History Extra podcast
By Immediate Media
HistoryExtra brings you interviews with the world's best historians, on everything from the ancient world and the Middle Ages to the Second World War and the history behind current events. Subscribe for fresh takes on history's most famous figures and events, the real stories behind your favourite historical films and TV shows, and compelling insights into lesser-known aspects of the past.
Latest episode
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The mindset behind the Holocaust
Martin Davidson explores the psychological factors that motivated perpetrators of the Holocaust and the devastating power of Hitler’s antisemitic worldview -
Grisly killings & mysterious motives: murder in early modern Britain
Blessin Adams delves into several sensational murder cases from early modern Britain, exploring what they can reveal about society at the time -
The man who almost discovered the double helix
Kersten Hall charts the life and successes of scientist William Astbury – the man who almost discovered DNA’s structure -
Marriage, Middlemarch & male pseudonyms: George Eliot’s unconventional life
Clare Carlisle explores how the author George Eliot’s unconventional approach to marriage shaped her life and work -
George VI’s Nazi dilemma
Alexander Larman reveals how figures within the royal orbit were either linked with, or sympathetic to, Nazi Germany in the Second World War era -
The Seven Years’ War: everything you wanted to know
Jeremy Black responds to listener questions on the 18th-century conflict that convulsed the globe and helped turn Britain into a world superpower -
Six Wives Trailer
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Patriarchy’s long roots
June Purvis and Angela Saini discuss the roots of male domination and how it has shaped societies throughout history -
Grisly killings & mysterious motives: murder in early modern Britain
Blessin Adams delves into several sensational murder cases from early modern Britain, exploring what they can reveal about society at the time -
Women & the crusades: patronage, propaganda & prayer
Helen Nicholson traces women’s involvement in the crusades, from noble patrons and pious pilgrims to those willing to risk their lives on the battlefield
