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Tales for Wales: A Welsh History Podcast

Tales for Wales is an inaccurate Welsh history lesson brought to you by two boozy mates. New episodes every Sunday.

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4:47

Throwback Thursday: Macsen Wledig/Magnus Maximus

Tales for Wales: A Welsh History Podcast ·

2025/02/13

Come dear listeners, gather round for another tale of podcasts past. This time we've got a snippet from when we talked about the ancestor of many a Welsh king and Prince and subject of the banger that is Dafydd Iwan's Yma o Hyd. Listen to the full episode here because as usual the clip we've given you had zero to do with the episode title.

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61:11

110. Welsh True Crime with Wine and Crimes

Tales for Wales: A Welsh History Podcast ·

2025/02/09

We've got a right treat for you this week, we've combined a subtle hint of inept drunk Welsh historians with notes of genuine professionals in their field and baby, it is a potent brew.Hit play you slaggy bunch and listen to innuendos, horrific crime and tales of Newport Market. Get involved with Wine and Crime here, they're good people. And be top humans and follow them on their Insta.Or get involved with us more here in the form of merch, socials and Patreon.

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9:04

Throwback Thursday: The Steeltown Murders

Tales for Wales: A Welsh History Podcast ·

2025/02/06

Today we dive back into the pool of time once more to revisit the first true crime episode we ever did do. If the taster, containing anecdotes of both Australia and Birmingham, primed you for a delve into a Welsh serial killer then click here for the full episode.

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64:59

109. The Making of the Mabiniogion Game with Stevan...

Tales for Wales: A Welsh History Podcast ·

2025/02/02

If Tales for Wales were a fish and you were looking to catch us, what might be the best bait? Well we'd say this weeks guest has created a very convincing lure by combining our love of gaming with out love of old Welsh mythology. Check out Tales of the Mabinogion on Steam here and don't forget to add it to your Wishlist, you little scamps.You can also join the mega brain behind this project on Discord here.Bonus Tales for Wales content, socials and our beautiful merch all available here.

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14:22

Throwback Thursday: Knowing Me Knowing You 2

Tales for Wales: A Welsh History Podcast ·

2025/01/30

In the crosshairs of the past today we have one of the many episodes where we couldn't be bothered to research something proper so decided to talk about funny anecdotes from our own personal histories instead. If you want to hear the rest of the shenanigans then click this bad boy for the full eppy.

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30:02

108. Bill Frost - The First Man to Fly

Tales for Wales: A Welsh History Podcast ·

2025/01/26

The Welsh have often been the first to achieve great feats but thanks to the multiple shoe in's we've taken as a country over the years, news of these achievements tends not to travel far. Well kiss your mammies and thank your lucky stars because Tales for Wales is here to set the record straight. Whether it's discovering tarmac, America or how to sail upon the wind, you'll find the Cymry are always pushing the envelope. You can flaunt your Welsh history prowess as well as your podcast taste by

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3:56

Throwback Thursday: Captain Morgan and the Ruse of...

Tales for Wales: A Welsh History Podcast ·

2025/01/23

You know the drill by now. It's a Thursday. It's a throwback. It's Throwback Thursday. This week it's our second go talking about the infamous Captain Morgan and a cheeky fast one he pulled back in the day. Naturally the clip is just Jack talking about dumb dumbs at a Jack Whitehall concert.Full episode is here for you lovelies if you fancy it.

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42:01

Love Revisited: Santes Dwynwen

Tales for Wales: A Welsh History Podcast ·

2025/01/22

Saint Valentine. Done to death. Commercialised. Boring. The basic bitch of love saints if we've ever heard of one. Santes Dwynwen. Celtic princess. Animal lover. Doesn't make you wait until February to celebrate the big L. We know which patron saint of the heart has ours and we thought we'd give you all another chance to educate yourselves before the big day. Click here for all your merch, socials and extra Patreon content needs.

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31:33

107. The Mold Riots of 1869

Tales for Wales: A Welsh History Podcast ·

2025/01/19

Working class riots and Wales, name a better duo am I right? But while the place in question shares a name with gone off bread, what's really rotten is the exploitation of Wales and her resources. Yeah that's right, a critique of capitalism using a bread analogy, God we are good. Speaking of capitalism, why don't you take part and buy our sick merch? Or just give us money for extra nuggets of content?

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6:32

Throwback Thursday (Friday): Welsh History Quiz

Tales for Wales: A Welsh History Podcast ·

2025/01/17

Better late than never, that's both a common saying and an excuse we're using for sending this one out 24 hours overdue. Give it a listen and enjoy a little snippet from our self imposed quiz.Full episode here for all you keenos.

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44:00

106. Harlech Castle

Tales for Wales: A Welsh History Podcast ·

2025/01/12

While the people of Wales can certainly be credited with spicing up the great nation's history, what is more synonymous with this green and pleasant land than a bloody good castle.And where better to start than with the banger of the 1830's that is "Men of Harlech" and the castle that inspired it. Come with us and hear why this diva of a fortress was worth singing about.Ever been called an unfashionable pig who doesn't flaunt enough Welshness? Well you can turn that around by buying our gorgeous

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6:20

Throwback Thursday: Twm Siôn Cati - Fiend and...

Tales for Wales: A Welsh History Podcast ·

2025/01/09

This week we're offering a snippet of one of our favourite episodes about a sly little bastard that seemed to be a genuine knob to all that encountered him, fair play to his PR team though. We strongly recommend you give the full episode a listen and you can do that here.

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26:45

105. The Return of Cambrian Chronicles

Tales for Wales: A Welsh History Podcast ·

2025/01/05

The Chronicler is back and this time he's answering our piercing questions interview style. It's the Frost/Nixon of Welsh history if literally all of the context was changed. If you haven't already, get around this guys YouTube channel and start feeding your noggins on his top quality content.From merch to more content, click here for all things Tales for Wales and start 2025 the way the Cymry of old would have wanted.

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10:33

Throwback Thursday: Gwenllian - Welsh Warrior Princess

Tales for Wales: A Welsh History Podcast ·

2025/01/02

Even though we've once again clipped the most unrelated part of the episode (experiences from Glastonbury if you must know), we urge you to go listen to this one as Gwenllian is one of our faves. Gwenllian in all her glory can be found here.

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75:18

104. 2024 In Memoriam

Tales for Wales: A Welsh History Podcast ·

2024/12/29

Where does the time go, eh? Another year fades to memory as the spry chick of another hatches from its temporal egg. As New Year fast approaches we thought we'd go over some of the more significant events that happened in Wales throughout 2024 A.D. and just for a laugh we thought we'd go off topic a lot as well. Looking for a new fashion sense to ring in 2025? One that says, "yeah, I'm a history podcast buff, deal with it"? Then boy do we have the merch for you. Can't get enough of our boyish Welsh

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7:50

Throwback Thursday: Boudica - Queen of the Celtic Revolt

Tales for Wales: A Welsh History Podcast ·

2024/12/26

This week we're heading back to Boudica, baby. Leader of the biggest Celtic revolt in Britannia, we honour her now with tales of nasty old teachers we had in school. Full episode as always is a hoot and can be found here.

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69:57

103. The Tales for Wales Xmas Party with Jake Abanos

Tales for Wales: A Welsh History Podcast ·

2024/12/22

Nadolig Llawen to all, sweet listeners. Join us in our revelry in these lazy days before Christmas and listen to some lesser known nibbles of Welsh Xmas history while you gear up for the big day. We've got knowledge, we've got laughs and enough booze to send Jesus to death for at least 3 days. It's too late to get our gorgeous merch for Xmas but perhaps you're in the market for a new years present?Hit up our socials and Patreon for bonus material relating to a certain soiled pint in this

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7:50

Throwback Thursday: Caradog - The Celtic War Chief

Tales for Wales: A Welsh History Podcast ·

2024/12/19

Cast yourselves back once again dear friends to some hijinks of a time gone by. This episode was all about a Celtic war chief that led the Silurian's to war against the invading Romans and of course the clip is about something equally as important, the drinking antics at Download Festival. Full episode here for all you keenos.

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36:52

102. The Pit of Ghosts

Tales for Wales: A Welsh History Podcast ·

2024/12/15

This week we're delving back into Wales' mining history, the disaster at the Morfa Colliery and how it earned its spooky name. Looking at your wardrobe and thinking "Gosh I wish I could announce to the world what podcasts I like through my fashion"? Check out our new merch and make yourself fabulous.Treat yourself to some extra bits this Xmas through our socials and our Patreon.

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3:19

Throwback Thursday: Celtic Wales

Tales for Wales: A Welsh History Podcast ·

2024/12/12

We're looking back once more, this time it's to an Iron Age Wales and the Cymro that inhabited it. As a taster though, we've got this clip of us reading out one of our earlier and much harsher reviews.Full episode is but a click away.

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