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In the latest history pod, Tim gives an oral history of Arsenal FC's stewardship from 1927, when Henry Norris is banned from football, to 2007 when KSE become involved. This is a story of two families, the Hill-Woods and the Bracewell-Smiths. Tim talks through their respective involvements in the club, how they used their connections from other industries and passed shareholdings and titles down t...

In this episode, Tim covers Royal Arsenal’s decision to ‘go pro’ in the summer of 1891. The pod recounts the events that led to the decision that the club were ready to become a professional club even though it was against the rules of their regional FAs and not the done thing in the south. Then Tim covers how they achieved it, the ‘shamateurism’ that preceded it and the internal and very bitter e...

In this episode, Tim covers how some men from the Dial Square cricket club in the Royal Arsenal factory decided to start a football team at the conclusion of the cricket season in 1886. Tim covers off the meetings that formed the club, the founders, some of the decisions that set the path to the club we know today and why Woolwich was ready for a football team in 1886.

In this episode, Tim talks over the move from Woolwich to Highbury in 1913. Some of the background that led to the move, how and why they did it and how they used Henry Norris’ connections and his experience in property to enable the move and defeat the opposition to it.

Tim goes through the history of the Marble Halls and the palatial East Stand as the brainchild of Herbert Chapman and his vision for a more luxurious, welcoming Highbury in the 1930s. Tim then goes through the history, the intention and the iconography of the Clock End clock. Chapman wouldn’t live to see the finished versions of the clock or the east stand but both embody his legacy and gave Arsen...

In this episode, Tim talks through Herbert Chapman’s tactical legacy at Arsenal and the WM Formation around which he would recruit and build the team that would dominate the English game. Tim talks about how Chapman exploited a change in the offside law to perfection, the players Chapman bought and repurposed to make the system work and how his revolutionary democratic approach with players led to...

Tim gives an oral history of the 1952-53 season in which Arsenal won the league on the final day on goal average. Tim also looks at the post war, post Chapman context that made this such a difficult period for the club, driven by incredible manager Tom Whittaker and how it signalled the end of an era where Arsenal wouldn’t win another trophy for 17 years.

Phoebe and Patrick tackle the first Flavian - Flavian Flav, the first man to wear a big sundial around his neck: Vespasian.

You asked and we listened. We watched Mad Max: Fury Road, a movie that asks the question: what if the future was Australian and weirdly steampunk? Join us for thrills, 2010s nostalgia and a surprising revelation about Meryl Streep.

Milo, Phoebe and Pat are digging into the big man, the Marcus Lepidus of 69 AD - Aulus Vitellius. He may only have been emperor for 8 months but what an eight months...

'The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI', Cory Doctorow, [2026]

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'The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI', Cory Doctorow, [2026]

'The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI', Cory Doctorow, [2026]

'The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI', Cory Doctorow, [2026]

'The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI', Cory Doctorow, [2026]

'The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI', Cory Doctorow, [2026]

'The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI', Cory Doctorow, [2026]

'The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI', Cory Doctorow, [2026]

'The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI', Cory Doctorow, [2026]

'The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI', Cory Doctorow, [2026]

'The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI', Cory Doctorow, [2026]

'The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI', Cory Doctorow, [2026]

'The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI', Cory Doctorow, [2026]

Phoebe chats to the esteemed Dr Wyman about the thesis behind his new book 'Lost Worlds' and how years of studying and writing about history has changed his view on everything from climate change to everyday life and empathy.