
Christian Jennings joins us to talk all about his new book, which looks at the horrors of attacks on civilians in Italy by the SS in the Second World War.
Jan 25
38 min

Award-winning director Sam Pilling joins Matt to talk all about recreating the moon landings.
Jan 23
52 min

The regulars meet in the Mary Rose as the White House changes hands, to debate the worst President in US history. With no mention of the T word allowed, there is also an investigation into what makes a corn dog, which president is a monkey puppet, and all the men in the room name their genitalia in honour of Warren Harding.
Jan 22
2 hr 49 min

John White Greenlee joins us to talk all about medieval people and their fixation with eels.
Jan 22
34 min

Great War Group Director Bethany Moore joins us to beat her drum for the Midlands; with the story of a division of territorial volunteers and their opening months on the Western Front.
Jan 21
39 min

Darius von Guttner joins Alina in the first part of a look into the Past dynasty in Poland.
Jan 21
58 min

Mary Ann Lund joins us for a riveting discussion on mental health in the renaissance period - more specifically, "melancholy."
Jan 20
30 min

Howard Williams joins us to talk all about his archaeological speciality - which is the archaeology surrounding death.
Jan 19
43 min

Claire Aubin joins us to talk all about perpetrators of the Holocaust and how they got to the United States in the aftermath of the Second World War.
Jan 18
55 min

The regulars convene in front of guest judge Simon London to debate the worst historical film ever made. Braveheart, Titanic, Shakespeare in Love, Pride and Prejudice (2005), Friday Night Lights, Alexander, Caligula, Night of the Templar, United Passions, Gods and Generals, Birth of a Nation, Pearl Harbour, The Other Boleyn Girl and Bridgerton are in in line for a beating, but which one will be crowned as the very worst?
Jan 15
3 hr 44 min
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