BBC History Revealed's Miscellany podcast picks

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- Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egyptian religion: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
From animal-headed gods to the afterlife, Joyce Tyldesley answers listener questions about religion in ancient Egypt
- General History
Cornwall: a brief history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Tim Hannigan charts the story of Cornwall, and explores what sets it apart from the rest of England
- General History
AI: An ancient nightmare?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Artificial intelligence has been hitting the headlines in recent months but, as Michael Wooldridge explores, our fascination with – and fear of – AI has a long history
- 20th Century
Economies in meltdown: lessons from past financial crashes. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Linda Yueh discusses the history of financial crashes and what we can learn from them today
- General History
Eastern Europe: a personal journey through the region’s past. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Jacob Mikanowski contemplates the tumultuous history of Eastern Europe through the eyes of his ancestors, and considers if the cultural identity of the region is at risk of disappearing entirely
- 20th Century
UFO sightings: an otherworldly history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
David Clarke explores how recent interest in UFOs and visitors from above fits into a longer history of our fascination with aliens
- 20th Century
A jujitsu-trained suffragette bodyguard. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Emelyne Godfrey speaks about the unorthodox life of Kitty Marshall – a cricket-ball-wielding, martial-arts-trained suffragette ready to go fist-to-fist with the police for votes for women
- Second World War
RAF Coastal Command: unsung heroes of WW2. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Leo McKinstry discusses the forgotten RAF force that helped neutralise the ‘U-boat menace’ in WW2
- 20th Century
Oppenheimer: “destroyer of worlds”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
To mark the release of new blockbuster Oppenheimer, biographer Kai Bird discusses the life of the genius physicist who invented the atom bomb
- Georgian
The Georgian Bank of England: a day in the life. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Professor Anne Murphy delves into the inner workings of the Bank of England during the age of revolution