# HistoryExtra podcast

A podcast by Immediate. The HistoryExtra podcast brings you gripping stories from the past and fascinating historical conversations with the world's leading historical experts. GET MORE WITH MEMBERSHIP Become a HistoryExtra podcast member and unlock access to The Full Story podcast, plus enjoy ad-free listening, early access to other podcast episodes, and a member-exclusive newsletter. Sign up here EXPLORE MORE For more fascinating stories from the past, head to HistoryExtra, the home of ‘History’s Greatest’ podcasts. Find out more at historyextra.com/podcast. GET IN TOUCH We'd love to know what you think about the podcast, so leave us a review and let us know the topics you think we should be covering. Or, follow us on Facebook, X, Instagram or YouTube to keep in touch.

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## Latest episodes

- [How to build the ultimate medieval castle](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/256580326/2dc7395efe2c) (2026-10-27, 41 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR5650068801.mp3
- [Richard III's traumatic childhood](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/256580326/6d81611b39f4) (2026-10-26, 33 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR4324125149.mp3
- [How Ghosts makes history funny – without getting it wrong](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/256580326/adf2a533dced) (2026-10-22, 27 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR1843188443.mp3
- [America's anti-Chinese laws: a forgotten history](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/256580326/f374cebfddd1) (2026-10-20, 30 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR9590657336.mp3
- [An African king in the Roman empire](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/256580326/8d808bf8b434) (2026-10-19, 37 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR3029180961.mp3
- [Everyday life in a slave trading town](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/256580326/26cfe4338801) (2026-10-18, 30 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR8359474603.mp3
- [From plague 'searchers' to strawberry birthmarks: a history of women's bodies](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/256580326/695362ccbf12) (2026-10-15, 35 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR2439112904.mp3
- [The country house at war](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/256580326/e5af21f624a1) (2026-10-13, 28 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR9442556672.mp3
- [The pioneering surgeon who stood up to Rasputin](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/256580326/10f94ef7272b) (2026-10-12, 49 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR3534200314.mp3
- [The stolen Native Americans who shaped US history](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/256580326/15de47688ccb) (2026-10-11, 48 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR3881280258.mp3
- [Being disabled in the medieval era](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/256580326/764695c25cf8) (2026-10-08, 46 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR9091264538.mp3
- [Vanilla: a far from ordinary history](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/256580326/2c5088aaf32f) (2026-10-06, 38 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR9177164430.mp3
- [Ancient explosives and the philosopher's stone: a history of alchemy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/256580326/947c6f4f40ee) (2026-10-05, 36 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR4235106432.mp3
- [North Korea's religious dictators](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/256580326/91ec6abae6bd) (2026-10-04, 46 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR2053685761.mp3
- [Inside Venice’s Jewish ghetto](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/256580326/15a9c1d72b62) (2026-10-01, 47 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR5462987260.mp3
- [WW2's bloody battle for Arakan](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/256580326/3d70acfc5866) (2026-09-29, 38 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR6128659743.mp3
- [The Bayeux Tapestry: secrets of the stitchers](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/256580326/cea7b8a54044) (2026-09-28, 33 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR7624741671.mp3
- [How Henry VII seized – and kept – the crown](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/256580326/9829070309e8) (2026-09-27, 49 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR4370853795.mp3
- [The Soviet spy who couldn't love](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/256580326/0a055e65a8c2) (2026-09-24, 43 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR3309786920.mp3
- [The slave ship that changed history](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/256580326/e79e62079d79) (2026-09-22, 48 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR1291416889.mp3
- [Have we overlooked England’s local histories?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/256580326/c2fdf5268568) (2026-09-21, 41 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR8480998603.mp3
- [The making of the modern Middle East](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/256580326/cc3590594bee) (2026-09-20, 47 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR6945526983.mp3
- [Joan of Arc: inspirational leader or flawed failure?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/256580326/b951be0b33d1) (2026-09-17, 44 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR6888116590.mp3
- [The forgotten slave traders who shaped Britain](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/256580326/d25abe4c7d55) (2026-09-15, 37 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR8926596299.mp3
- [What is ‘Europe’, anyway?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/256580326/f0dd5553abb9) (2026-09-14, 37 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR5611309190.mp3
- [Christianity, conflict and catastrophe: the life of CS Lewis](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/256580326/1636c03b52ed) (2026-09-13, 41 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR1292570379.mp3
- [Was Napoleon III the world's first populist leader?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/256580326/000ef0ed58f8) (2026-09-10, 56 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR6893956714.mp3
- [The Bayeux Tapestry blockbuster at the British Museum](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/256580326/96ea19f8ddf7) (2026-09-08, 46 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR6590913071.mp3
- [The secrets of our DNA](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/256580326/146361083a76) (2026-09-07, 39 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR2021593297.mp3
- [What's it like to live in a royal palace?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/256580326/ae714848f3ee) (2026-09-06, 37 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR8140945557.mp3
- [Roman kings: myth, memory and the making of power](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/256580326/76acaf52db26) (2026-09-03, 42 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR5449987142.mp3
- [Philip Augustus: the Plantagenets’ greatest rival](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/256580326/a3c6eec484aa) (2026-09-01, 51 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR5941617174.mp3
- [Laura Ingalls Wilder: life of the week](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/256580326/cf280a363a3b) (2026-08-31, 47 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR3561819214.mp3
- [How bullies shaped 19th-century America](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/256580326/88b72a52e740) (2026-08-30, 43 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR9698503851.mp3
- [Is there a royal sex scandal hidden in plain sight in the Bayeux tapestry?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/256580326/e532508f69f9) (2026-08-29, 45 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR5403047177.mp3
- [Did Britain really 'keep calm and carry on' in WW2?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/256580326/aa829fbe0698) (2026-08-27, 47 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR5761387295.mp3
- [Did the Catholic Church support Hitler?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/256580326/8d09ea3eefce) (2026-08-25, 53 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR1196181121.mp3
- [Frida Kahlo: life of the week](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/256580326/8456249a0304) (2026-08-24, 54 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR2134195195.mp3
- [How the Americas transformed Tudor England](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/256580326/19314aa6c5b0) (2026-08-23, 36 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR7111767450.mp3
- [Preview: Master the medieval art of knowing yourself](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/256580326/d2213386529d) (2026-08-22, 14 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR2932729740.mp3
- [Have we got ancient women's sexuality all wrong?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/256580326/80dbe7bb1dc5) (2026-08-20, 36 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR8316007822.mp3
- [Adultery, assassination and Agatha Christie: the dark side of the hotel](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/256580326/d3ba31ede7b7) (2026-08-18, 36 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR2951851064.mp3
- [Hedy Lamarr: life of the week](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/256580326/3bc2985c41c8) (2026-08-17, 51 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR1622025879.mp3
- [How WW2 transformed Asia](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/256580326/69c261c09003) (2026-08-16, 38 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR5518572886.mp3
- [Preview: Was Jack the Ripper Queen Victoria's grandson?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/256580326/d3c4eaa1c102) (2026-08-15, 14 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR8593964425.mp3
- [How opium became a powerful global commodity](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/256580326/01f426843666) (2026-08-13, 45 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR8020963781.mp3
- [A wild history of partying](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/256580326/335c02bc82d0) (2026-08-11, 41 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR2387837469.mp3
- [Yuri Gagarin: life of the week](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/256580326/731547186901) (2026-08-10, 47 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR1757349184.mp3
- [How Christianity conquered the Roman empire](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/256580326/45d0dce9e887) (2026-08-09, 33 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR9296212230.mp3
- [The Odyssey’s forgotten epilogue](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/256580326/61b7753efe22) (2026-08-08, 45 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR2415797207.mp3

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