HISTORY

HistoryExtra podcast

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Immediate

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EPISODES

Episodes in this list

Up to 20 recent episodes with published runtimes, as listed in the feed on October 20. This is not the complete show archive.

Episode

An African king in the Roman empire

2026-10-19

37 minAt normal playback speed

Episode

Everyday life in a slave trading town

2026-10-18

30 minAt normal playback speed

Episode

From plague 'searchers' to strawberry birthmarks: a history of women's bodies

2026-10-15

35 minAt normal playback speed

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The country house at war

2026-10-13

28 minAt normal playback speed

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The pioneering surgeon who stood up to Rasputin

2026-10-12

49 minAt normal playback speed

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The stolen Native Americans who shaped US history

2026-10-11

48 minAt normal playback speed

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Being disabled in the medieval era

2026-10-08

46 minAt normal playback speed

Episode

Vanilla: a far from ordinary history

2026-10-06

38 minAt normal playback speed

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Ancient explosives and the philosopher's stone: a history of alchemy

2026-10-05

36 minAt normal playback speed

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North Korea's religious dictators

2026-10-04

46 minAt normal playback speed

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Inside Venice’s Jewish ghetto

2026-10-01

47 minAt normal playback speed

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WW2's bloody battle for Arakan

2026-09-29

38 minAt normal playback speed

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The Bayeux Tapestry: secrets of the stitchers

2026-09-28

33 minAt normal playback speed

Episode

How Henry VII seized – and kept – the crown

2026-09-27

49 minAt normal playback speed

Episode

The Soviet spy who couldn't love

2026-09-24

43 minAt normal playback speed

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The slave ship that changed history

2026-09-22

48 minAt normal playback speed

Episode

Have we overlooked England’s local histories?

2026-09-21

41 minAt normal playback speed

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The making of the modern Middle East

2026-09-20

47 minAt normal playback speed

Episode

Joan of Arc: inspirational leader or flawed failure?

2026-09-17

44 minAt normal playback speed

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The forgotten slave traders who shaped Britain

2026-09-15

37 minAt normal playback speed