History Podcast
Historical themes, events and key individuals from Akhenaten to Xenophon.
Episodes to download
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Josephus
Thu 21 May 2015
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Flavius Josephus, author of The Jewish War.
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The Lancashire Cotton Famine
Thu 14 May 2015
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Lancashire cotton famine during the American Civil War
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Matteo Ricci and the Ming Dynasty
Thu 16 Apr 2015
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Matteo Ricci's 16th-century travels in Ming China.
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The California Gold Rush
Thu 2 Apr 2015
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the California Gold Rush of the 1850s.
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The Curies
Thu 26 Mar 2015
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the scientific achievements of the Curie family.
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The Eunuch
Thu 26 Feb 2015
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the history and significance of eunuchs.
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The Wealth of Nations
Thu 19 Feb 2015
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Adam Smith's economic treatise The Wealth of Nations.
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Ashoka the Great
Thu 5 Feb 2015
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Indian ruler Ashoka the Great.
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Thucydides
Thu 29 Jan 2015
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the ancient Greek historian Thucydides.
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The Haitian Revolution
Thu 23 Oct 2014
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Haitian Revolution of 1791-1804.
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The Battle of Talas
Thu 9 Oct 2014
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Battle of Talas in AD751.
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Julius Caesar
Thu 2 Oct 2014
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life and reputation of Julius Caesar.
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Hildegard of Bingen
Thu 26 Jun 2014
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the medieval writer and mystic Hildegard of Bingen.
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The Bluestockings
Thu 5 Jun 2014
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the 18th-century Bluestocking Society.
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The Sino-Japanese War
Thu 8 May 2014
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Second Sino-Japanese War.
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Strabo's Geographica
Thu 10 Apr 2014
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Strabo's Geographica, an early work of geography.
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Weber's The Protestant Ethic
Thu 27 Mar 2014
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Weber's The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism.
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Spartacus
Thu 6 Mar 2014
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Roman gladiator and rebel leader Spartacus.
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The Phoenicians
Thu 6 Feb 2014
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Phoenicians of the ancient Mediterranean.
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Sources of Early Chinese History
Thu 23 Jan 2014
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the sources for early Chinese history.
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The Medici
Boxing Day 2013
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Medici family, rulers of Renaissance Florence.
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Pliny the Younger
Thu 12 Dec 2013
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Roman letter-writer Pliny the Younger.
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