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Patrick Geoghegan takes a contemporary look at history and the lessons that can be learnt from it.
We explore the economic and social history of the Irish in England, with our panel: Prof Louise Ryan, Senior Professor of Sociology, and Dir...
We're exploring the extraordinary world of visionary artist and poet William Blake and we'll be finding out how this radical thinker influen...
We discuss the life and work of Marcel Proust and explore his connections with Ireland. Featuring: Dr Max McGuinness, Postdoctoral Fellow at...
Featuring: Dr Rosina Buckland, Curator of Japanese Collections in the Department of Asia at the British Museum and Lead Curator of the Samur...
Rasputin rose from obscurity to become the most controversial figure at the court of Tsar Nicholas II. This episode features: Sir Anthony Be...
In this episode: An Accidental History of Tudor England - From Daily Life to Sudden Death, with historian Prof Steven Gunn; Exile: The Capti...
In this episode: we hear from Dr Claire O’Callaghan, Senior Lecturer in English at Loughborough University and Editor-in-Chief of Brontë Stu...
In this episode: to mark International Women's Day, we discuss a number of prolific women across history - 'A History of France in 21 Women'...
In this episode: Dr Danica Cerce from the Steinbeck Review; Dr Susan Shillinglaw, Director of the Steinbeck Center, California; Dr Nicholas...
Featuring: Dr Bernadette Whelan, professor emeritus at the School of History and Geography at the University of Limerick; Dr Colum Kenny, Pr...
In this episode: Nationalist Michael Davitt and how he inspired reform movements around the world; the aristocrat who became a champion of C...
In this episode, the 125th anniversary of the birth of Brendan Bracken, the Irish born adventurer who became Winston Churchill's greatest su...
We're looking at the life and legacy of one of the American Revolution's greatest villains, Benedict Arnold, and we'll find out how his name...
In this episode, we find out about the first staging of Seán O'Casey's play The Plough and The Stars 100 years ago and why it provoked such...
In this episode, we're finding out about the making of Ancient Egypt - the makers, materials, and remarkable innovations of one of the most...
10 years on from David Bowie's death, we reflect on the life and music of one of the most influential cultural figures of our age, and asses...
In this episode, we're going back to 1066 as we debate the Norman Conquest and what it meant for England and indeed Ireland. Featuring: · Pr...
In this episode: The History of the DPP with UCD's Niamh Howlin; Siege in Ireland, 1641-53, by Pádraig Lenihan; and Irish Food History: A Co...
Marking the 250th anniversary of the birth of Jane Austen, we'll discuss her life and legacy. Featuring: Lizzie Dunford, director of the Jan...
Featuring: Dáithí O'Ceallaigh, former Irish diplomat who served as Irish Ambassador in London, involved in framing and operating the agreeme...
In this episode: 'Mitchell - Father of the Spitfire' by Paul Beaver; 'Wolfpack' by Roger Moorhouse; and 'Summer of Fire and Blood: The Germa...
In this episode, we look at the life, legacy and ideas of one of the most influential philosophers in human history, Plato, as we get to the...
Featuring: 'The First King of England: Æthelstan and the Birth of a Kingdom' by David Woodman, Professor and Fellow in History at Robinson C...
We discuss one of the greatest figures in film history - Orson Welles - on the 40th anniversary of his death. We'll explore his genius, the...
On its 220th anniversary, we're debating The Battle of Trafalgar, as we find out about strategy, sacrifice and victory on the high seas. Fea...
On the 250th anniversary of the start of the American Revolution, we'll discuss the Irish involvement in the conflict and the impact it had...
We explore Ireland's journey through science, engineering, technology and mathematics over the last four centuries. Featuring Dr Eoin Kinsel...
In this episode: Dublin’s Industrial Heritage by Rob Goodbody; the Voices of the Showmen exhibition at the University of Galway; The Great R...
We assess the life and legacy of US Supreme Court judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the fifth anniversary of her death. Featuring: Kelsi Brown Co...
In this episode, we're exploring how individuals experience history, and how lives are lived against the backdrop of conflict and revolution...
In this episode, we'll be exploring two of the most iconic Irish presidential elections, 1990 and 1997. Featuring Dr John Walsh, School of E...
In this episode of Talking History, we discuss the life, death and legacy of author and statesman Thomas More, who was beheaded by Henry VII...
Featuring: Landscapes of Kingship in Early Medieval Ireland AD 400-1150, by Dr Patrick Gleeson, Senior Lecturer in Early Medieval Archaeolog...
In this episode, we hear about the remarkable life and legacy of Ireland's first female botanist, Ellen Hutchins. Featuring: Madeline Hutchi...
The life and legacy of one of Ireland's most influential historians, with Neasa MacErlean, author of ‘Telling the Truth is Dangerous: How Ro...
In this episode of Talking History, we'll discuss the man who helped make Henry VIII, until Henry VIII turned on him - as we bring you the r...
In this episode: Ireland's forgotten film pioneers, the Horgan brothers of Youghal, and how three visionary siblings captured a rapidly chan...
To mark the 250th anniversary of the birth of Daniel O'Connell, Newstalk's Talking History debates his life, his legacy and how he should be...
In this episode: a profile of Ireland's longest-serving Minister for Justice, Gerald Boland, with Prof Stephen Kelly, Professor of Modern Hi...
In this episode: Crusader Criminals - the knights who went rogue in the Holy Land, with Dr Steve Tibble, honorary research associate at Roya...
On the 250th anniversary of the birth of Jane Austen, we'll discuss her life and legacy. Featuring: Lizzie Dunford, director of the Jane Aus...
In this episode of Talking History: a roundup of exciting new exhibitions on the island of Ireland, including: the Irish manuscripts returni...
In this episode: from our earliest ancestors to today's global diaspora, we take a trip through 10,000 years of Ireland's history. Featuring...
In this episode of Talking History, we're debating one of the most dramatic episodes of the Second World War: Operation Dynamo, the incredib...
In this episode of Talking History, we're going back in time 10 years to remember how Ireland became the first country in the world to legal...
In this episode of Talking History: The social history of death and dying, with historian and bereavement counsellor Molly Conisbee Vietdamn...
Talking History is searching for white smoke as we explore the history of the most unusual conclaves, including the one that lasted almost t...
In this episode, we bring you a roundup of history books: we explore how New York was invented in the 17th century, with Russell Shorto, dir...
This week is the 250th anniversary of the birth of JMW Turner, so we are playing back our show on one of the greatest landscape artists of a...
In this episode, we explore some fascinating new historical exhibitions and curations taking place around the world. The recreation of Anne...