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Real Dictators is the award-winning podcast that explores the hidden lives of history's tyrants. Hosted by Paul McGann, with contributions from eyewitnesses and expert historians. New episodes available one week early for Noiser+ subscribers. You'll also get ad-free listening and exclusive content. To find out more about Noiser+, head to noiser.com/subscriptions. For advertising enquiries, email info@adelicious.fm Production: Joel Duddell, Ed Baranski, Miriam Baines, Tom Pink, George Tapp, D ...
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Peter Adamson, Professor of Philosophy at the LMU in Munich and at King's College London, takes listeners through the history of philosophy, "without any gaps". www.historyofphilosophy.net
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English Heritage cares for over 400 historic buildings, monuments and sites, and brings the story of England to life for over 10 million people each year. http://www.english-heritage.org.uk
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Scavenging through the layers of London's delightfully peculiar history...
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Footnoting History is a bi-weekly podcast series dedicated to overlooked, popularly unknown, and exciting stories plucked from the footnotes of history. For further reading suggestions, information about our hosts, our complete episode archive, and more visit us at FootnotingHistory.com!
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Join us as we time travel through women's history, one era at a time. We'll explore the lived experiences and everyday lives of historical ladies, both famous and obscure, from a variety of different time periods, countries, and cultures. Let's go traveling.
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The Troubles were a period of time in Northern Ireland which many people today do not know a lot about. In this podcast we will delve into each individual bombing and attack that happened during the 30-year period. This is a non-partisan podcast that focuses solely on the facts and the accounts of the individuals involved.
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This is After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds and the Paranormal. The podcast that takes you to the shadiest corners of the past, unpicking history’s spookiest, strangest, and most sinister stories. Join historians Anthony Delaney and Maddy Pelling, every Monday and Thursday to take a look at the darker side of history. From haunted pubs and Houdini, to witch trials and weird UFO sightings. After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds and the Paranormal - a podcast by History Hit, the world's best history channel and ...
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Do you like your history haunted? Then Macabre London is the podcast for you. Every fortnight we'll unravel a tale that's gruesome, horrifying or downright macabre. Get bonus content on Patreon (https://open.acast.com/public/patreon/fanSubscribe/806851) Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Take a deep dive into the fascinating history, characteristics and people associated with some of London's most iconic pubs
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A podcast about the underground history of London. Hidden places and forgotten stories beneath the City.
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The Art of Crime is a history podcast about the unlikely collisions between true crime and the arts. New theme each season.
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The country you know and the stories you don't. Join hosts Leah-Simone Bowen and Falen Johnson as they reveal the beautiful, terrible and weird histories of this land. New episodes every second Thursday. Visit us at www.cbc.ca/secretlife for show links, transcripts and more! Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok. Subscribe to Sounds Good: CBC's Podcast newsletter for the finest podcast recommendations and behind-the-scenes exclusives.
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The channel for the Award-Winning Maverick Theatre Company and their London Literary Pub Crawl productions and Resonance 104.4FM Radio shows. General theatre and literary news from London, England.
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These podcasts share with you different parts of London, the greatest capital city in the world. We'll share with you the history and facts about different places in London. If you live or work in London, have been here or planning on coming here or just love London from afar this is the podcast for you! Alternatively visit our YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCit1-VGh0IqfOO7wt0DKq0Q/videos If you love all this content than join us a London Visited 'Crown Jewel' member thro ...
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Luke's English Podcast is an award-winning podcast for learners of English. Listen, learn and have fun while picking up natural British English as it really is spoken. http://teacherluke.co.uk Sign up to LEP Premium on Acast+ and add the premium episodes to a podcast app on your phone. https://plus.acast.com/s/teacherluke. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Past Present Future is a bi-weekly History of Ideas podcast with David Runciman, host and creator of Talking Politics, exploring the history of ideas from politics to philosophy, culture to technology. David talks to historians, novelists, scientists and many others about where the most interesting ideas come from, what they mean, and why they matter. Ideas from the past, questions about the present, shaping the future. Brought to you in partnership with the London Review of Books. New episo ...
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Join Georgia as each week she talks you through important pieces of history that more people should know about or true crime cases that require more public attention - awareness and education are key!
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Join Rachel and Hannah on the Sinister South Podcast as they explore the shadowy corners of South London. Each episode digs into the gritty true crime stories that have left their mark on the local streets of South London. They’ll introduce you to the victims and dissect the mysteries while giving you a taste of the places these dramas unfolded. It’s not all doom and gloom; Rach and Han also have plenty of nonsense to chat about! So whether you're a true crime buff or just curious about the ...
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Join us, Alex and Fiona, as we take a light look at London's history in a relaxed and entertaining way. As qualified Blue Badge Tourist Guides, we share our passion for the city with you in a chatty and fun podcast, looking at the weird, wonderful and unknown in this huge, ancient place we call home.
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The no-fucks-given guide to LGBTQ+ history. Welcome to the Gayest Stories Never Told! Hosted by Bash and Lucy Hendra. Edited by Alex Toskas. Sign up on our website, and follow us on Instagram and TikTok. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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A weekly podcast covering history, arts, culture and politics with emeritus Professor of History, Jeremy Black, from The Critic Magazine: Britain's new magazine for open-minded readers. See https://acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Interviews and insight from the leading figures in crypto and decentralised finance. Hosted by Brian Rose. 🚀 MISSION: Our mission is to create a mass-scale transformation of humanity into a fully empowered, conscious and co-operative species. Every broadcast, every teaching, every event, and every interaction is ultimately intended to improve our world and the human experience. 🤩 VISION: We want to create the most compelling visual media, education material and live experiences that drive ma ...
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The Medieval Archives podcast transports you back to an age of heroic kings, gallant knights and pious bishops. Separate fact from fiction and find out how the men and women of the middle ages really lived.
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London College of Fashion, UAL is a world leading centre for fashion education. Our podcasts are led by LCF students, alumni, academics, researchers and associates, spanning a range of fashion related subjects.
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Welcome to the podcast of the German Historical Institute London, a research centre for German and British academics and students in the heart of Bloomsbury. The GHIL is a research base for historians of all eras working on colonial history and global relations or the history of Great Britain and Ireland, and also provides a meeting point for UK historians whose research concerns the history of the German-speaking lands. In each podcast episode, ranging from interviews to lecture recordings, ...
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Let's make history fun again! Come listen to interviews with award winning authors, the rantings of a history nerd, and various other things. Enjoy!
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Historic Royal Palaces are a team of people who love and look after six of the most wonderful palaces in the world. This fortnightly podcast brings you the history and stories of those palaces. You’ll hear from our experts and the people who bring our palaces to life, as we create space to explore how history moves us, telling stories about the monarchs you know, and uncovering the lives and histories of the people you don’t. Just like our palaces, this podcast is a mix of old and new. Each ...
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Nighttime is an audio documentary series which explores Canada's most fascinating stories. Join host Jordan Bonaparte for an exploration of Canadian true crime, mysteries, and the weird.
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An Independent History Podcast, in which we discuss historical events, persons, books and why history is relevant today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Live, each and every other Tuesday on Sunrise FM London! Bringing you the best in Old Skool Rave / Nu Skool Hardcore, Breakbeat Hardcore, Happy Hardcore & UK Hardcore and a few side genres in between! Insane & Mind - History Of Hardcore, London, UK For Bookings, Promos, Demos, Label Submissions & General enquiries! Please contact us at info@insaneandmind.co.uk
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Two sisters get stoned and surprise each other with a story from history's vault of the weird and the wonderful! Covering topics all around the world and all through time that you won't find in your history books!
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From famous founders to capitalist cooks, from sex scandals to the dirtiest blues song, AMERICAN FILTH dives into the filthier side of American history: uncovering people who society has largely excluded from the history books because they were too unconventional, provocative, seedy, dirty, trashy…. Or just plain filthy. And sure, some of these folks made great contributions to history. But that’s not the part of their lives AMERICAN FILTH is interested in. This podcast is here for the drama ...
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The History of Science, told from the beginning. https://youtube.com/@thecompletehistoryofscience Music credit:Folk Round Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Photo credit: "L0015096EB" by Wellcome Library, London is licensed under CC BY 4.0. Image has been cropped.
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Presenting The Story of London, a podcast dedicated to telling the history of London as a single narrative tale; from it’s birth until the present day. Each episode takes us along the tale of the most fascinating and vibrant city on Earth. The format is every episode is self-contained, while also continuing to the next part in the chronicle. It covers events as they happened, from the actions of the great and the good, down to those of the poor and marginalised. We try to be as historically ...
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Fun history lessons for all the family, presented by Horrible Histories' Greg Jenner. Full of facts and jokes, the series brings to life a broad range of historical topics, many linked to the school curriculum. Homeschool Histories is made by the producers of the much-loved Radio 4 podcast You're Dead To Me.
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Capital XTRA Breakfast’s Robert Bruce & Shayna Marie have a brand new podcast focussing on highlighting unsung black heroes throughout history, from early astronauts & artists to activists and much more! Every episode will explore the story of someone special & celebrate black champions!
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Provocative and irreverent architectural talk series hosted in East London by Straight Talking Architecture Practice Fourth_space
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History for the Curious The most talked-about Jewish History Podcast History for the Curious features the dynamic historian and famous tour guide & lecturer: Rabbi Aubrey Hersh, live from the JLE in London, hosted by myself: Mena Reisner Join us as we cross continents, sail through the centuries, tracing lives, uncovering events and following epic journeys, to reveal the untold stories, the scandals, and the mysteries, that have impacted our history and shaped us into who we are today. Encou ...
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The Ugly American Werewolf in London is a weekly podcast about classic rock, hard rock, progressive rock, heavy metal, early MTV, 80s music, UK vs. US chart success and all things rock! Hosted by The Wolf and Action Jackson, who interview rock legends, review classic albums and concerts of their favorite classic rock bands each week. Once a month, they welcome musicians, writers and fans to First Concert Memories to tell about one particular night where a live concert changed their life. Act ...
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Blogging Theology is a channel discussing comparative religion by Paul Williams, a blogger and bibliophile based in London and the South of France.
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A treasure trove of ideas in psychoanalysis. History, theory, and psychoanalytic perspectives on a diverse range of topics. www.freud.org.uk
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Dr Robert Malone - Mpox, Psyops & The Most Important Election In History: The Future Of American Freedom
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Watch the Full Episode for FREE: Mpox, Psyops & The Most Important Election In History: Dr Robert Malone On The Future Of American Freedom - London Real 🚀 The Crypto & DeFi Academy: http://londonreal.tv/defi 🔥 The Wealth Academy: http://londonreal.tv/wealth 💰 The Investment Club: https://londonreal.tv/club…
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Today's Black Champion is the first ever black bus driver in London, Joe Clough.Von Global
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168: London's oldest missing person's case: Mary Flanagan
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In 1959, 16 year old Mary Flanagan waved bye to her family as she headed to work and then to her work's annual New Year's Eve party. But little did her parents know that Mary hadn't actually gone to work for two weeks, and she likely had no intentions of going to the party. And then she never came home. Where is Mary?-0…
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In this podcast we look at the River Fleet. a piece of London that was essential for the Romans and Saxons but later covered up but shaped so much of London! Join us for it's history....
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Today's black champion is the first ever black basketball player in the NBA, Earl Francis Lloyd.Von Global
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Haunts, Frights and Murder: It's the Sinister South Halloween Spooktacular!
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Hi Trevor's, Hannah here... I'm putting out a public service announcement, this episode is all for Rach, I couldn't give a damn about Halloween, but I quite like her and she loves it. She calls it her "Spiritual Holiday", so...I buckled to the pressure and we've done an episode with a bit of a twist (I say twist, we're pretty sure EVERY true crime …
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Free Speech and Lenny Bruce
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A comedian said offensive stuff this week at a Trump gathering (is that what they're called?), so let's look at a comedian of yore, who fought for the right to say c**ks**ker on stage! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Von iHeartPodcasts
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The Curse of Catherine Ring (Crimes of Old New York)
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In this special Halloween episode, we explore an urban legend that emerged from the trial of Levi Weeks. After the verdict came down, a vengeful Catherine Ring is said to have cursed Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and Justice John Lansing, causing all three to die lamentable deaths. Show notes available at www.artofcrimepodcast.com. If you'd like …
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The History Of Hardcore Show - Insane & Mind - Sunrise FM - 29th Oct 2024
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Tracklisting: Breathe - Prodigy Dominator “Joey Avila Lost At Rave Remix” - Human Resource Different Strokes “HUD Remix” - Isotonik Can You Party “Peter Brown Remix” - Royal House Just 4 U London - Clarke & East Some Justice “DJ Hammy 2023 Bootleg” - Urban Shakedown Express Yourself "Gareth Monks Remix" - Family Foundation Shine "Insane & Mind - Th…
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Ep 186 with a VERY special guest and some spooky South London goings on.
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We're very excited about our guest this week. With a suitably seasonally episode. What do we think about Spiritualism? Are mediums in contact with those who have passed. Doris Stokes held audiences enthralled, was it all smoke and mirrors? But how did she know about the money? There's relocated bodies, fancy tombs, and a Bermuda Triangle in Blackhe…
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General Videla Part 1: The Skinny One and the Witch
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Argentina. The story of a gaunt, hawkish man who earned the nickname “the Hitler of the Pampa”. A man whose awkward bearing belied his capacity for cruelty. A dictator who literally stole the children of his prisoners. In 1925, Jorge Rafael Videla is born into a country at a crossroads. But no one can imagine just how deeply he will impact Argentin…
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HNU S3:E45 - Tabitha Stanmore Talks The History of Cunning Folk, Magic, and Why They Aren't Witches
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Send us a text Let's be cunning! Tabitha Stanmore joins me to discuss her book Cunning Folk: Life in the America of Practical Magic. She explains why cunning folk weren't burned at the stake like witches. Buy Cunning Folk Check out Tabitha's website Support the showVon Brendan Dowd
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🎬Peter Navarro - Taking Back Trump’s America: Why This Election Will Decide The Fate Of The Nation
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Watch the Full Episode for FREE: Peter Navarro - Taking Back Trump’s America: Why This Election Will Decide The Fate Of The Nation - London Real 🚀 The Crypto & DeFi Academy: http://londonreal.tv/defi 🔥 The Wealth Academy: http://londonreal.tv/wealth 💰 The Investment Club: https://londonreal.tv/club
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The Greatest Fundraisers in History
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During the 20th century, a number of individuals devoted their lives to helping the Jewish People; determined, courageous and innovative. Their fundraising efforts had an enormous impact on the Jewish world. Their stories need to be heard. Charity also raises Halachic dilemmas for donors and recipients alike. And then there is a unique opportunity …
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Scary History: Ghost Encounters with Stuart Anderson Harris
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Right trusty and well beloved, we greet you well! Welcome to Season 5 of If It Ain’t Baroque…your independent history podcast! Today we continue a new mini series - SCARY HISTORY, wherein we’ll explore the many stories of humans mistreating other humans, and the lessons we can draw upon these examinations. Please welcome to the podcast, the Stuart …
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Today is all about Women in STEM as Valarie Thomas is our Black Champion. Robert & Shayna learn all about her amazing inventing work.Von Global
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906. The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe 🖤😱 (Learn English with a Short Story)
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In this episode for Halloween I read out a classic work of gothic horror fiction by Edgar Allan Poe, then go through each line and explain vocabulary and discuss the themes and meanings of the story. 📄 Get the story PDF https://teacherluke.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/906.-The-Tell-Tale-Heart-by-Edgar-Allan-Poe-Learn-English-with-a-Short-Story.…
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MAP91: Codex Gigas: The Devil's Bible
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It's time for our 🎃Halloween🎃 episode! This year we are looking at... The Devil's Bible Codex Gigas "Giant book" lives up to it’s name measuring over 3 feet long, 2 feet wide, 9 inches thick, over 300 fully illuminated pages and weighing in at 170 pounds! Legend has it the book was written in one night, by a single monk condemned to death, who sold…
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Today we get arty as Robert & Shayna celebrate Black Champion, Chris Ofili CBE. A British painter, famous for using elephant dung!Von Global
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Titanic: The Doomed Ship (Part 1)
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Part 1/2. Come on board the White Star Line's latest marvel, the splendour of the sea, the Titanic. Today we begin the story of the most ill-fated voyage in history. Maddy Pelling tells Anthony Delaney the story this week with special thanks to our guest Marnie Wood a cultural historian and a producer on Titanic: In Colour. Written by Maddy Pelling…
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Season 8 begins shortly. Get early access at patreon.com/subterpodVon James Thompson
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Ship to Ship: Ship & Shovell, Gordons, Tattershall
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Send us a text Visiting 3 unique establishments have us starting and ending at a ship with a cool subterranean in between ============================================================= The following resources are referenced or quoted frequently in these episodes: Ted Bruning -- Historic Pubs of London (ISBN 978-0658005022) and London By Pub (ISBN 97…
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The Great Political Films: The Manchurian Candidate
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Today’s great political film is John Frankenheimer’s masterpiece of Cold War paranoia The Manchurian Candidate (1962), which came out the week of the Cuban Missile Crisis. It’s a 1960s movie about 1950s fears: brainwashing, the Korean War, McCarthyism, all shot through with Kennedy-era anxieties about sexual potency and psychoanalysis. Who’s a Sovi…
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HoP 455 - Tom Pink on Francisco Suárez
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We're joined by Tom Pink, who tells us about Suárez on ethics, law, religion, and the state.Von Peter Adamson
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Scary History: Women Who Kill with Erin Fetterly
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Right trusty and well beloved, we greet you well! Welcome to Season 5 of If It Ain’t Baroque…your independent history podcast! Today we start a new mini series - SCARY HISTORY, wherein we’ll explore the many stories of humans mistreating other humans, and the lessons we can draw upon these examinations. Please welcome to the podcast, the author Eri…
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🎬Dr Robert Malone - Mpox, Psyops & The Most Important Election In History: The Future Of American Freedom
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Watch the Full Episode for FREE: Mpox, Psyops & The Most Important Election In History: Dr Robert Malone On The Future Of American Freedom - London Real 🚀 The Crypto & DeFi Academy: http://londonreal.tv/defi 🔥 The Wealth Academy: http://londonreal.tv/wealth 💰 The Investment Club: https://londonreal.tv/club…
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History for Halloween XI
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(Hosts: Christine, Lucy, Kristin) Spooky season is here again! To celebrate we have another selection of historical frights just for you. For further reading suggestions and more, please visit: https://www.footnotinghistory.comVon Footnoting History
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Tragedy at the Halifax Walmart - the death of Gursimran Kaur
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A workplace death at a Halifax, Nova Scotia Walmart has become international news due to the incidents unimaginably horrific circumstances. 19 year old Gursimran Kaur and her mother worked together at a Halifax Walmart. During their evening shift on Oct 19th, Gursimran’s mother grew increasingly worried after not seeing her daughter for over an hou…
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Today's Black Champion is Maria P Williams, the first African American woman to become a film producer.Von Global
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170: The death of Barbara Gibbons and how her SON was accused
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One night in September 1973, 18 year old Peter Reilly returned home to find his mother dead on their bedroom floor, brutally murdered. He called the police and within just minutes, became was their one and only suspect. After a long night and day, Peter eventually confessed to Barbara's murder... but did he do it?…
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The Battle of Agincourt with Chris Riley
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Our great friend Chris Riley is back, this time to tell us all about the Battle of Agincourt of 1415, the one Shakespeare made famous with speeches like ‘Once More unto the Breech, dear friends, once more’ and ‘we few, we happy few, we band of brothers’... Welcome back, Chris! You can find Chris on @chrisrileyhistory on IG Our favourite books on Th…
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The Dyatlov Pass Incident | A History of Witches
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Welcome to the Halloween Episode! In episode 91, we first take a dive into one of history's greatest adventure mysteries--The Dyatlov Pass Incident which has been unsolved for over 65 years! In the middle of winter in 1959, 9 experienced hikers disappeared in the Ural Mountains and died under mysterious circumstances. Theories range from avalanche …
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KEEP CANADA WEIRD - Oct 22 2024 - Happy birthday at Costco, doggy door for bears, hoarders, gelato theft
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In Keep Canada Weird Jordan and Aaron Airport explore the weird and offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week. In this episode your hosts discuss; a birthday party at Costco a doggy door for bears updates to the hoarder with the rats a brazen theft of gelato Series Links Keep Canada Weird Series: https://www.nighttimepodcast.com/keep-canada-…
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Celebrating Beatle John Lennon.
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The Beatles were the biggest band in the world. Nick Hennegan celebrates the life - and death - of founder John Lennon. www.BohemianBritain.comVon Nick Hennegan
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202: War, peace and city streets
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Professor Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart discuss English houses from the 1920s to the 1950s — how to heat them, how to feed their inhabitants and how to stop them from being levelled by German bombs.Von Black's History Week
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S6: Canada's historic Palestinian immigration program you probably haven't heard of
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In 1955, Canada’s immigration officials began a special experimental program to bring in Palestinian refugees through Pier 21. Falen and Leah take a look back at this historic port of entry that saw almost a million immigrants and refugees arrive in Canada and then find out what has changed since Pier 21’s heyday. And then they try to find out if w…
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The Great Political Films: The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
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In today’s episode David discusses Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943), a great patriotic anti-war film made in the depths of WWII. Why did Churchill want the film’s production stopped and was he right to suspect it was about him? What does the film say about the politics of nostalgia and the illusions…
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Episode 290 - Halloween, All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day
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As we head into the darker part of the year, we’re preparing for a trio of historical events designed to commemorate the dead. Everyone knows Halloween, of course, but what about All Saints' Day and All Souls’ Day, which follow straight after? We’re joined by English Heritage’s senior properties historian, Dr Michael Carter, to find out more. To di…
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UAWIL #204: Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Beach Party Movie Review
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We've reviewed a couple of rock movies that had a limited theatrical run - Rush - Cinema Strangiato was episode 42 while The Wolf lived in England and Dio - Dreamers Never Die was covered on ep 98 while he was living in Amsterdam. And while we had wanted to do a double episode on Tom Petty's Wildflowers at 30 with the later released double disc alo…
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Irish Origins of Halloween
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Pumpkins, trick or treating and ghost stories are what we associate with Halloween, but what about turnips, fairies and a fortune-telling cake? Anthony and Maddy are joined by historian Dan Snow, and host of sister podcast Dan Snow’s History Hit. They go in search of the origins of Halloween, rooted on the island of Ireland, in the ancient Celtic f…
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A Space I Love S3 – The Queen’s Staircase at Hampton Court Palace
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In this final episode of our A Space I Love Series, we join Deputy Chief Curator Sebastian Edwards in the Queen’s staircase at Hampton Court Palace. The stairs are the hub of the palace, and they represent a surprisingly unique space with a lot to say. Once the main thoroughfare to the queen’s private apartments, but largely unused after Henry VIII…
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Chapter 120- Thunderbolt (1333-1341)
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So after chapters focused on London, its time to cast our gaze outwards for an episode… as Edward III, the young, dynamic and energetic King of England, finds himself dragged into a war with Scotland, which in turn leads to a war with France… and how this, mixed with complicated French dynastic politics, to produce the conditions that led to the st…
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In this podcast we look at Holborn Viaduct, a small piece of road and a flyover that links the West End with the City of London Join us for it's history....
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Stuart Spouses with Heather R Darsie
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Heather R Darsie is back on the podcast, this time with her brand new book Stuart Spouses: A Compendium of Consorts from James I of Scotland to Queen Anne of Great Britain, published by Pen & Sword. Who were the Consorts, supporting Scottish monarchs, from 15th to 18th century? Why did Mary Queen of Scots have three of them? Who was Mary of Guelder…
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Richard Taylor is today's Black Champion, after his son's tragic death in 2000. Robert & Shayna shine a light in Richard's activism work to prevent street violence.Von Global
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In the 1920s, the youths were kissing and touching each other! Disgusting! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Von iHeartPodcasts
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