The History Playlist
Dive into the best history podcasts on Sounds & explore the stories that shape our world.
The History Playlist
Welcome to The History Playlist - updated every Wednesday.
History of Spices (Radio Edit)—You're Dead to Me
Join Greg and his guests to learn about the global history of spices and the spice trade.
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The Levellers—In Our Time
The political movement during the English Civil War committed to a new idea of equality.
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William Marshal: The Greatest Medieval Knight—History's Heroes, History's Toughest Heroes
At the age of 70, can England’s greatest knight still save the realm from invasion?
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37. Madame Rachel - Beauty Scammer—Lady Killers with Lucy Worsley, Lady Swindlers with Lucy Worsley: Series 1
Lucy Worsley meets Madame Rachel, Victorian London’s most notorious beauty scammer.
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Great Lives
Biographical series in which guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.
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Hebrew astrolabe—A History of the World in 100 Objects, Status Symbols (1200 - 1400 AD)
Neil MacGregor with an extraordinary astronomical instrument.
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1. The Classical Hero—Rory Stewart: The Long History of..., Heroism
Rory Stewart explores ideas of the hero through time.
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Power Lines—Making History
Tom Holland and Iszi Lawrence explore stories revealed by history's lines and linkages.
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The History Playlist
Updated every Wednesday.
