The History Extra podcast brings you gripping stories from the past and fascinating historical conversations with the world's leading historical experts.     Produced by the team behind BBC History Magazine, History Extra is a free history podcast, with episodes released six times a week. Subscribe now for the real stories behind your favourite films, TV shows and period dramas, as well as compelling insights into lesser-known aspects of the past.    We delve into global history stories spanning the ancient world right up to the modern day. You’ll hear deep dives into the lives of famous historical figures like Cleopatra, Anne Boleyn and Winston Churchill, and explorations of intriguing events from the past, such as the Salem witch trials, the battle of Waterloo and D-Day.    Expect fresh takes on history, helping you get to grips with the latest research, as we explore everything from ancient Roman archaeology and Viking mythology to Renaissance royals and Tudor kings and queens.    Our episodes touch on a wide range of historical eras – from the Normans and Saxons to the Stuarts, Victorians and the Regency period. We cover the most popular historical subjects, from the medieval world to the Second World War, but you’ll also hear conversations on lesser-known parts of our past, including black history and women’s history.    Looking at the history behind today’s headlines, we consider the forces that have shaped today’s world, from the imposing empires that dominated continents, to the revolutions that brought them crashing down. We also examine the impact of conflict across the centuries, from the crusades of the Middle Ages and the battles of the ancient Egyptians to World War One, World War Two and the Cold War.     Plus, we uncover the real history behind myths, legends and conspiracy theories, from  the medieval murder mystery of the Princes in the Tower, to the assassination of JFK.     Featuring interviews with notable historians including Mary Beard, Tracy Borman, James Holland and Dan Jones, we cover a range of social, political and military history, with the aim to start conversations about some of the most fascinating areas of the past.  Unlock full access to HistoryExtra.com for 6 months for just 99p https://www.historyextra.com/join/

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Queen Victoria’s spy network 2022-01-17
Mao’s Cultural Revolution: everything you wanted to know 2022-01-16
How the Beatles were in tune with 60s Britain 2022-01-15
Shining new light on medieval Europe 2022-01-14
A murder mystery in 19th-century Dublin 2022-01-12
Trading and crusading in the Middle Ages 2022-01-11
The Demerara slave uprising 2022-01-10
The Age of Sail: everything you wanted to know 2022-01-09
Ancient Greek scientific thinking 2022-01-08
Hells, heavens and afterworlds: a traveller’s guide 2022-01-07
Women who served in WW2 2022-01-05
A forgotten witch hunt in New England 2022-01-04
Goods & globalisation: merchants in Tudor & Stuart England 2022-01-03
The Jacobites: everything you wanted to know 2022-01-02
History’s greatest mysteries: what caused the medieval ‘dancing plague’? 2022-01-01
History’s greatest mysteries: why did Mao’s chosen successor flee China? 2021-12-31
History’s greatest mysteries: was the Trojan War fact or fiction? 2021-12-29
History’s greatest mysteries: what happened to the Roman Ninth Legion? 2021-12-28
History’s greatest mysteries: Agatha Christie disappears 2021-12-27
The state of history in 2021 2021-12-26
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