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I talk to the world"s best historians and let them tell the stories. And the stories are wonderful! (And occasionally I change the subject and talk about films, philosophy or whatever!).

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Rebel Island - Jonathan Clements on the history of...

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2024/09/12

We are back with Jonathan Clements for part 2 of our podcast on the history of Japan. In this episode we start with the remarkable story of Taiwan's 50 years as a colony of Japan. And Jonathan then takes the story through the White Terror up to the current day.And to remind you:Rebel IslandJonathan's blog

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50:03

Rebel Island - Jonathan Clements on the history of...

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2024/09/10

Jonathan Clements has written a number of histories of East Asia. His latest, Rebel Island, is a history of Taiwan from the earliest times up to today. If you have any interest in the history of the region this book is an absolute must read. And while it is a serious and meticulously researched history it is also genuinely gripping with 'Blimey! I didn't know that!' moments on every other page. Really terrific stuff.We ran rather long so I split it into two parts. Part 1 takes us all the way ...

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84:08

The 4th Crusade and the final fall of the Roman...

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2024/08/23

Delighted to have Professor Ed Watts back on the show. This time he is talking about the 4th Crusade which turned into one of history's great catastrophes. People give many possible dates for the fall of the Roman Empire and Ed argues persuasively for 1204 when the crusade reaches its heartbreaking climax.

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61:01

In Sulla's shadow - Ed Watts reappraises Caesar

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2024/07/24

Professor Ed Watts is a reliably brilliant guest on the show. In this episode he looks at Sulla's career and the blight the cast on the Roman Republic. Ed argues that it is impossible to understand any the great characters - Caesar, Cicero, Cato, Pompey and so on - without understanding the scarring effect of Sulla's rule. In Ed's view Caesar emerges from all this as a man with terrible ambition and many faults but ultimately redeemed by his refusal to follow Sulla's example. Refreshingly rev...

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56:21

Mother Leakey and the Bishop

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2024/06/01

I can't remember enjoying a story more than Peter Marshall's Mother Leakey and the Bishop. The way Peter tells the story is absolutely brilliant with walk on parts from some very famous characters. At heart though it is a ghost story and the story of how an Anglican Bishop came to be hanged for the crime of sodomy in Dublin in the winter of 1640. Peter is one of the leading historians of the Reformation and won the Woolfson prize for his book Heretics and Believers. And as I say i...

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38:24

Kaldellis on Byzantium - part 2

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2024/05/02

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65:21

Anthony Kaldellis on Byzantium (Part 1)

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2024/04/30

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51:53

Hampton Sides - the last voyage of Captain Cook

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2024/04/08

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48:00

The Sin Eater

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2024/03/01

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66:15

Ed West - From the Romans to Alfred the Great

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2024/02/08

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63:39

John McWhorter and Scott Sumner - talking movies

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2024/01/21

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50:39

Dikötter on Dictators

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2024/01/07

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78:27

The Lives of East Germans - Katja Hoyer

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2023/12/09

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62:29

Britons never will be slaves?

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2023/10/25

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65:40

Italy, a ruin - part 2 of the Adventures of...

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2023/10/06

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58:39

Constantinople show its teeth - part 1 of the...

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2023/09/24

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67:50

Mao's China with Frank Dikötter

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2023/08/27

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61:20

Shipwreck, mutiny and murder

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2023/07/05

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82:03

Sharp and Sumner: 6 Japanese movies

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2023/05/03

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53:05

McWhorter and Holland - On dinosaurs

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2023/04/29

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