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Introducing HistoryExtra Long Reads

History Extra podcast

Hi, Emily Briffett here from the History Extra Podcast to let you know that we've just launched a brand new podcast channel. Take a deep dive into the past as we bring you the very best of BBC History magazine in our brand new Longreads channel. For fascinating and enlightening articles from leading historical experts...

Did our ancestors really think the world was flat?

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Welcome to the History Extra Podcast, fascinating historical conversations from BBC History Magazine and BBC History movie. When did people first figure out that the world wasn't flat? Well, according to author James Hannum, it was much earlier than you might imagine. John Borkham spoke to James about his new book The...

US Civil Rights: the March on Washington

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We shall love our people. I have a dream. One day, this nation will rise up, live out the true meaning of its dream. Because we intend to fire our people up so much, until if they can't have their equal share in the house, they'll burn it down. This civil rights act is a challenge to all of us. To go to work in our co...

Roger Mortimer: medieval rebel

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Welcome to the History Extra Podcast, fascinating historical conversations from BBC History Magazine and BBC History Revealed. 700 years ago this August, Roger Mortimer broke out of the Tower of London and went on to mastermind the deposition of his captor and arch-enemy King Edward II. In today's podcast, Paul Drybro...

Emotional revolution in postwar Britain

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Welcome to the History Extra Podcast, fascinating historical conversations from BBC History Magazine and BBC History Revealed. After the psychological trauma and family separation of the Second World War, Britain underwent an emotional revolution. Post-war psychologists and social reformers placed more emphasis than e...

British seaside holidays: everything you wanted to know

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Welcome to the History Extra Podcast, fascinating historical conversations from BBC History Magazine and BBC History Revealed. What did Victorians get up to on the beach? When did fish and chips take off? And what's the dark story behind Punch and Judy? Well, it's time to pack up your bucket and spade because for our...

US Civil Rights: Fighting for freedom

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UFO sightings: an otherworldly history

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Welcome to the History Extra Podcast, fascinating historical conversations from BBC History Magazine and BBC History Revealed. A recent NASA press conference detailing the American Space Agency's research into UFO spoke headlines across the world about extra-terrestrial visitors. But according to Dr David Clark of She...

History's greatest cities | Season 2 Trailer

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Hi, Paul Bloomfield here, host of the History's Greatest Cities podcast, and I'm delighted to tell you that the first four episodes of our brand new second series are available now on our History's Greatest Cities channel, exclusively for History Extra Plus subscribers. As a travel writer and history buff, I've always...

How Barbie changed the world

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When we work together, impossible things aren't so impossible. In fact, they become possible. That's why 75% of Fortune 500 companies work together using Atlassian software like Jira, Confluence and Trello to tackle their biggest challenges. With a little imagination and a whole lot of collaboration, the possibilities...

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