HistoryExtra Podcast

HistoryExtra podcast episodes are released every week, featuring interviews with notable historians on topics spanning ancient history through to recent British to American events. Episodes feature history stories and perspectives on everything from crusading knights to Tudor monarchs and the D-Day landings.

Michael Burleigh discusses some of history’s key political killings, from Julius Caesar to Abraham Lincoln. (Image from Getty Images)

How assassinations have changed history

Alex Renton shares the story of his own family’s involvement in the slave trade, and considers how best to deal with this unwanted inheritance. (Image from Getty Images)

The slave trade: a family history

From players who captivated audiences to composers who pushed boundaries, Susan Tomes explores the history of the piano. (Image from Getty Images)

The piano: a musical history

Alex von Tunzelmann explores the stories behind some of the world’s most controversial statues – and gives her take on whether they should stand or fall. (Image by Getty Image)

Should they stand or fall? The great statue debate

Everything you wanted to know about the church in medieval England – Nicholas Orme podcast

The church in medieval England: everything you wanted to know

Julian Sancton discusses the 1897 Belgian Antarctic Expedition on the HistoryExtra podcast

Madness and misery in Antarctica

Bronwen Everill discusses the Benin Bronzes

The battle over the Benin Bronzes

Britain & France: enemies or economic partners?

Britain & France: enemies or economic partners?

Watergate in 100 days: how President Nixon fell

Watergate in 100 days: how President Nixon fell

Fern Riddell

Contraception, consent & erotic connection: sex through history

Sir Tom Devine responds to listener questions on the causes and consequences of one of the most notorious episodes of Scottish history. (Image by Getty Images)

The Highland Clearances: everything you wanted to know

Jonathan Westaway explores why there was a boom in the popularity of endurance running following the First World War. (Image by Getty Images)

Running to escape the horrors of war

Raphael Cormack discusses the golden age of Cairo’s nightlife scene in the 1920s, and some of the enterprising women who dominated it. (Image by Getty Images)

The glamour & danger of Cairo’s 1920s nightlife scene

Julian Richards discusses the Viking Great Army, which wreaked havoc on the kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England from 865-878. (Image by Getty Images)

The Viking Great Army: the latest discoveries

Siân Rees shares the story of an eccentric Victorian vicar who invented a new language to try and solve the problems of 19th-century England. (Image by Getty Images)

Glee-man, high-deedy & bendsome: a language to save England