soviet Union shocked the world by launching the first man into space; Yuri Gagarin. Dan is joined by Stephen Walker to tell the thrilling story of the first human in space.
Continuing our series looking at British Prime Ministers Dan and Robert Saunders tackle the period following the Battle of Waterloo all the way up to Winston Churchill.
Abandoned by his parents, exiled from his home, a veteran of Second World War battles, an author, the founder of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), this is the story of Prince Philip as you have never heard it before.
Between the 3rd century BC and the 1st century AD, the Xiongnu inhabited the area surrounding Mongolia. They influenced the later Hun Empire, and had connections with Ancient China and Persia, but what do we know about them?
When we think of the British Empire we often think of India, Singapore or South Africa but an underrepresented part of the colonial picture is that of west Africa & specifically Nigeria. Max Siollun joins Dan to discuss Nigeria's colonial hist...
Catherine the Great came from minor German nobility to become Empress of Russia and one of the most extraordinary women of the eighteenth century. Dan is joined today on the podcast by Hilda Hoogenboom to talk all things, Catherine.