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[Episode 1 of 4]Welcome to our new four part series on the latter years of the Soviet Union, its fall, Putin's early life and his subsequent rise to power.Today's episode focuses on Brezhnev, Putin's...
· 37 min 28 sec
How much do you know about the lethal price people have paid over the centuries to look fashionable?In today's episode Tom and Dominic are joined by Dr. Alison Matthews David to discuss the dark secre...
· 58 min 37 sec
What happened to the Roman Empire after its fall?In the second of two episodes, Tom and Dominic discuss where Rome endured, how its ghost still haunts 21st century geopolitics, and which member of the...
· 50 min 19 sec
Tom and Dominic explore what Edward Gibbon called “the greatest, perhaps, and most awful scene in the history of mankind”: the decline and fall of the Roman Empire.Join The Rest Is History Club for ad...
· 56 min 11 sec
With eastern Europe apparently on the brink of war and Vladimir Putin citing history as pretext, what exactly is Ukraine? Is it distinct from Russia, and how long has it existed? Tom and Dominic run t...
· 1 hr 18 min 39 sec
We've all been to some terrible ones, but what is the most disastrous party in human history? Not at all inspired by recent political events, Tom and Dominic have whittled our listener suggestions dow...
· 1 hr 5 min 29 sec
On today's episode Tom and Dominic are joined by Friend of the Show, Professor Andrew Preston, to talk about the relationship between the US and religion, both at home and abroad in the 20th and 21st...
· 31 min 43 sec
On today's episode Tom and Dominic are joined by Andrew Preston, a Cambridge University professor whose new book focuses on religion in American war and diplomacy.What is the role of religion in the A...
· 47 min 49 sec
Happy Valentine's Day! Have you ever wondered why we send each other cards and go out to Carluccio's for dinner on a weeknight?In today's episode, Tom and Dominic drill down into the details - what ar...
· 56 min 32 sec
Today we're dropping an episode from our friends at Noiser. Their podcast brings us to Munich, Germany. November 1923. The Nazis have just attempted to launch a revolution. But instead, Adolf Hitler n...
· 53 min 16 sec
Did you think smuggling in Britain was confined to the Jamaica Inn and the beaches of the Cornish coast? If so, you might want to listen to today's podcast, where Tom and Dominic are joined by author...
· 1 hr 11 min 55 sec
In the second of two episodes on the Vikings in the East, Tom and Dominic investigate their role in the birth of Russia.Producer: Dom JohnsonExec Producer: Jack DavenportJoin The Rest Is History Club...
· 52 min 29 sec
In this week's episode, Tom and Dominic take a look at the actions, influence and brutalisation of the Vikings in Eastern Europe, including their role in the formation of Russia and Ukraine.Producer:...
· 42 min 56 sec
How devastating were European arrivals to the Americas in terms of deaths and the introduction of new infectious diseases?Tom and Dominic are joined by Professor Kyle Harper from the University of Okl...
· 41 min 47 sec
The way we die has been utterly transformed.There have been around 10,000 generations of human beings, but only in the last 3 or 4 have infectious diseases not been an expected and accepted cause of d...
· 41 min 40 sec
Greatest city on earth. Den of iniquity. Imperial oppressor. Wealth and power.The ancient city of Babylon has been mythologised for millenia, but how much do we actually know and why does it still res...
· 1 hr 1 min 32 sec
Tune in to hear the second part of The Rest Is History's take on the execution of Charles I and its aftermath.Charles I was executed 373 years ago to the day on 30th January. But was his killing a sin...
· 47 min 4 sec
Charles I was executed 373 years ago to the day on 30th January. But was his killing a sinful act of treason or merely one of retributive justice?Tom and Dominic welcome back Professor Ted Vallance fr...
· 57 min 34 sec
What happened to Gordon at Khartoum?Described by Dominic as the 'greatest media event of the Victorian era', this second parter is not to be missed.Producer: Dom JohnsonExec Producer: Tony Pastor*The...
· 1 hr 1 sec
Who was General Gordon? Tune in to hear about the life and times of the 'emblematic martyr of the Victorian age'.Producer: Dom JohnsonExec Producer: Tony Pastor*The Rest Is History Live Tour 2023*:Tom...
· 43 min 27 sec