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Columbus returns to the remnants of his first voyage to the "Indies", having convinced Isabella and Ferdinand to fund a larger second trip. Desperate to make his mission financially fruitful, his sear...

February 27, 2023 · 50 min 43 sec

Having convinced the Catholic Monarchs to fund his journey across the Atlantic, Columbus sets sail with three ships, a crew with dubious loyalties, and a mission to find China or Japan by heading west...

February 23, 2023 · 52 min 46 sec

A controversial figure both now and in his time, Tom and Dominic discuss Columbus and his drive for discovery, power and status. They look at Columbus’ early life in Genoa, his journey to becoming an...

February 20, 2023 · 59 min 9 sec

In this second episode on perhaps the most notorious assasination in world history, Tom and Dominic look at the bloody and chaotic aftermath of the death of Julius Caesar. They discuss the fate of the...

February 16, 2023 · 59 min 31 sec

“He was trapped - he couldn’t get up. There was blood everywhere. The faces were coming closer, the knives rose and fell. And then, to his relief, he saw Brutus.” One of the most iconic deaths in hist...

February 13, 2023 · 1 hr 44 sec

Thought by some as the first genocide in Europe, the Albigensian Crusade was the bloodiest crusade in history. Following the Mystery of the Cathars and the Real Da Vinci Code, Tom and Dominic come to...

February 9, 2023 · 56 min 25 sec

Was the Catholic Church Europe’s first revolutionary group? How are the Cathars linked to the genesis of genocide? Where does the term crusade come from? Listen as Tom and Dominic discuss the real his...

February 7, 2023 · 54 min 56 sec

Secret societies, Jesus' ancient bloodline, Catholic conspirators; all backed up by documents in the Bibliothèque Nationale. It must be true, mustn’t it? Join Tom and Dominic in the first of three epi...

February 6, 2023 · 1 hr 45 sec

Edwardian Britain: Domestic service is at its peak. However, as Britain modernises, things were about to change.Tom and Dominic are joined by Lucy Lethbridge to discuss conservatism, universal aunts,...

February 2, 2023 · 54 min 48 sec

"One of the greatest rulers to have ever lived" - Tom Holland. But how much do you know about Hatshepsut? And how did she propel herself from regent to become one of the most revered rulers of all tim...

January 30, 2023 · 56 min 48 sec

Hitler is chancellor, but he is not yet all-powerful. How does he go from becoming the leader of the Reichstag, to an unshackled dictator with nothing to check his power?*The Rest Is History Live Tour...

January 26, 2023 · 1 hr 7 sec

Wall Street crashes. The German economy capitulates and governments start to fall. Backroom deals and political scheming come to the fore. Join Tom and Dominic as they tell the story of the shadowy de...

January 23, 2023 · 1 hr 2 min 29 sec

German hyperinflation. The Beer Hall Putsch. Hitler’s trial. Join Tom and Dominic as they discuss the Nazis in the early 1920s as the Weimar Republic is in crisis and Hitler tries to grow the party be...

January 19, 2023 · 1 hr 2 min 11 sec

Where do the origins of Nazism lie? The Second Reich? Hitler’s time in Vienna? The First World War? Join Tom and Dominic in the first of their four-part series on the Rise of the Nazis as they discuss...

January 16, 2023 · 1 hr 6 min 21 sec

‘It had the alchemy of a bitter Tory leadership race’.Reigning for the shortest period of any British monarch, can Lady Jane even be considered an official queen of England and Ireland? In the second...

January 12, 2023 · 52 min 12 sec

Edward VI is dead - but who will succeed him on the throne? In the first of two episodes, Tom and Dominic discuss the succession question that surrounded the reign of Edward VI, the sole male heir of...

January 9, 2023 · 54 min 33 sec

In our second episode exploring the story of Rudolf Vrba, Jonathan Freedland joins Tom and Dominic again, to discuss the global reaction to the Vrba–Wetzler report: did anti-Semitism shape the Allied...

January 5, 2023 · 47 min 25 sec

Tom and Dominic are joined by Jonathan Freedland to discuss the incredible story of Rudolf Vrba and Alfréd Wetzler, who escaped from Auschwitz in April 1944.*The Rest Is History Live Tour 2023*:Tom an...

January 2, 2023 · 56 min 20 sec

Join Tom and Dominic for the final episode of 2022 in which they discuss the historical importance of this year. What will historians of the future remember about this year? The invasion of Ukraine? T...

December 29, 2022 · 54 min 41 sec

For a festive special, Tom and Dominic are joined by author and alcohol historian Henry Jeffreys to discuss some Christmassy tipples, from sherry to port, champagne to clairet. Plus, a discussion on w...

December 26, 2022 · 58 min 48 sec