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HistoryExtra Podcast

The HistoryExtra podcast brings you history’s most exciting stories and fascinating conversations with top historical experts. Episodes are released six times a week, covering subjects ranging from the ancient world and medieval era to the Second World War and the history behind today’s headlines

Sexuality on trial in colonial America. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Mining history: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Tokyo 1946: the war crime trial that shaped Japan's future. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

20th Century audioCongo, Cold War & CIA plotting: the 1961 assassination that shook Africa

How ancient India transformed the world. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

General History audioNative Americans: a history of power and survival

The 1943 battle of Kursk – and its present-day echoes. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Medieval documents in danger. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Our 10,000-year quest for equality. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Battle of Megiddo: ancient Egypt's greatest victory?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The plague that brought the Roman empire to its knees. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

False rumps & rotten teeth: 400 years of bizarre beauty practices. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An audacious escape from slavery. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Crusader criminals: how the Holy Land became a hotbed of lawlessness. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Gulag doctors: saving lives in Stalin's prison camps. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Practical magic: curses, spells & cunning folk. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Eighteen-year-olds who changed history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

How games changed history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Lines on a map: borders that shaped world history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Hidden labs, sex gardens & torture attics: secrets of British royal palaces. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Gulbadan Begum: princess, explorer, author. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Stealing the Mona Lisa. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Has imperial history become too politicised?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Our long obsession with the end of the world. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Club AD 130: a Roman holiday. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Decameron: sex, plague, and a medieval Love Island. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Assassinations that shaped US history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Catherine of Braganza: the Merrie Monarch's forgotten queen. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

1217: the year that (almost) changed English history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Kindness & hostility: refugees in wartime Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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