The History Hour
A podcast by BBC World Service - Saturdays
450 Episodes
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Jaws and the Charleston church shooting
Published: 6/21/2025 -
Ronald Reagan and Lonesome George
Published: 6/14/2025 -
Discovery of the first exoplanets and the goalie who killed a seagull
Published: 6/7/2025 -
Battle of the Beanfield and the Champions League anthem
Published: 5/31/2025 -
The history of photography
Published: 5/24/2025 -
Sweden’s Vipeholm experiments and the Intervision Song Contest
Published: 5/17/2025 -
Rescuing Palmyra’s treasures and 80 years since VE Day
Published: 5/10/2025 -
The Vietnam War and the expansion of the EU
Published: 5/3/2025 -
Secret D-Day rehearsal and YouTube begins
Published: 4/26/2025 -
The Khmer Rouge in Cambodia and World Book Day
Published: 4/19/2025 -
Bonus: Defeated
Published: 4/14/2025 -
Nazis and sex strikes
Published: 4/12/2025 -
The wonder woman of the comic world and Namibia's 'ghost town'
Published: 4/4/2025 -
The phone call that changed Nigeria and a 'one of a kind' portrait of Nelson Mandela
Published: 3/29/2025 -
The history of space travel
Published: 3/22/2025 -
The Americans with Disabilities Act and the invention of GPS
Published: 3/15/2025 -
The invention of the shopping trolley and the Calais 'Jungle'
Published: 3/8/2025 -
Discovering the haemoglobin structure and the Nellie massacre
Published: 3/1/2025 -
Death of a language and the world’s longest kiss
Published: 2/22/2025 -
Great speeches from around the world
Published: 2/15/2025
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