{"podcast":{"title":"The History of England","slug":"the-history-of-england-745187","podcast_index_feed_id":745187,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/9c4dc3cd-147f-442d-b0d3-033f45c2648c","website_url":"https://thehistoryofengland.co.uk","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/611e6f1506c05e01b3f408d6/1727530119325-13a67259-6211-45cf-a5a5-466ce308f509.jpeg","author":"David Crowther","episode_count":515,"summary":"This my re-telling of the story of England. I aim to be honest, and rigorous - but always loving of my country's history. It is a regular, chronological podcast, starting from the end of Roman Britain. There are as many of the great events I can squeeze in, of course, but I also try to keep an eye on how people lived, their language, what was important to them, the forces that shaped their lives and destinies, that sort of thing. To listen free of adverts, support the podcast, access a library of 150+ hours of shedcasts of me warbling on, and get new shedcasts every month, why not become a member at https://thehistoryofengland.co.uk/become-a-member ? You know it makes sense... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-12T06:21:08.655156+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-england-745187"},"episode":{"title":"437 The Pale Horseman","slug":"437-the-pale-horseman","published_at":"2026-01-04T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-england-745187/437-the-pale-horseman","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-england-745187","url":"https://shows.acast.com/thehistoryofengland/episodes/437-the-pale-horseman","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/thehistoryofengland/e/69599a9a1002b08bc8c1595a/media.mp3","summary":"In May 1665, worrying reports of plague cases crop up inside the walls of London; by June the summer heat was oppressive and it became clear - the plague had returned. Charles and his court left to terrorise Oxford while Londoners died; in plague-stricken Eyam, the villagers cut themselves off to protect their neighbours Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"In May 1665, worrying reports of plague cases crop up inside the walls of London; by June the summer heat was oppressive and it became clear - the plague&…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2312,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-history-of-england-745187/episodes/437-the-pale-horseman/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-england-745187/437-the-pale-horseman.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}