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HistoryExtra podcast episodes are released six times a 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.

You can also browse our podcast series, including 1,500+ episodes of our Everything You Wanted to Know series – in which your questions are put to the experts, as well as deep dives into historical conspiracies, history's greatest cities and the Black Death.

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Secrets of medieval manuscripts. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Owain Glyndŵr: life of the week. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Magic beakers & Roman helmets: artefacts that shaped history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

SOE: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Sisi & Eugénie: the empresses who redefined royalty. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Ghosts, vampires & Abba holograms: an uncanny history of London. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

International security & rough sleeping: history behind the headlines. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Make Mercia Great Again. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Merovingians: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

How the Allies won WW2. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Ancient tips for health and happiness. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Thomas Aquinas: life of the week. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Barmier than Bond: Ian Fleming's extraordinary wartime escapades. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Fatherhood: a short history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Renaissance: not such a golden age?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Archimedes: life of the week. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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