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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

The Chinese migrants chasing an American dream. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Britons who rebuilt postwar Germany. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Slavic myths: vampires, werewolves – and cabbages. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Chanel: glamour and controversy on the Riviera. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Victorian death rituals. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Happily ever after? Love and marriage in Austen's era. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Drag: a British history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Peking to Paris: the world’s first great motor race. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Love: a weird & wonderful history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Ploughman's for the people: a culinary history of Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Alexandria: the first modern city. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Masters of the Air: the real history behind the new show. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The West's enduring fascination with Asia. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Nicholas Winton: the 'British Schindler'. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Ireland's tangled relationship with empire. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Britain's long love affair with sport. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The Renaissance: an explosion of creativity. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

From the Mongols to the Huns: the nomads who dominated Eurasia. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The hidden history of women in intelligence. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

'Madness' and the supernatural. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Why were the Romantics obsessed with Mount Vesuvius?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A history of song: from Schumann to Sting. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Aztec warfare. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

How spies shaped the modern world. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The medieval Welsh Marches: identity on the frontier. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Sherlock Holmes: the real history that inspired the detective stories. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Bannockburn: Robert the Bruce’s greatest victory. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Amazing Grace: a story of salvation and slavery. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Nazi Germany: the myth of the innocent bystander. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Netflix's The Crown: history and storytelling. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.