385 Episodes

  1. Snow

    Published: 1/5/2018

  2. Christmas Ep.2

    Published: 12/21/2017

  3. Dust

    Published: 12/17/2017

  4. Our Books!

    Published: 12/12/2017

  5. The Book

    Published: 11/14/2017

  6. Codes

    Published: 11/7/2017

  7. Handwriting

    Published: 10/31/2017

  8. How to be a historian - Episode 5

    Published: 10/24/2017

  9. Clocks: A New Discovery

    Published: 10/17/2017

  10. How to be a historian - Episode 4

    Published: 10/10/2017

  11. Gloves: A New Discovery

    Published: 10/4/2017

  12. The History of Our Podcast

    Published: 9/26/2017

  13. The Scar: A New Discovery

    Published: 9/21/2017

  14. How to be a historian - Episode 3

    Published: 9/6/2017

  15. How to be a historian - Episode 2

    Published: 8/29/2017

  16. Signature: A New Discovery

    Published: 8/22/2017

  17. The Material World of Powderham: a castle, a horn, a bookcase and a chair

    Published: 8/15/2017

  18. Chalk and Valleys

    Published: 8/8/2017

  19. Bookcases

    Published: 8/2/2017

  20. Chickens

    Published: 7/25/2017

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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.