385 Episodes

  1. Accidents

    Published: 7/16/2018

  2. Brainstorm!

    Published: 7/1/2018

  3. Bells

    Published: 6/17/2018

  4. Mothers

    Published: 6/3/2018

  5. Relics

    Published: 5/20/2018

  6. Shrinking

    Published: 5/13/2018

  7. The Lean

    Published: 5/8/2018

  8. An Unexpected Challenge

    Published: 4/29/2018

  9. Childhood

    Published: 4/15/2018

  10. Pockets

    Published: 4/7/2018

  11. Eggs - Easter Special

    Published: 3/31/2018

  12. Nonsense

    Published: 3/18/2018

  13. Hats

    Published: 3/4/2018

  14. Chairs

    Published: 2/25/2018

  15. Love

    Published: 2/14/2018

  16. Recipes

    Published: 2/11/2018

  17. Invasion! & TV History

    Published: 2/3/2018

  18. Histories of the Unexpected: The Book!

    Published: 1/27/2018

  19. Paper

    Published: 1/19/2018

  20. Lists

    Published: 1/11/2018

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Histories of the Unexpected explores the past in ways that you never dreamt possible. Surely there’s nothing unexpected about the past? About History? Aha, well Histories of the Unexpected adopts a new approach to exploring our past. Gone is the traditional linear plotting of battles, monarchs and political movements. Histories of the Unexpected argues that everything has a history, even the most unexpected of subjects. Like SLIME. Or COURAGE. or APPLAUSE.... Presented by Dr Sam Willis and Professor James Daybell. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.