World History Podcast

Our History Extra podcast comes out twice a week, featuring interviews with notable historians talking about topics spanning ancient history through recent British to American events. Episodes feature history stories and perspectives on everything from crusading knights to Tudor monarchs and the D-Day landings.

Edward Carey talks about Madame Tussaud on the History Extra podcast. (Wax Figure of Marie Tussaud (Photo by Getty Images)

The story of Madame Tussaud

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The life of Saladin

6 June 1944: American troops during the Allied invasion of France on D-Day (Photo by Getty Images)

Second World War

A new view of D-Day

A Tudor rose on a wooden ceiling beam.

Monarchy and faith in Tudor England

Nancy Astor. (Photo by Getty Images)

Rachel Reeves on women who changed politics

Jacob Rees-Mogg. (Photo by Getty Images)

Jacob Rees-Mogg on the Victorians

1960s model. (Photo by Alamy)

Women in the 1960s

Gentleman Jack, Suranne Jones as Anne Lister (Photo by BBC/Lookout Point/Jay Brooks)

Gentleman Jack

Jared Diamond (Photo by Jochen Braun)

Jared Diamond on countries in crisis

Marc Morris at BBC History Magazine's 2017 History Weekend (Photo by Steve Sayers)

Secrets of Britain’s castles

Jim Sturgess as George Boleyn and Natalie Portman as Anne Boleyn. in the film 'The Other Boleyn Girl' (2008) (Photo by Alamy)

The rise and fall of the Boleyns

Cathy Newman speaks to the History Extra podcast about 'Bloody Brilliant Women'. (Photo by Getty Images)

Women who made modern Britain

Paul Morland (Photo by Fran Monks)

How population has shaped world history

Ivinghoe Brecon. (Image by Alamy)

The landscape of England