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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Black Victorians: radicals, muses, inmates & aristocrats 2022-12-09
The Cuban Missile Crisis: broken ties & a secret pact 2022-12-08
Football in the First World War 2022-12-07
The Irish across the globe 2022-12-06
Warrior queens & quiet revolutionaries: forgotten women from history 2022-12-05
Sixties counterculture: everything you wanted to know 2022-12-04
Conspiracy Trailer 2022-12-03
Books of the year 2022 2022-12-02
The Cuban Missile Crisis: tensions mount 2022-12-01
Debtors’ prisons: Dickensian horrors or economic successes? 2022-11-30
Dark Age bullies & forgotten kingdoms: busting early medieval myths 2022-11-29
Enslavement, separation & survival: the story of "Ashley's sack" 2022-11-28
Surgical history: everything you wanted to know 2022-11-27
Cuban Missile Crisis TRAILER 2022-11-26
American psychiatry: a tortured history 2022-11-25
The Mary Rose | 6. protecting the wreck 2022-11-24
Spiritualism, fairies, and Arthur Conan-Doyle 2022-11-23
Desk killers: the psychology of committing crimes against humanity 2022-11-22
Mary, Queen of Scots: The Scottish years 2022-11-21
World Cup history: everything you wanted to know 2022-11-20
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