Conversations about the world of history

The History Today podcast is a monthly conversation about the world of history, featuring interviews, discussions, and other material.

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The History Today Podcast: December 2011

In this month's edition of the History Today Podcast:

- Gordon Marsden, former editor of History Today and the author of Advertising: A Mad Man's World in the December issue of the magazine, talks about the Second World War origins of History Today and the adverts that helped to fund its publication in the 1950s and 1960s.

- Greg Carleton, who wrote 1941: Sunday Lessons for our December issue, explains how the US and the Soviet Union transformed their disastrous military defeats at Pearl Harbour and Brest Fortress in 1941 into positive national narratives.

- Martin Evans discusses his latest book Algeria: France's Undeclared War about the Algerian War of Independence.

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Previous episodes

The History Today Podcast: November 2011

In this month's edition: obscene caricatures of Madame de Pompadour, lost photographs from Captain Scott's last expedition, and Germany's Jewish soldiers in the First World War.

The History Today Podcast: October 2011

In this month's podcast we discuss the 1911 Chinese revolution, the Tower of London and great discoveries in medicine.

Interview: David Boyle on Voyages of Discovery

David Boyle talks about great voyages of discovery from the 1490s to the 1770s and the extent to which it is possible to tell the story from the point of view of those who were 'discovered'.

Interview: Caroline Moorehead on French women resisters

Caroline Moorehead talks about her latest book, A Train in Winter, which tells the story of 230 French women resisters who were deported to Auschwitz from Gestapo detention camps in France.

Podcast: An interview with Roger Moorhouse

The author of Berlin at War speaks about his motivations for writing the book.

Angie Butler Interview: Who was Frank Wild?

Angie Butler tells the story of her seven-year-long journey to research the last years of Frank Wild's life and her breakththrough discovery of his ashes in Johannesburg.

The challenges of writing a narrative history

In today's golden age of history books, how do historians overcome the challenges of writing a narrative based on fragmented sources? Listen to this interview with Helen Castor.

Helen Castor Interview: Empress or Queen Matilda?

Was Matilda (1102-67) England's first true female ruler? Listen to the second part of Paul Lay's interview with Helen Castor as part of the History Today Book Club.

Helen Castor interview: How important is contingency?

Launching the History Today Book Club, Paul Lay interviews Helen Castor about her latest book She-Wolves. Listen to the first part of the interview, in which she discusses the importance of contingency in history.

Podcast: Ian Mortimer on historical fiction

Kathryn Hadley talks to Ian Mortimer about historical fiction and his latest book Sacred Treason.

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