Preview of Winds of Change - Hostile Takeover
The first half of Episode 2 - Hostile Takeover. Listen to the full episode here: https://cms.megaphone.fm/channel/ARML6837257429?selected=AR...
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The History of Witchcraft
Witches didn't exist, and yet thousands of people were executed for the crime of witchcraft. Why? The belief in magic and witchcraft has existed in every recorded human culture; this podcast...
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20 of 50 episodesPiety and Heartwork in Covenanter Scotland
Witch Hunt Podcast: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07rn38z/episodes/downloads Time Travels: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b094d4hl/epi...
045 - Wittenberg to Witches
Ben Jacobs of Wittenberg to Westphalia and Sam Hume of the History of Witchcraft sat down for a chat about witch panics, memes, authority, a...
044 - Early Modern English Witchcraft with Professor Darren Oldridge
Prof. Oldridge joins me to talk about witchcraft and religion in early Stuart England, The recommended books, available from all good retail...
Extra - Sound Education Experience
This is just a short catch up episode to share what I experienced at Sound Education 2019. I met so many great podcasters, many that I've li...
Bonus - What's it like to make a History Podcast (feat. Dead Ideas)
In a special episode BT Newberg and I talk about the highs and lows of making a history podcast. What made us want to start a podcast? Why d...
Introducing Pax Britannica
A short introduction and clip from the first episode of Pax Britannica. Follow the links below to find my new show your favourite way! Show...
043 - Salem, Massachusetts
If anyone has heard of a particular witch trial, they will have heard of Salem. It's an infamous part of early American history, and everywh...
042 - Witchcraft in Russia with Prof. Valerie Kivelson
I'm delighted to speak with Valerie Kivelson, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of History at the University of Michigan. Professor Kivelson gradu...
041 - Halloween - From Pagan, to Christian, to Party
Today we cover the development of Halloween - its development from a Celtic harvest festival, which may or may not have involved the ritual...
040 - The Pilgrims
In this episode we cover the early history of English colonisation in the Americas, and the growth and expansion of New England in particula...
039 - A War of Words
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038 - The Wroth of Woden
The transformation of Roman Britain with the arrival of the Germanic pagans led to its own odd synthesis of superstitions and rituals. The C...
037 - Suffer Not a Witch to Live
This episode primarily makes use of the following texts: - Dickie, M. W., Magic and Magicians in the Greco-Roman World (2003) - Ogden, D., M...
036 - Burn to Ashes
The Witchfinder General faces humiliation on multiple fronts. His critics are uniting, his prosecutions are falling, and the ruinous cost of...
035 - A Magazine of Scandal
This week's episode continues the trials of East Anglia, as we see the result of the Witchfinder General's efforts in the summer assizes of...
034 - The Witchfinder General
This episode primarily makes use of the following texts: - Gaskill, Malcolm, Witchfinders: A Seventeenth Century English Tragedy, (2005) - L...
033 - Satan's Kingdom Divided
In today's episode, the infamous Witch-Finder General begins his campaign through south-eastern England, as we discuss the opening accusatio...
032 - Never a Cross Left
The Witchfinder General, Matthew Hopkins, did not exist in a vacuum. How could this man, who had no formal authority, tour South-East Englan...
031 - It's Treason, then.
Today's episode covers the escalating conflict between Charles I and Parliament, as harsh words led to outright war. We also look at the sim...