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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Title Date published
Jacobites and the Ancient World 2016-07-29
Two King Edwards 2016-07-21
Paris’s women at war and the Housewives’ League 2016-07-14
Britain’s Second World War and the Country House 2016-07-07
Battle of the Somme special 2016-06-30
The Radium Girls and the cotton revolution 2016-06-23
Wolfson History Prizes: Nazi camps and St Augustine 2016-06-16
Operation Barbarossa 2016-06-09
Tudor monarchs and a Medieval civil war 2016-06-02
Writing history in the 21st century 2016-05-26
The battle of Jutland and 1950s domestic dangers 2016-05-19
A Victorian murder and a ship that made history 2016-05-12
Sykes-Picot and a 17th-century polymath 2016-05-05
The history of consumerism and Chinese philosophy 2016-04-28
Shakespeare’s world and cricket in South Africa 2016-04-21
Student life and working class culture 2016-04-14
Charles II and an Atlantic experiment 2016-04-07
The Dissolution and a forgotten colony 2016-03-31
Democracy and an age of genius 2016-03-24
The Easter Rising and a Victorian heyday 2016-03-17
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