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The History Playlist
Dive into the best history podcasts on Sounds & explore the stories that shape our world.
The History Playlist
Welcome to The History Playlist - updated every Wednesday.
The Iliad and Odyssey: heroic epics from ancient Greece—You're Dead to Me
Join Greg and his guests in ancient Greece to learn all about the Iliad and Odyssey.
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Why do British people love tea?—Here For The History
The Portuguese princess, corporate espionage and waging war for tea.
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Caroline Norton - Campaigner—Lady Killers with Lucy Worsley, Lady on Trial
Lucy Worsley meets a social butterfly who turns into a zealous Victorian campaigner.
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Curt Bloch and the Underwater Cabaret—History's Heroes, History's Secret Heroes: Series 3
A German refugee risks his life to ridicule Hitler.
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Noor-Un-Nissa Inayat Khan—Great Lives
The muslim princess who became a WW2 Special Agent
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The Delian League—In Our Time
The ancient alliance initially formed to protect Greek city states from the Persian Empire
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4. Poster Heroes—Rory Stewart: The Long History of..., Heroism
Rory Stewart explores ideas of the hero through time.
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Korean roof tile—A History of the World in 100 Objects, The Silk Road And Beyond (400 - 700 AD)
Neil MacGregor delves into the history of an artefact from Korea.
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The History Playlist
Updated every Wednesday.
