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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.
Hypatia of Alexandria (Radio Edit)—You're Dead to Me
Join Greg and his guests to learn about the life of mathematician Hypatia of Alexandria.
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Arthur Ashe—Great Lives
Broadcaster Qasa Alom picks his hero Arthur Ashe.
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Joseph Roth—In Our Time
One of the great writers on Central Europe after WW1 and author of Radetzky March.
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Cardinal Sin and the Bandit Radio—History's Heroes
How did an archbishop help topple a dictatorship?
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39. Ann Mary Provis - Art Hoaxer—Lady Killers with Lucy Worsley, Lady Swindlers with Lucy Worsley - Series 1
Lucy Worsley meets Ann Mary Provis, an audacious art hoaxer in Georgian London.
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4. Ignorance in Politics—Rory Stewart: The Long History of..., Ignorance
Rory Stewart makes a radical case for embracing ignorance.
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Pillar of Ashoka—A History of the World in 100 Objects, Empire Builders (300 BC - AD 10)
Neil MacGregor on the life and legacy of the great Indian ruler Ashoka
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The Charter of the Forest—Making History
Tom Holland on the world's oldest environmental charter and Iron Age Heathrow.
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The History Playlist
Updated every Wednesday.
