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We are a slightly mad, always fun podcast bringing you all the History you love and a lot that you didn‘t know you‘d love until you heard it here! Recommended by BBC Radio, and presented by...
There is no room to swing a cat this week as we are wall to wall cats! Author Alex Howard joins us to tell us about Archie the streetwise ca...
James Holland joins us to convince you to buy his upcoming book, The Visionaries: The Making of the Post World War II Order in the West in j...
The sale of Chelsea FC in 2022 saw politics play a vital role in the sale of football. Nick Purewal, the then AP correspondent assigned to C...
On the 17th March 2026, author Len Deighton passed away at the age of 97. To remember this wonderful author, Boney is in the hot seat as he...
At the beginning of the Great Depression, three groups of Germans moved to Floreana Island in the Galápagos to create their own utopia. Over...
Our old buddy Kit Chapman joins us to tell us all about his new book, which looks at the global quest to achieve immortality, cure all disea...
In August 1940, a man walked into Leon Trotsky's study in Mexico City and drove an ice pick into his skull. While the death of Trotsky is we...
Congressman Charles C. Diggs Jr. led a political career spanning from1951 to 1980. He was the only federal official to attend the trial of E...
In the 1970s, extremists like Leila Khaled, Carlos the Jackal, and the Baader-Meinhof Gang captured the world's attention with their hijacki...
From mockery to global mourning, the last 30 years of David Bowie's life were a creative whirlwind of hits, misses, films and side projects...
It is always great to welcome back old History Hack friends and Vaseem Khan returns with a corcker! Q has been kicked out of MI:6, and when...
Sherlock Holmes dominates the thoughts of the Victorian detective; in her Wolfson History Prize shortlist book, Sarah Lodge brings to life t...
In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, a medical revolution was afoot. Alanna Skuse ventures into the bustling medical marketplace of R...
In 1967, a group of writers penned a fake US Government Report titled "Report From Iron Mountain." The report was satirical, but it was so f...
Women who rule as heads of state are badasses, and Elizabeth Norton joins Alex Churchill and Matt Bone to convince you to buy her book, Wome...
In the late 1980s, a band exploded out of LA's Sunset Strip, and their power cords spread far and wide, playing a vital role in defeating co...
In this fourth volume of his study of Germany under Hitler, Frank McDonough turns his attention to the holocaust, and we ask him what he fou...
Just six months after the end of the Great War, seven young men would arrive in Newfoundland with their teams to fly the Atlantic. Author Da...
History Hack regulars Alex Churchill and Matt Bone are back! We don't always have an hour or so to spare. In this new, short-form podcast, A...
Charley is joined by author Simon Morrison to discuss the real Tscaikovsky. Who was the man behind the Nutcracker? Patreon members get extra...
Charly is joined by acclaimed historian Professor Ronald Hutton to discuss the latest installment in his biography of Oliver Cromwell. Did t...
Join Alina and Rogr Moorhouse as they talk about the pact between Nazi Germany and Stalinist Russia and find out why Roger calls Molotov a m...
Chris is joined by Jacqueline Reiter to talk about her new book "Quaicksilver Captain, The Improbable life of Sir Home Popham" Expect Naval...
Charly is joined by Henry Reece, author of The Fall, to discuss the rapid demise of the English Republic. Check out his book at https://yale...
Charly is joined by Catherine Curzon, author of The Real Bogie & Bacall to discuss one of Hollywood's most enduring romances. Interested in...
Charly is joined by Marlo Avidon to discuss Pepys' collection of fashion prints and what they tell us about the man himself. Patreon members...
Chris Kolonko-Weet joins Alina and Chris to talk about defences during WW2 Enjoying our work? Buy us a coffee: www.ko-fi.com/historyhack Sub...
Alexandra Sills is back! This time she chats with Alina about female gladiators, were they real or a modern phenomenon? Enjoying our work? B...
Charly is joined by historical novelist Annie Garthwaite to discuss Cecily Neville, wife of an executed royal claimant, mother to two kings...
Beth is joined by Julie Tadeo and Katherine Byrne to talk about the 3rd season of Bridgerton. They discuss what is historically possible and...
Charly is joined by Mark Linnell and Duncan Orme of The Naseby Battlefield Project to discuss the delicate balance between outreach and enga...
Alex Gough joins Chris and Alina to talk about the life of Mark Antony and his new book series "Caesar's General". They only mention Cleopat...
Jodi Magness joins Alina and Chris to talk about her new book "Jerusalem Through the Ages" where we geek out at various archaeological finds...
Peter Zablocki joins Alina to talk about Sikorski and the conspiracies surrounding his death (spoiler alert). His new book is out on June 30...
Gabrielle Storey is back to talk to Alex and Charly all about the Medieval world. This time there is no sex but instead a badarse Queen, Ber...
Robert Hutton joins Chris and Alina to talk about his new book "The Illusionist; the Man Who Fooled Hitler". We chat away about WW2, spies a...
Daisy Dunn joins Alina and Chris to talk about her fabulous new book on women in the ancient world. Enjoying our work? Buy us a coffee: www....
Nicola Clarke comes to talk to us about her new book "The Waiting Game; The untold story of the women who served the Tudor Queens" Enjoying...
SURELY THERE IS NOTHING NEW TO SAY ABOUT D-DAY? We hear you cry. Well, on the 80th anniversary, sit your arses down and prepare to be school...
Luke Pepera is a rising star in the history world, and today he joins us to talk about the subject that makes his heart sing with a broad lo...
Never did this man meet an obscure rabbit hole he didn’t want to dive in with all the enthusiasm of Alice in Wonderland running after a bisc...
Join us today to listen to best-selling author (and Guy Ritchie's news bestie) Damian Lewis to hear all about is latest tome on the exploits...
Catharine Williams joins us to talk about modern colonialism, we delve deep into who the key players were and which diaries from the time pe...
Ben Kay joins us to talk about the women who lived in Warwick castle, he has designed a special tour to tell their stories, so head over to...
Clare Mulley joins us to talk about her amazing new book on Elżbieta Zawacka, a daring and incredibly brave woman who parachuted from Englan...
Ghee Bowman joins us to talk about "The Great Epinal Escape" of Indian POWs during the Second World War. Patreon members get extra time: 15...
You’ve heard about one Cleopatra - she of the Elizabeth Taylor film with the snake and the boob, but what about the others! Lloyd Llewellyn-...
Saul David returns to celebrate our shiny relaunch and talk all about his fantastic new book. Think everything has been said about the Briti...
Robin Bernstein joins us to talk about her new and exciting book about William Freeman who was committed of a crime he did not commit. Patre...
Claire Martin joins us to talk to us about her book on the Boleyn family, and no we only mention THE ANNE twice! Patreon members get extra t...