# HistoryExtra podcast

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Official site: http://www.historyextra.com/
Author: HistoryExtra
Episodes: 2624

## Resource

The HistoryExtra podcast brings you gripping stories from the past and fascinating historical conversations with the world's leading historical experts. HistoryExtra is a free history podcast, with episodes released six times a week. Subscribe now for the real stories behind your favourite films, TV shows and period dramas, as well as compelling insights into lesser-known aspects of the past. We delve into global history stories spanning the ancient world right up to the modern day. You’ll hear deep dives into the lives of famous historical figures like Cleopatra, Anne Boleyn and Winston Churchill, and explorations of intriguing events from the past, such as the Salem witch trials, the battle of Waterloo and D-Day. Expect fresh takes on history, helping you get to grips with the latest research, as we explore everything from ancient Roman archaeology and Viking mythology to Renaissance royals and Tudor kings and queens. Our episodes touch on a wide range of historical eras – from the Normans and Saxons to the Stuarts, Victorians and the Regency period. We cover the most popular historical subjects, from the medieval world to the Second World War, but you’ll also hear conversations…

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## Episodes
- [Who wrote the Odyssey?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/historyextra-podcast-746104/who-wrote-the-odyssey) — 2026-07-18T23:00:00+00:00
- [1966: The World Cup that changed a nation](https://stenobird.com/podcast/historyextra-podcast-746104/1966-the-world-cup-that-changed-a-nation) — 2026-07-16T23:00:00+00:00
- [How Rome really conquered Britain](https://stenobird.com/podcast/historyextra-podcast-746104/how-rome-really-conquered-britain) — 2026-07-14T23:00:00+00:00
- [Edward Colston: life of the week](https://stenobird.com/podcast/historyextra-podcast-746104/edward-colston-life-of-the-week) — 2026-07-13T23:00:00+00:00
- [Was Elizabeth Báthory really a serial killer?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/historyextra-podcast-746104/was-elizabeth-b-thory-really-a-serial-killer) — 2026-07-12T23:00:00+00:00
- [What did the American Revolution really achieve?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/historyextra-podcast-746104/what-did-the-american-revolution-really-achieve) — 2026-07-11T23:00:00+00:00
- [The captain's wife who took command](https://stenobird.com/podcast/historyextra-podcast-746104/the-captain-s-wife-who-took-command) — 2026-07-09T23:00:00+00:00
- [What could you eat in Georgian London?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/historyextra-podcast-746104/what-could-you-eat-in-georgian-london) — 2026-07-07T23:00:00+00:00
- [Pablo Picasso: life of the week](https://stenobird.com/podcast/historyextra-podcast-746104/pablo-picasso-life-of-the-week) — 2026-07-06T23:00:00+00:00
- [When football became a weapon of the Cold War](https://stenobird.com/podcast/historyextra-podcast-746104/when-football-became-a-weapon-of-the-cold-war) — 2026-07-05T23:00:00+00:00
- [How Britain lost America](https://stenobird.com/podcast/historyextra-podcast-746104/how-britain-lost-america) — 2026-07-04T23:00:00+00:00
- [A history of the US in 100 unexpected objects](https://stenobird.com/podcast/historyextra-podcast-746104/a-history-of-the-us-in-100-unexpected-objects) — 2026-07-02T23:00:00+00:00
- [An A-Z history of the English alphabet](https://stenobird.com/podcast/historyextra-podcast-746104/an-a-z-history-of-the-english-alphabet) — 2026-06-30T23:00:00+00:00
- [Abigail Adams: life of the week](https://stenobird.com/podcast/historyextra-podcast-746104/abigail-adams-life-of-the-week) — 2026-06-29T23:00:00+00:00
- [The astonishing laws of medieval Wales](https://stenobird.com/podcast/historyextra-podcast-746104/the-astonishing-laws-of-medieval-wales) — 2026-06-28T23:00:00+00:00
- [Inside the Declaration of Independence](https://stenobird.com/podcast/historyextra-podcast-746104/inside-the-declaration-of-independence) — 2026-06-27T23:00:00+00:00
- [Cannibalism, heartbreak and Madame Guillotine: George Forster's extraordinary life](https://stenobird.com/podcast/historyextra-podcast-746104/cannibalism-heartbreak-and-madame-guillotine-george-forster-s-extraordinary-life) — 2026-06-25T23:00:00+00:00
- [Charlotte Brontë's life through clothes](https://stenobird.com/podcast/historyextra-podcast-746104/charlotte-bront-s-life-through-clothes) — 2026-06-23T23:00:00+00:00
- [Emma Goldman: life of the week](https://stenobird.com/podcast/historyextra-podcast-746104/emma-goldman-life-of-the-week) — 2026-06-22T23:00:00+00:00
- [Stealing the V2 rocket: Britain’s secret WW2 intelligence coup](https://stenobird.com/podcast/historyextra-podcast-746104/stealing-the-v2-rocket-britain-s-secret-ww2-intelligence-coup) — 2026-06-21T23:00:00+00:00
- [The road to the American Revolutionary War](https://stenobird.com/podcast/historyextra-podcast-746104/the-road-to-the-american-revolutionary-war) — 2026-06-20T23:00:00+00:00
- [The protestant missionaries that didn't change the world](https://stenobird.com/podcast/historyextra-podcast-746104/the-protestant-missionaries-that-didn-t-change-the-world) — 2026-06-18T23:00:00+00:00
- [Strangers and aliens in Tudor England](https://stenobird.com/podcast/historyextra-podcast-746104/strangers-and-aliens-in-tudor-england) — 2026-06-16T23:00:00+00:00
- [Alexander the Great: life of the week](https://stenobird.com/podcast/historyextra-podcast-746104/alexander-the-great-life-of-the-week) — 2026-06-15T23:00:00+00:00
- [What myths do we tell about royal women?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/historyextra-podcast-746104/what-myths-do-we-tell-about-royal-women) — 2026-06-14T23:00:00+00:00
- [Cleopatra’s death – and cultural afterlife](https://stenobird.com/podcast/historyextra-podcast-746104/cleopatra-s-death-and-cultural-afterlife) — 2026-06-13T23:00:00+00:00
- [Masters of disinformation: how British spies played dirty in the Cold War](https://stenobird.com/podcast/historyextra-podcast-746104/masters-of-disinformation-how-british-spies-played-dirty-in-the-cold-war) — 2026-06-11T23:00:00+00:00
- [Churchill's toughest decision](https://stenobird.com/podcast/historyextra-podcast-746104/churchill-s-toughest-decision) — 2026-06-09T23:00:00+00:00
- [Henry Paget: life of the week](https://stenobird.com/podcast/historyextra-podcast-746104/henry-paget-life-of-the-week) — 2026-06-08T23:00:00+00:00
- [The hidden history of female sexual pleasure](https://stenobird.com/podcast/historyextra-podcast-746104/the-hidden-history-of-female-sexual-pleasure) — 2026-06-07T23:00:00+00:00
- [Why Cleopatra was more than a bewitching beauty](https://stenobird.com/podcast/historyextra-podcast-746104/why-cleopatra-was-more-than-a-bewitching-beauty) — 2026-06-06T23:00:00+00:00
- [Better than Bridgerton: the real Georgian masquerade](https://stenobird.com/podcast/historyextra-podcast-746104/better-than-bridgerton-the-real-georgian-masquerade) — 2026-06-04T23:00:00+00:00
- [Weimar's descent from democracy to barbarism](https://stenobird.com/podcast/historyextra-podcast-746104/weimar-s-descent-from-democracy-to-barbarism) — 2026-06-02T23:00:00+00:00
- [Alan Turing: life of the week](https://stenobird.com/podcast/historyextra-podcast-746104/alan-turing-life-of-the-week) — 2026-06-01T23:00:00+00:00
- [The self-made Marilyn Monroe](https://stenobird.com/podcast/historyextra-podcast-746104/the-self-made-marilyn-monroe) — 2026-05-31T23:00:00+00:00
- [Cleopatra’s bloody rise to power](https://stenobird.com/podcast/historyextra-podcast-746104/cleopatra-s-bloody-rise-to-power) — 2026-05-30T23:00:00+00:00
- [Gullible Georgians: hoaxes in the Enlightenment period](https://stenobird.com/podcast/historyextra-podcast-746104/gullible-georgians-hoaxes-in-the-enlightenment-period) — 2026-05-28T23:00:00+00:00
- [Spies, radicals and deportees: one hotel in wartime Paris](https://stenobird.com/podcast/historyextra-podcast-746104/spies-radicals-and-deportees-one-hotel-in-wartime-paris) — 2026-05-26T23:00:00+00:00
- [Timur: life of the week](https://stenobird.com/podcast/historyextra-podcast-746104/timur-life-of-the-week) — 2026-05-25T23:00:00+00:00
- [How Orkney became the centre of Viking Age violence](https://stenobird.com/podcast/historyextra-podcast-746104/how-orkney-became-the-centre-of-viking-age-violence) — 2026-05-24T23:00:00+00:00
- [Young Cleopatra: the making of a queen](https://stenobird.com/podcast/historyextra-podcast-746104/young-cleopatra-the-making-of-a-queen) — 2026-05-23T23:00:00+00:00
- [A history of Christian sacrifice](https://stenobird.com/podcast/historyextra-podcast-746104/a-history-of-christian-sacrifice) — 2026-05-21T23:00:00+00:00
- [Redefining historical mothers](https://stenobird.com/podcast/historyextra-podcast-746104/redefining-historical-mothers) — 2026-05-19T23:00:00+00:00
- [Lady Jane Grey: life of the week](https://stenobird.com/podcast/historyextra-podcast-746104/lady-jane-grey-life-of-the-week) — 2026-05-18T23:00:00+00:00
- [The peacemakers of WW2](https://stenobird.com/podcast/historyextra-podcast-746104/the-peacemakers-of-ww2) — 2026-05-17T23:00:00+00:00
- [The long shadow of the Black Death](https://stenobird.com/podcast/historyextra-podcast-746104/the-long-shadow-of-the-black-death) — 2026-05-16T23:00:00+00:00
- [The secret plot to end Scottish independence](https://stenobird.com/podcast/historyextra-podcast-746104/the-secret-plot-to-end-scottish-independence) — 2026-05-14T23:00:00+00:00
- [How did communism conquer China?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/historyextra-podcast-746104/how-did-communism-conquer-china) — 2026-05-12T23:00:00+00:00
- [Olaf Tryggvason: life of the week](https://stenobird.com/podcast/historyextra-podcast-746104/olaf-tryggvason-life-of-the-week) — 2026-05-11T23:00:00+00:00
- [The death of Adolf Hitler](https://stenobird.com/podcast/historyextra-podcast-746104/the-death-of-adolf-hitler) — 2026-05-10T23:00:00+00:00
- [Fear and faith: coping with the Black Death](https://stenobird.com/podcast/historyextra-podcast-746104/fear-and-faith-coping-with-the-black-death) — 2026-05-09T23:00:00+00:00
- [Attenborough: a life on screen](https://stenobird.com/podcast/historyextra-podcast-746104/attenborough-a-life-on-screen) — 2026-05-07T23:00:00+00:00
- [A worker's eye-view of ancient Rome](https://stenobird.com/podcast/historyextra-podcast-746104/a-worker-s-eye-view-of-ancient-rome) — 2026-05-05T23:00:00+00:00
- [Niccolò Machiavelli: life of the week](https://stenobird.com/podcast/historyextra-podcast-746104/niccol-machiavelli-life-of-the-week) — 2026-05-04T23:00:00+00:00
- [How to pull off a Georgian dinner party](https://stenobird.com/podcast/historyextra-podcast-746104/how-to-pull-off-a-georgian-dinner-party) — 2026-05-03T23:00:00+00:00
- [The Black Death: a global contagion](https://stenobird.com/podcast/historyextra-podcast-746104/the-black-death-a-global-contagion) — 2026-05-02T23:00:00+00:00
- [George Orwell's final chapter](https://stenobird.com/podcast/historyextra-podcast-746104/george-orwell-s-final-chapter) — 2026-04-30T23:00:00+00:00
- [Was Elizabeth II's reign a golden age?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/historyextra-podcast-746104/was-elizabeth-ii-s-reign-a-golden-age) — 2026-04-28T23:00:00+00:00
- [Johannes Vermeer: life of the week](https://stenobird.com/podcast/historyextra-podcast-746104/johannes-vermeer-life-of-the-week) — 2026-04-27T23:00:00+00:00
- [When did Roman Britain really end?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/historyextra-podcast-746104/when-did-roman-britain-really-end) — 2026-04-26T23:00:00+00:00
- [How the Vikings reshaped Anglo-Saxon England](https://stenobird.com/podcast/historyextra-podcast-746104/how-the-vikings-reshaped-anglo-saxon-england) — 2026-04-25T23:00:00+00:00
- [Preview: The surprising history of pizza](https://stenobird.com/podcast/historyextra-podcast-746104/preview-the-surprising-history-of-pizza) — 2026-04-24T23:00:00+00:00
- [A short history of running](https://stenobird.com/podcast/historyextra-podcast-746104/a-short-history-of-running) — 2026-04-23T23:00:00+00:00
- [Mary Beard on why the classics still matter](https://stenobird.com/podcast/historyextra-podcast-746104/mary-beard-on-why-the-classics-still-matter) — 2026-04-21T23:00:00+00:00
- [Elizabeth II: life of the week](https://stenobird.com/podcast/historyextra-podcast-746104/elizabeth-ii-life-of-the-week) — 2026-04-20T23:00:00+00:00
- [Retracing Eleanor of Castile's final journey](https://stenobird.com/podcast/historyextra-podcast-746104/retracing-eleanor-of-castile-s-final-journey) — 2026-04-19T23:00:00+00:00
- [How Alfred the Great saved the Anglo-Saxons from the Vikings](https://stenobird.com/podcast/historyextra-podcast-746104/how-alfred-the-great-saved-the-anglo-saxons-from-the-vikings) — 2026-04-18T23:00:00+00:00
- [How to find a billion-dollar shipwreck](https://stenobird.com/podcast/historyextra-podcast-746104/how-to-find-a-billion-dollar-shipwreck) — 2026-04-16T23:00:00+00:00
- [A fantastical history of fairies](https://stenobird.com/podcast/historyextra-podcast-746104/a-fantastical-history-of-fairies) — 2026-04-14T23:00:00+00:00
- [Aud the Deep-Minded: life of the week](https://stenobird.com/podcast/historyextra-podcast-746104/aud-the-deep-minded-life-of-the-week) — 2026-04-13T23:00:00+00:00

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