{"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":"446 The Popish Plot","slug":"446-the-popish-plot","published_at":"2026-05-03T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-england-745187/446-the-popish-plot","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-england-745187","url":"https://shows.acast.com/thehistoryofengland/episodes/446-the-popish-plot","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/thehistoryofengland/e/69f46ac28beeba53104a93ac/media.mp3","summary":"In 1678 a fantasist and charlatan, Titus Oates, made a series of wild and dramatic accusations of a Catholic plot to assasinate the king. A series of extraordinary co-incidences seemed to confirm his accusations, and the public mood became hysterical. The fevered atmosphere gave wings to a new political objective - to exclude James from the succession. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"In 1678 a fantasist and charlatan, Titus Oates, made a series of wild and dramatic accusations of a Catholic plot to assasinate the king. A series of extr…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2457,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-history-of-england-745187/episodes/446-the-popish-plot/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-745187/446-the-popish-plot.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}