The Long Game with Leander Schaerlaeckens
Leander Sharlockens joins us to discuss his new book about the US Men's National Team, The Long Game: U.S. Men's Soccer and Its Savage, Four...
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20 of 997 episodesGareth L. Powell on Jitterbug
After much pestering, we have the author of Alex's favourite recent read joining us! Gareth L. Powell's latest is Jitterbug, in which a crew...
The Fifth Crusade with Thomas Smith
The Fifth Crusade was unlike any other. It was the first to invade Egypt, a story filled with adventure and intrigue, yet it often gets over...
Athens and Sparta with Adrian Goldsworthy
This week on the 15-Minute Book Club, Adrian Goldsworthy joins us to delve into the rivalry between Athens and Sparta in the 5th century BC...
The Ship's Cat with Alex Howard
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...
The Visionaries with James Holland
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...
Sanctioned: The Inside Story of the Sale of Chelsea FC with Nick Purewal
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...
Remembering Len Deighton - Bomber
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...
Eden Undone with Abbott Kahler
At the beginning of the Great Depression, three groups of Germans moved to Floreana Island in the Galápagos to create their own utopia. Over...
The Age of Alchemy with Kit Chapman
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...
The Death of Trotsky with Josh Ireland
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...
House of Diggs with Marion Orr
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...
The Revolutionists with Jason Burke
In the 1970s, extremists like Leila Khaled, Carlos the Jackal, and the Baader-Meinhof Gang captured the world's attention with their hijacki...
Lazarus: The Second Coming of David Bowie with Alexander Larman
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...
Quantum of Menace with Vaseem Khan
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...
The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective with Sarah Lodge
Sherlock Holmes dominates the thoughts of the Victorian detective; in her Wolfson History Prize shortlist book, Sarah Lodge brings to life t...
The Surgeon, The Midwife, The Quack: How to Stay Alive in Renaissance England with Alanna Skuse
In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, a medical revolution was afoot. Alanna Skuse ventures into the bustling medical marketplace of R...
Ghosts of Iron Mountain with Phil Tinline
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 Ruled the World: 5000 Years of Female Monarchy with Elizabeth Norton
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...
The Whyte Python World Tour with Travis Kennedy
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...