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Talking Tudors

Natalie Grueninger

A podcast for lovers of Tudor history.

Episodes

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Episode 365 - Death by Misadventure in Elizabethan England with Dr Jane Bitomsky

Host Natalie Grueninger interviews Dr Jane Bitomsky about her debut historical mystery, 'Death by Misadventure', and her PhD research into p...

28:51Oct 23, 2026

Episode 364 - Isabella d'Este: Art Collector, Power Player & Fashionista with Sarah Dunant

Historian and novelist Sarah Dunant joins Natalie Grueninger to explore the life and legacy of Isabella d'Este. Among other things, they dis...

45:20Oct 16, 2026

Episode 363 - The Malleus Maleficarum: Inside a Medieval Witch-Hunting Manual with Susan Millard

In this episode Natalie Grueninger interviews Susan Millard, rare books curator at the University of Melbourne, about the library’s recent a...

26:52Oct 8, 2026

Episode 362 - William Tyndale & the English Bible with Dr Harry Spillane

Host Natalie Grueninger speaks with Dr Harry Spillane about the life, exile, and execution of William Tyndale, focusing on his groundbreakin...

56:22Sep 30, 2026

Episode 361 - Women's Literacy & Education in the Middle Ages with Dr Megan J. Hall

Dr Megan J. Hall joins Talking Tudors to explore women's literacy and education in medieval England, tracing how reading and writing shifted...

52:43Sep 24, 2026

Episode 360 - The Horenbouts & Anne Boleyn: New Evidence Examined with Natalie Grueninger & Dr Owen Emmerson

Host Natalie Grueninger and guest Dr Owen Emmerson examine a tiny Tudor portrait miniature held at the Royal Ontario Museum, exploring its p...

56:40Sep 16, 2026

Episode 359 - Rethinking Jane Seymour: The Woman Behind the Myths with Dr Elizabeth Norton

Host Natalie Grueninger interviews Dr Elizabeth Norton about her new book on Jane Seymour, exploring fresh archival discoveries that reshape...

39:43Sep 6, 2026

Episode 358 - The Real 'Kat Ashley': Elizabeth I's Governess with Rosemary Griggs

Host Natalie Grueninger speaks with historian Rosemary Griggs about her new biography, 'Queen Elizabeth I's Governess: The Real Kat Ashley',...

71:19Aug 30, 2026

Episode 357 - How Ancient Persia Shaped Elizabethan Politics with Ebrahim Joseph

Host Natalie Grueninger interviews historian Ebrahim Joseph about the surprising influence of ancient Persia, especially Cyrus the Great, on...

42:57Aug 17, 2026

Episode 356 - How the Americas Shaped Tudor England with Dr Lauren Working

Host Natalie Grueninger speaks with Dr Lauren Working about her book 'A Golden World' and how voyages to the Americas reshaped 16th‑century...

52:37Aug 10, 2026

Episode 355 - Rethinking the Battle of Wakefield with Dr David Grummitt

Host Natalie Grueninger speaks with Dr David Grummitt about the December 1460 events commonly called the Battle of Wakefield. Dr Grummitt ar...

48:41Aug 3, 2026

Episode 354 - Tudor Poetry with Catherine Williams

Host Natalie Grueninger welcomes Catherine Williams to the podcast to discuss Tudor poetry. Follow Catherine Williams on Instagram https://w...

43:14Jul 28, 2026

Episode 353 - Marie Maitland: Scotland's 16th‑Century Sappho with Dr Ashley Douglas

Host Natalie Grueninger welcomes Dr Ashley Douglas to discuss her new book, 'With My Own Hand: The Secret Life of Marie Maitland, Scotland's...

67:21Jul 19, 2026

Episode 352 - The Accounts of Thomas Boleyn: A Revealing Window into 1526 with Natalie Grueninger & Dr Owen Emmerson

Host Natalie Grueninger and Dr Owen Emmerson examine Thomas Boleyn’s November–December 1526 financial accounts, revealing the family’s subst...

51:46Jul 5, 2026

Episode 351 - Rethinking Anne of Cleves with Dr Valerie Schutte

In this episode Natalie Grueninger interviews Dr Valerie Schutte about her upcoming cultural biography of Anne of Cleves. They re-examine lo...

34:46Jun 27, 2026

Episode 350 - Edmund Spenser's 'The Faerie Queene' with Cait Murphy-Hurrell

Natalie Grueninger interviews Cait Murphy-Hurrell about Edmund Spenser's 'The Faerie Queene', exploring the poem's rich allegory, its portra...

52:57Jun 18, 2026

Episode 349 - The Life & Works of Erasmus with Amy McElroy

Host Natalie Grueninger interviews historian Amy McElroy about Desiderius Erasmus, exploring his mysterious early life, education, travels a...

46:52Jun 13, 2026

Episode 348 - A New History of Tudor England with Professor Nandini Das

Professor Nandini Das explores how Tudor and Stuart England were shaped by movement, exchange, and diverse individuals—artists, scholars, mi...

30:14Jun 7, 2026

Episode 347 - Rethinking the Wives of Henry VIII with Jessica Carey-Bunning

Host Natalie Grueninger talks with historian Jessica Carey-Bunning about her book 'The Wives of Henry VIII', presenting fresh archival resea...

46:01May 31, 2026

Episode 346 - Anne Boleyn: Reputation, Revolution, Religion with Martha Tatarnic

Natalie Grueninger interviews Martha Tatarnic about her new book on Anne Boleyn, exploring how Anne shaped the English Reformation, champion...

53:34May 24, 2026