HistoryExtra Long Reads

88 Episodes

1. 500,000 years of African history

   Published: 3/24/2025
2. Henry III and the Magna Carta that mattered

   Published: 3/17/2025
3. Marco Polo's adventures: lands of make believe?

   Published: 3/10/2025
4. The gunpowder plot: how to build a radical

   Published: 3/3/2025
5. The battle of Monte Cassino: a hill to die on

   Published: 2/24/2025
6. Why sex was a sin in the Middle Ages

   Published: 2/17/2025
7. Ptolemy XII: Cleopatra's father from hell

   Published: 2/10/2025
8. Keep smiling: the history of happiness

   Published: 2/3/2025
9. Winston Churchill: still the greatest?

   Published: 1/27/2025
10. Influencers of the medieval age

    Published: 1/20/2025
11. Thomas Cromwell: hero to zero

    Published: 1/13/2025
12. Introducing History's Greatest Scandals | New Podcast

    Published: 1/7/2025
13. Sarah Biffin: extraordinary artist

    Published: 1/6/2025
14. Lord Lucan: what really happened to the missing earl?

    Published: 12/30/2024
15. Gladiators: tales from the Roman arena

    Published: 12/23/2024
16. Audacious lady swindlers, con-women and hustlers

    Published: 12/16/2024
17. Edward of Warwick: the other prince in the tower

    Published: 12/9/2024
18. Mysterious mummification myths

    Published: 12/2/2024
19. Henry V's brutal youth

    Published: 11/25/2024
20. Pigs in the medieval city

    Published: 11/18/2024