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History Rage

Think history is boring? That’s because you’ve only ever heard the fake version.On History Rage, professional historians come in swinging — smashing the myths, clichés, and half-truths that keep getting recycled in classrooms, documentaries, and TikToks. Vikings with horned helmets? Nope. Britain standing alone in 1940? Wrong. Medieval people never bathed? Rubbish.Why listen? Because the truth is way more exciting. You’ll leave every episode with jaw-dropping stories, killer facts to shut down pub

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49:07

S4 E06 - Charlotte White on Tudors vs Stuarts

History Rage ·

2022/11/07

This week we welcome 17th Century Historian, and History Hack Regular, Charlotte White who joins us to rage that it's about time we shut the **** up about the damned Tudors.She talks to Paul and Kyle about how the Stuarts have all the drama, glamour, intrigue and everything you want from fascinating history, way ahead of just Henry VIII and his collection of wives. How Charles II changes the country and leaves a mark we still have today.You can follow Charlotte on Twitter @restorationcakeYou

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44:25

S4 E05 - Jem Duducu on the Crusades

History Rage ·

2022/10/31

This week we welcome Historian, Author and host of the Condensed Histories Podcast Jem Duducu who joins Paul and Kyle to rant that we just don't treat the Crusades with enough attention to detail.He talks to Paul and Kyle about how the last Crusade was as late as the 1930s, how some Crusades were Christian against Christian and how some even had Christians and Muslims fighting on the same side.In short, the Crusades are a lot more than just heading off to the Middle east to kick in some

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54:56

S4 E04 - Dr. Kirsteen MacKenzie on The War of Three...

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2022/10/24

This week we welcome 17th Century Historian, and author of "The Solemn League and Covenant of the Three Kingdoms and the Cromwellian Union 1643-1663", Dr. Kirsteen MacKenzie who joins us to rage that the English Civil War is far from English and should be referred to as the 'War of Three Kingdoms'.She talks to Paul and Kyle about how Scotland and Ireland reacted when their monarch was executed by Cromwell, and how the Scottish Covenanters were key in the whole conflict.If

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51:26

S4 E03 - Brad St. Croix on the Birth of Canada

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2022/10/17

This week we welcome Canadian Military Historian, and YouTuber, Brad St.Croix who joins us to rage that Canada was not born in the First World War.He talks to Paul and Kyle about how Vimy Ridge is misplaced as the defining moment in Canadian National Identity and how there were riots as a result of this battle.If you'd like to know more about this subject then you can subscribe the Brad's YouTube channel OTD In Canadian Military History.You can follow Brad on Twitter @OTDCanMilHisYou can

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49:59

S4 E02 - Gavin Mortimer on David Stirling and the S.A.S.

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2022/10/10

This week we welcome Historian, Broadcaster and author of "The Phoney Major", Gavin Mortimer who joins us to rage that David Stirling is not the 'father of the S.A.S'.He talks to Paul and Kyle about how David Stirling took advantage of the death of Paddy Mayne to recast his own history.If you'd like to know more about this subject then why not buy a copy of ''David Stirling - The Phoney Major' from the History Rage Bookshop. This helps Gavin, us and

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40:41

Bonus Episode - Paris Agar on Nuclear Testing

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2022/10/06

We have a bonus episode for you to kick off Season Four. We are joined by head of Cold War and Late 20th Century Conflict from Imperial War Museums Duxford, Paris Agar. Paris is here, at the 70th anniversary week of the start of British nuclear testing to rage that the world has detonated far more unclear weapons than Hiroshima and Nagasaki.Paris talks about how Britain was involved in nuclear weapons right from the start of the Manhattan Project. She talks about the US splitting and severing ties

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43:53

S4 E01 - Dr. Kit Chapman on Medieval People and Flat...

History Rage ·

2022/10/03

This week we welcome Science Historian, Lecturer at Falmouth University and author of "Racing Green: How Motorsport Science can Save the World", Dr. Kit Chapman who joins us to rage that people in the Middle Ages knew the earth was spherical.He talks to Paul and Kyle about how this was worked out over 2,000 years ago, how the church is not a barrier to science in Western Europe, how alchemy has already been achieved and a man that keeps 2,000 litres of his own urine in his cellar.If

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1:39

Trailer - Intro to Series 4

History Rage ·

2022/09/26

Well welcome back.... we're not gone long, but just to give you a taste of what's coming up in our fourth helping of rage. We bring you Authors Kit Chapman, Gavin Mortimer, Steve Carter, Francis Young, Kirsteen MacKenzie and Nathen Amin. Podcaster Charlotte White and Jem Duducu, Museum Curator Sam Jolley and YouTuber Brad St. Croix.Don't forget you can follow History Rage on Twitter @HistoryRage and let us know what you wish people would just stop believing using the Hashtag

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51:04

S3 E10 - Dr. James Wright on the Spiral Staircase in...

History Rage ·

2022/09/19

This week we welcome Buildings Archaeologist and Heritage Consultant Dr. James Wright who joins us to rage about the favourite myth of the tour guide, the idea that spiral staircases all go clockwise.He talks Paul and Kyle about the actual history of this myth, how many castles have anti-clockwise newells, and how when battle reaches the stairs the game is up.If you'd like to know more then you can check out James' excellent mythbusting blog at triskeleheritage.com and you can follow

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48:21

S3 E09 - Dr. Rob Lyman on the Indian Contribution in...

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2022/09/12

This week we welcome WW2 historian, Research Fellow at Oxford University and author of "A War of Empires" Dr. Rob Lyman who joins us to rage that we overlook and misunderstand the contribution of India and her people to the fight against the Japanese. He talks Paul and Kyle about how they didn't fight for Britain, how they were completely seperate from the British Army and why India herself got into this fight.If you'd like to know more about this subject then why not buy a copy

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44:41

S3 E08 - Dr. Kate Vigurs on SOE in France

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2022/09/05

This week we welcome SOE historian, event professional and author Dr. Kate Vigurs who, after a long time studying SOE in France wants to rage that there are men in SOE as well. A lot of them, and they're getting overshadowed.She talks Paul and Kyle about how SOE set up the BBC radio codes, how SOE managed to get the co-operation of French businessmen to blow up their own factories and how they shared the grisly fate that we remember the women for.If you'd like to know more about this

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52:42

S3 E07 - Marcus Cribb on the Duke of Wellington

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2022/08/29

This week we welcome historian, podcaster, blogger and co-founder of the Napoleonic and Revolutionary War Graves Chairty Marcus Cribb who wants to take apart the idea that Arthur Wellesley, the 1st Duke of Wellington is a defensive General who fights the easy way..He talks about his spectacular attacks at Assaye and Salamanca, about his intelligence networks and how he faced down King George IV.You can follow Marcus on Twitter @mcribbhistory and read his many blogs and articles at

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57:24

S3 E06 - Dr. Waitman Beorn on the Clean Wehrmacht Myth

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2022/08/22

This week we welcome historian, author and lecturer in Holocaust and Genocide Studies at the University of Northumbria Dr. Waitman Beorn who joins Paul and Kyle to discuss Wehrmacht war crimes, how the Wehrmacht is up to its neck in the atrocities across occupied territory and how those who choose to re-enact SS really need to explain some things.You can follow Waitman on Twitter @waitmanb You can follow History Rage on Twitter @HistoryRage and let us know what you wish people would just stop

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44:13

S3 E05 - Lucy Betteridge-Dyson on Cavalry and the...

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2022/08/15

This week we welcome historian and broadcaster Lucy Betteridge-Dyson who wants to take apart the war horse, the cavalry and their role and reputation in the First World War. She talks to us about how the cavalry are far from an outdated institution, that they are vital, and that animal sacrifice was never forgotten.You can follow Lucy on Twitter @LMBD1418 and read her many blogs and articles at www.lucybetteridgedyson.com.You can follow History Rage on Twitter @HistoryRage and let us know what you

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48:21

S3 E04 - Dr. Sarah Bendall on The Myths About...

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2022/08/08

This week we are taking a journey behind the dressing screen with material, culture and fashion historian Dr. Sarah Bendall of the Australian Catholic University.Sarah is coming on to rage that the corsets we see in all the films are not dangerous, not torturous and definitely not oppressive.You can follow Sarah on Twitter @SarahABendall and see much much more of her work by visiting her blog here:... and if that is not enough then you can also purchase her book "Shaping Femininity" at the

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51:55

S3 E03 - Matt Bone on the Spitfire

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2022/08/01

This week we welcome podcaster, blogger and History Hack regular Matt Bone who comes on to take the iconic Spitfire down a peg or two. in so much that while it is an excellent aircraft we have romanticised it well beyond its merit, and it has some serious flaws. You can follow Matt on Twitter @BoneyAbroad and you can catch him regularly on History Hack here: You can follow History Rage on Twitter @HistoryRage and let us know what you wish people would just stop believing using the Hashtag

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42:14

S3 E02 - Cassidy Cash on the Shakespeare Authorship...

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2022/07/18

This week we are joined by podcaster, YouTuber and Historical Map Illustrator Cassidy Cash who takes us down the murky alleys of Tudor theatre and takes on the eternal conspiracy and rumour that Shakespeare did not write his plays.You can follow Cassidy on Twitter @ThatShakespeare. You can listen to the podcast on all major providers and direct from her website here:You can follow History Rage on Twitter @HistoryRage and let us know what you wish people would just stop believing using the Hashtag

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52:34

S3 E01 - Alex Churchill & Andy Lock on Lions Led By...

History Rage ·

2022/07/04

**WARNING STRONG LANGUAGE**To kick of Series 3 we welcome Broadcaster and Historian Alex Churchill and First World War historian and Tutor Andy Lock, and they are here to let fly (and they do) that the First World War is not Lions Led By Donkeys, that the history is not the poetry, that Franz Ferdinand's assassination was the excuse, not the cause of the war.You can purchase the excellent graphic history book from Alex, aimed at educating children in the real First World War here at the History

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1:42

Trailer - Intro to Series 3

History Rage ·

2022/06/20

Well welcome back.... we're on a short break at the moment for the Chalke Valley History Festival and History Rage Live... but just to give you a taste of what's coming up in our third round of rages.Don't forget you can follow History Rage on Twitter @HistoryRage and let us know what you wish people would just stop believing using the Hashtag #HistoryRage.Please support the show on Patreon. In return for your subscription you can set questions for our future guests. Get early release

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S2 E10 - Peter Caddick-Adams on Nazi Technology

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2022/06/06

This week we are joined by a true Giant of Military History. Paul and Kyle welcome Military Historian, Author, Security Consultant, and Founder of the 'Saucer Protection League' Professor Peter-Caddick Adams.Peter comes on to rage that the Third Reich is not the technological powerhouse that they are given credit for, so for all their science, the technology was misplaced, mis-directed and not backed up with anything that could win a war.You can purchase any or all of Peter's range of

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