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

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

- Antony Lentin, who wrote about the Treaty of Versailles in the cover story of our January issue, talks about the reasons behind the treaty's difficult legacy, and about the enduring legacy of The Economic Consequences of the Peace, John Maynard Keynes' definitive book on the peace conference.

- Nicholas Mee discusses Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, the medieval poem whose benefactor, and the place in which it was set, remain unknown. He explains how he went about researching the poem's mysterious origins, a subject he expands on at length in Patron's Place, also in the January issue.

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Previous episodes

In this month's edition: the myths of 1941, the Algerian war of independence, and advertising in the age of Mad Men.

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.

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

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'.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.


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