Citadels of Power: Castles in History and Archaeology

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The Grandeur That Was Rome: Roman Art and Archaeology

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History Revealed: The Quest for King Arthur: Episode 33

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The Advent of Early Modern Warfare: The History of the Transition from Medieval Military Tactics to the Age of Gunpowder

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High Seas, High Stakes: Naval Battles that Changed History

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Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

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Behold the Mighty Dinosaur

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Amazing and True Tales From Science History

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Britain's Secret Defences: Civilian Saboteurs, Spies and Assassins During the Second World War

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The Glory That Was Greece: Greek Art and Archaeology

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Dragons: The History of Dragon Legends and Folk Tales around the World

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Greco-Roman Technology: The History of Inventions and Improvements Made by the Ancient Greeks and Romans

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Myths and Mysteries of Archaeology

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The Greek Dark Ages and Greek Renaissance: The History and Legacy of the Bronze Age Transition to Archaic Greece

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Visions of Utopia: Philosophy and the Perfect Society

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Classical Mythology: The Romans

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Unexplained History: What Historians Still Don't Understand

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The Longbow: The History of the Weapon that Revolutionized Warfare in the Middle Ages

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In Michelangelo's Shadow: The Mystery of Modern Italy

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The Shunned House

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Children's Literature: Between the Covers

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Medieval Europe’s Mercenaries: The History of Hired Soldiers across Europe and the Byzantine Empire in the Middle Ages

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Egyptology: The History and Legacy of the Modern Study of Ancient Egypt

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The Story of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew

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From Troy to Constantinople

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The Pan-Hellenic Games in Ancient Greece: The History of the Olympics and the Other Major Greek Competitions

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Turn to Channel Nostalgia: The Deeper Meaning Behind Our Favorite Childhood Cartoons

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A Jerk on One End: Reflections of a Mediocre Fisherman

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Indiana Jones and Philosophy: Why Did it Have to be Socrates

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Earthopolis: A Biography of Our Urban Planet

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History Revealed: Cromwell's Last Battle: Episode 40

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The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design

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Ancient Rome: A Captivating Introduction to the Roman Republic, the Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire, and the Byzantine Empire

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A Place of My Own: The Architecture of Daydreams

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The Geography of Nowhere: The Rise and Decline of America's Man-made Landscape

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Gropius: The Man Who Built the Bauhaus

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CISSP Exam Study Guide For Information Security Professionals: Beginners Guide To Cybersecurity Threats, Ethical Hacking And Defense Techniques 3 Books In 1

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Egypt's Golden Couple: When Akhenaten and Nefertiti Were Gods on Earth

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Scottish History: A Concise Overview of the History of Scotland From Start to End

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The Colosseum

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Hadrian's Wall

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How Design Makes The World

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Cozy Minimalist Home: More Style, Less Stuff

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Welcome Home: A Cozy Minimalist Guide to Decorating and Hosting All Year Round

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The Great Indoors: The Surprising Science of How Buildings Shape Our Behavior, Health, and Happiness

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The Nesting Place: It Doesn't Have to Be Perfect to Be Beautiful

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Have Personality Disorder, Will Rule Russia: A Pocket Guide to Russian History

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The Parthenon

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Earth Repair: A Grassroots Guide to Healing Toxic and Damaged Landscapes

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Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture

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The Letters of a Post-Impressionist

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CYBERSECURITY FOR BEGINNERS: 3 BOOKS IN 1: WHAT YOU MUST KNOW ABOUT CYBERSECURITY, HOW TO GET A JOB IN CYBERSECURITY, HOW TO DEFEND AGAINST HACKERS & MALWARE

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Ballpark: Baseball in the American City

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Cathedrals – In a Nutshell

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The E-Myth Landscape Contractor: Why Most Landscape Companies Don't Work and What to Do About It

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HACKING: Social Engineering Attacks, Techniques & Prevention

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HACKING: How to Hack Web Apps

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Architecture: A History in 100 Buildings

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The Florentines: From Dante to Galileo: The Transformation of Western Civilization

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Building a Sustainable Home: Practical Green Design Choices for Your Health, Wealth and Soul

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Why Architecture Matters

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Rhynwick Williams & The London Monster

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Thor: The God behind the Superhero: Dr. Cat Jarman speaks to Professor Carolyne Larrington, an expert in Norse literature and mythology, to find out more about the Mighty Thor.

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102 Livin' on a (Persian) Prayer: In this episode, we discuss the years 413-412 BC of the Peloponnesian War, including the Athenian response at home to the Sicilian Disaster, the Spartan and Theban devastation of Attic agriculture and commerce from Decelea, the dissolution of the...

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4. Tutankhamun: Inside the Tomb: Why did the boy pharaoh capture the world's imagination?

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Pre-historic Britain in Seven Burials with Alice Roberts: How much can a burial really tell us about our ancient past? Using new ancient DNA analysis techniques archaeologists are now able to uncover an unprecedented level of detail about the lives of our ancestors.

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Who were the Celts?: Simon Jenkins considers the enigmatic story of the Celts, and explores what the term ‘Celtic’ means today

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Sulla

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Brian Cox & Alice Roberts on the Incredible Unlikeliness of Human Existence: Who are we? Why are we here? Are we alone in the universe? How did we become the creatures that we are? How might we further evolve? These are some of the big questions that Brian Cox and Alice Roberts tackled when they came to the Intelligence Square...

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The Man Who Would Be King: The Man Who Would Be King

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05 Democracy and Demagogues in Ancient Athens w/ Josiah Ober: Historian Josiah Ober of Stanford University joins us for a discussion on classical Athens and how the Athenian system compared to our own democracy. As Ober writes in his recent book The Rise and Fall of Classical Greece, “Democracy and growth...

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Episode 173: Fooling Around: In this episode, we look at the development of English comedy in the early modern era. We examine some of William Shakespeare’s early comedies, and we also distinguish Shakespearean comedy from other types of comedic performances which had been popular...

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Best of: Panzram: Because our book won't write itself (wtf why not) we're taking this week to work on LAST BOOK ON THE LEFT. We'll be back next week, but before that let's revisit Carl Panzram – a serial killer who has much in common with the next heavy hitter we're...

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303 The Search for Darcy - Jane Austen, Tom Lefroy, and the World of Pride and Prejudice

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#191 - Special: "Superpower Interrupted," an Interview with Author Michael Schuman: My interview with Beijing-based author and journalist Michael Schuman about China's history, present, future, and food... and of course about his upcoming book, "Superpower Interrupted: The Chinese History of the World," available on Jun...

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Napoleon's formative years and great thinkers of the Scottish Enlightenment: Michael Broers discusses Napoleon's formative years, while Alexander Broadie looks at some of the great thinkers of the Scottish Enlightenment For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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Episode 172: Succession: In this episode, we explore the concept of a successful succession. During the early 1590s, France was divided by a bitter conflict over the succession of Henry of Navarre to the French throne. Meanwhile, William Shakespeare wrote a couple of … Continu...

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The US Civil War and the Great Famine: The Great Hunger is not something we associate with war and certainly not wars in other countries. However the Famine is inextricably linked to the story of the American Civil War (1861-1865). Around 200,000 Irish people, most of them famine or post fa...

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EP23 Intro to Japanese History P14 - The Wars of Oda Nobunaga: From the 1550's until his death in 1582, Oda Nobunaga was involved in constant warfare. One by one, the major Daimyo of his era ...

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The UK’s Top Diplomat on the State of the World: Sir Jeremy Greenstock served as a diplomat from the 1960s to the well into the 21st century and is someone who has been in the room when some of the most momentous events of recent history have occurred.

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Medieval Warfare: Deception and Trickery: Deception and trickery have always been a universal feature of warfare and the wars of the Middle Ages were no exception.

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Film Studies – The 13th Warrior: This month we move away from Vampires and into the Eaters of the Dead, the book which is the basis for this movie - The 13th Warrior

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The Dark Ages: a ‘black hole’ in Britain’s history: Max Adams pieces together the evidence to uncover what happened after the fall of Roman Britain.

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Ep. 78 - “This Is You.” Finding Ourselves in Ancient Greek Plays, with Bryan Doerries: What if our experience of ancient Greek plays, rather than involving stultifying boredom, could instead evoke powerful emotions? Bryan Doerries–author of many books involving ancient Greek plays and Artistic Director of Theater of War Productions–talks with Julie and Eve about the tragic loss in his life...

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Everything you ever wanted to know about the Normans, but were afraid to ask: Marc Morris tackles some of the big questions about William the Conqueror and his followers. Historyextra.com/podcast

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07 The Persian Wars w/ Ian Morris (Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon): Ian Morris, archaeologist and professor of Classics at Stanford University, joins us for a discussion on the Persian expeditions against Greece in 490-479 BC. How did the Greeks pull off a totally unexpected victory against the biggest invasion force...

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Best of: A Philosophy of Games That Is Really a Philosophy of Life: Today, we’re re-airing one of my favorite episodes of all time. It was originally recorded in February of 2022, but I've been unable to stop thinking about it ever since. When we play Monopoly or basketball, we know we are playing a game. The stakes are low. The rules are silly. The point system is arbitrary. But what if life is full of games — ones with much higher stakes — that we don’t even realize we’re playing? According to the philosopher C. Thi Nguyen, games and gamified systems are everywhere in modern life. Social media applies the lure of a points-based scoring system to the complex act of communication. Fitness apps convert the joy and beauty of physical motion into a set of statistics you can monitor. The grades you received in school flatten the qualitative richness of education into a numerical competition. If you’ve ever consulted the U.S. News & World Report college rankings database, you’ve witnesse

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The Tower of London's Most Notorious Prisoners: Uncover the secrets embedded within the tower's formidable walls.

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Episode 164 - Hadrian's Wall part 4: legacy: We’re back for the final instalment of our four-p…

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Episode 72 - The First Barons' War and the Great Siege of Dover Castle: This week, we’re travelling back to the 13th cent…

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Is This The Dreadnought Moment with Dr. Andrew Hammond (Rerun): Back from the archives! We loved our discussion with Dr. Andrew Hammond, Historian and Curator of the International Spy Museum so much that we brought it back for your enjoyment this week! Hammond takes us through the classic period of espionage and...