History Hack
1,143 episodes - English - Latest episode: 16 days ago - ★★★★★ - 65 ratingsWe are a slightly mad, always fun podcast bringing you all the History you love and a lot that you didn‘t know you‘d love until you heard it here! Recommended by BBC Radio, and presented by acclaimed historian Alexandra Churchill, Alina Nowobilska, Chris Sams and the rest of the awesome team!
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Episodes
History Hack: The Merciless Parliament of 1388
May 13, 2021 12:28 - 43 minutes - 12.4 MBDaniella Gonzalez joins us to discuss Nicholas Brembre and fourteenth century political turmoil in London. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
History Hack: Sharpe-Shooters
May 13, 2021 08:49 - 1 hour - 63.7 MBThe bromance might be over. Zack and Marcus throw down over the real story of the 95th Rifles and who's got it right... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
History Hack: Stirling Moss
May 12, 2021 11:25 - 1 hour - 117 MBRichard Williams joins us to discuss the life and career of a motor racing legend. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
History Hack: Pompeii: The Wolf's Den
May 11, 2021 11:24 - 35 minutes - 10 MBElodie Harper joins us to talk about taking fragments of lives from the ruins of Pompeii and turning them into a smash hit novel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
History Hack: Sabotaging the Nazi Bomb
May 10, 2021 11:21 - 47 minutes - 13.7 MBSam Kean joins us to talk all about the Bastard Brigade: the team who made it their mission to stop the Nazi's getting their hands on nukes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
History Hack: Sabotaging the Nazi H-Bomb
May 10, 2021 11:21 - 47 minutes - 13.7 MBSam Kean joins us to talk all about the Bastard Brigade: the team who made it their mission to stop the Nazi's getting their hands on nukes.
History Hack: The Real Robin Hood
May 07, 2021 11:17 - 42 minutes - 9.69 MBThor Ewing joins us to try and get as close as possible to the real figure behind the legend of Robin Hood. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
History Hack: Inquisition Then and Now
May 06, 2021 11:15 - 1 hour - 112 MBAda Palmer joins us to discuss the Spanish Inquisition, and how it has impacted the world we live in today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
History Hack: Talking American
May 05, 2021 11:12 - 48 minutes - 73.2 MBChaz Mena joins us to talk linguistics, and the history of America's accents. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
History Hack: The Ancient World and the Great War
May 04, 2021 11:15 - 50 minutes - 14.3 MBOwen Rees and Giles Penman join us to discuss shades of the ancient world in Great War commemoration. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
History Hack: Harrier 809
May 03, 2021 11:06 - 1 hour - 93.5 MBJoined by Rowland White, we take an in-depth look at 809 Naval Air Squadron and their deployment to the Falklands. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
History Hack: A Guide to Medieval Monasticism
April 30, 2021 11:03 - 44 minutes - 12.6 MBElysee Yhuel joins us to talk about the evolution of monasticism in the earlier medieval period. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
History Hack: The Western Front
April 29, 2021 10:59 - 28 minutes - 7.89 MBNick Lloyd joins us to discuss his new book on this pivotal front in the First World War. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
History Hack: Royals on Film
April 28, 2021 10:58 - 43 minutes - 12.5 MBCarolyn Harris joins us to asses portrayals of 18th century royals such as George III and Catherine the Great in popular culture. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
History Hack: Early Mediterranean Settlements
April 27, 2021 10:57 - 34 minutes - 9.77 MBGreg Woolf joins us to talk early settlements in the Mediterranean. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
History Hack: German Code-Breaking in WW2
April 26, 2021 10:55 - 53 minutes - 15.1 MBChristian Jennings joins us to talk all about the German experience of code-breaking during the Second World War. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
History Hack: The Italian Army in WW1
April 23, 2021 11:53 - 40 minutes - 11.5 MBVanda Wilcox joins us to talk all about the experience of the Italian Army in 1915-18. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
History Hack: Understanding the Troubles
April 22, 2021 13:50 - 1 hour - 17.3 MBJosh Levine joins us to talk about the year that he spent in Northern Ireland on a mission to write Beauty and Atrocity, an objective history of the troubles. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
History Hack: The Puritan Princess
April 21, 2021 10:46 - 39 minutes - 11.3 MBMove over Tudors, the Stuarts are taking over. Trustee of the Cromwellian Association, Miranda Malins, joins us to tell us all about bringing Oliver Cromwell's daughter back to life in The Puritan Princess. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
History Hack: The Island of Delos
April 20, 2021 10:43 - 42 minutes - 12.1 MBChristy Constantakopoulou joins us for a discussion about the mythical birthplace of Apollo. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
History Hack: The Atlantic Wall
April 19, 2021 11:13 - 34 minutes - 9.79 MBCamilla Damlund joins us to talk about the archaeology behind the Atlantic Wall. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
History Hack: Prince Philip, the Wake
April 17, 2021 15:15 - 2 hours - 27.7 MBThe regulars convene in the Mary Rose to raise a glass to HRH, the Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh on the day of his funeral. They discuss his early life, his WW2 service, his marriage and role as the Queen's consort, his charity work, relationship with the media, and of course have a chuckle about his silliest gaffs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
History Hack: Oliver Cromwell and the Scottish Covenanters
April 16, 2021 11:37 - 1 hour - 15.3 MBKirsteen Mackenzie joins us to talk all about the duplicitous side of the Lord Protector, and his relationship with Scotland. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
History Hack: Ireland and the Vikings
April 15, 2021 11:34 - 42 minutes - 12 MBAnnie Humphries joins us to talk all about the impact of the Vikings in Ireland in the earlier part of the medieval period. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
History Hack: The Evolution of the British Army
April 14, 2021 11:31 - 1 hour - 31.9 MBMarcus is joined by Josh Provan, Robbie Macniven and Andy Dorman to talk about the early evolution of the British Army following the Civil War. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
History Hack: Thebes
April 13, 2021 11:09 - 1 hour - 17.4 MBLegendary ancient historian Paul Cartledge joins us to talk all about the history of Thebes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
History Hack: Our Man in New York
April 12, 2021 11:09 - 47 minutes - 13.4 MBHenry Hemming joins us to describe a Second World War story that has it all: including mad secret agents, Ian Fleming and faking Nazi invasions of South America. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#420 History Hack: Down the Pub
April 09, 2021 15:07 - 2 hours - 36.5 MBIn the last weekly show, the regulars convene for a cracking debate on the greatest historian in history. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#419 History Hack: The Battle of Arras
April 09, 2021 10:24 - 52 minutes - 14.9 MBGreat War Group Trustee Andy Lock joins us to break down the Battle of Arras on the 104th anniversary of the opening of the campaign. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#418 History Hack: The Woman Who Flew for Hitler
April 08, 2021 11:39 - 45 minutes - 70 MBOn the anniversary of her death, Clare Mulley joins us to talk all the about Melita von Stauffenberg Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#417 History Hack: Sharpe Shooters
April 08, 2021 09:20 - 1 hour - 71.8 MBJoin Zack and Marcus as they look at the life of the ordinary rank and file in the Napoleonic Wars. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#416 History Hack: Myths and Musketeers
April 07, 2021 11:16 - 1 hour - 71 MBHistoryland's Josh Provan joins us to talk all about the reality behind Dumas's legendary characters Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#415 History Hack: Writing Ancient Rome
April 06, 2021 11:28 - 29 minutes - 8.34 MBLindsey Davis talks all about her lengthy career bringing Ancient Rome back to life for her readers, and discusses the latest book in her smash hit Flavia Albia series: A Comedy of Terrors. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#414 History Hack: The Spanish-American War
April 05, 2021 14:22 - 1 hour - 20.6 MBColin Fisher returns to talk all about one of the last wars of the 19th century. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#413 History Hack: Sharpe Attack
April 03, 2021 11:12 - 1 hour - 30.7 MBWe hear plenty from the actors, but what about the crew that happened to put up with them? This time they get their say. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#412 History Hack: Down the Pub
April 02, 2021 15:26 - 2 hours - 41.6 MBThe regulars assemble in the Mary Rose to try and decide who deserves the title of the greatest revolution in history. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#411 History Hack: Georgian Women
April 02, 2021 10:46 - 50 minutes - 14.3 MBSarah Murden joins us to talk about using fragmentary evidence to try and recreate the lives of exceptional women of all classes in the Georgian period. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#410 History Hack: The Office of Strategic Services
April 01, 2021 10:59 - 41 minutes - 37.3 MBSpencer Jones joins us for a riveting spy tale of the OSS during the Second World War. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#409 History Hack: Hedge-Hopping with Matt Bone
April 01, 2021 08:45 - 1 hour - 129 MBHeadlines for the Korean air war would be grabbed by Sabres and MiGs, but the reality would be much closer to WW2. Michael Napier joins us to discuss his new book and the similarities with what had gone before. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#408 History Hack: Women vs Hollywood
March 31, 2021 11:42 - 1 hour - 129 MBHelen O'Hara joins us to talk all about her new book. It's a power clash of film nerdery with Charley in which Matt can only watch agape. Lols. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#407 History Hack: The Lost Roman Legion
March 30, 2021 11:38 - 45 minutes - 13.1 MBBased on his new book, Simon Elliott joins us to tell the tale of Hispana IX and to try and get to the bottom of what happened to an entire formation which vanished from the historical record. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#406 History Hack: A Tribute to Richard Holmes
March 29, 2021 11:35 - 1 hour - 17.6 MBOn what would have been the historian's 75th birthday, friends including Cameron Macnish and Peter Caddick-Adams recollect their time working with him and celebrate his work with Matt and Marcus. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#405 History Hack: Down the Pub
March 26, 2021 19:00 - 3 hours - 41.4 MBThe regulars get together for a mammoth discussion on the worst family in history. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#404 History Hack: War Horse, the Reality
March 26, 2021 11:22 - 49 minutes - 14 MBLucy Betteridge-Dyson joins us to myth-bust the horse in the Great War. Forget the film, the reality is way more impressive. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#403 History Hack: Christina of Sweden
March 25, 2021 13:25 - 39 minutes - 11.2 MBFeisty, independent and a gay icon. Find out why Queen Christina of Sweden is a woman we should all pay more attention to as we sit down with Amy Saunders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#402 History Hack: Pole Position
March 25, 2021 09:26 - 51 minutes - 11.7 MBAnuradha Bhattacharjee joins us to talk all about Polish refugees in India in the Second World War. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#401 History Hack: Heyday :The World of the 1850s
March 24, 2021 11:17 - 1 hour - 17.4 MBBased on his bestselling book, Ben Wilson whisks us back to the 1850s to tell us why the decade was a turning point in human history. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#400 History Hack 1st Birthday Special: The Myth of the "Dark Ages"
March 23, 2021 11:10 - 1 hour - 17.1 MBTo celebrate our first birthday, Eleanor Janega is in the house and she's ready to fix you all. She tells us why the Dark Ages weren't dark at all, just medieval. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#399 History Hack: The Great Escape
March 22, 2021 11:28 - 42 minutes - 12 MBGuy Walters joins us to talk all about this iconic WW2 event. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#398 History Hack: Waterloo Uncovered
March 20, 2021 11:07 - 1 hour - 25.1 MBTony Pollard, Stuart Eve, Kate Buckley and Sam Wilson from Waterloo Uncovered join our Sharpe Shooters Zack and Marcus to discuss the archaeology of the battlefield and how the charity is supporting veteran rehabilitation through archaeology. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.