Tales for Wales: A Welsh History Podcast

Wales is a land of stories and as we've banged on about since starting this pod, someone should be making them into films. While we can dream of an angel investor who wants to fund a pair of amateurs to turn up hungover on set most days, todays guest is a bona fide member of the industry who's made it his personal task to give Wales its dues on the silver screen. Hit play and listen to us chat abo...

Another throwback, another chat filled to the brim with talk of frothy pints and the consequences of drinking them. Full episode here if you fancy learning about those bardic boys.

Just when you thought the Welshness couldn't get Welsher and the History couldn't get more Historic we've gone and doubled up on both by bringing in the man behind Welsh Histories to talk about, you guessed it, Welsh history. Hit play and listen to us chat with, unlike us, a legit chronicler of the ages who, like us, bloody loves Cymru. Check out Welsh Histories, he's good folk and his content is...

This week we travel all the way back to the UK XL Bully ban, complete with slagging off a politician of the time and reminiscing about just how lame we were in our teens. Enjoy. If you actually did want to hear about Patagonia and their connection to Cymru, turn your ears to the full episode here.

We strive to make history based spiel for the common folk here at Tales for Wales and what could fit better than the age old battle between the working class and the swan scoffing boffins that make the rules. Hit play and listen as we return to the scene of the Wines and Crimes. There's more content and merch to be had and quite frankly ignoring it would be criminal.

Wales is home to many a mythological creature but in this throwback clip we discuss the rarest of them all. The notorious Pig-Heart-Boy. If you want to hear more about the crazy creatures of Cymru, look no further than the full eppy, my friends.

Get ready for Llywelyn Fawr part 2: Electric Boogaloo, baby because this hunk of Welsh leadership is coming at you faster than the Cymry of old could loose an arrow. Hit play and listen to the life, the love and the bloodshed that made up the latter half of this big time boys epic reign. Extra treats for the greedy listeners amongst you can be found on our socials and our Patreon here, as well as...

Today is a look back at one of our many Welsh myth focused episodes so to tee you up of course, we have a clip of us slagging off one of Wales' greatest exports with a dash of Peep Show references. Enjoy. Full episode here if you fancy getting your myths on.

Hold on to your butts boios because the top dog we're discussing today is one of the all time, pound for pound champs of the fair nation that is Cymru. Give that little play button a tickle and listen to us tell a tale of battle, diplomacy and leadership that (FOR THE MILLIONTH TIME) deserves a Braveheart style movie adaptation. Llywelyn Fawr had his head screwed on and we're pretty sure he'd be d...

You know the drill by now. It's Thursday, it's a throwback and what better to throwback to than the old stomping ground of one Dame Shirley Bassey. Full ep here ya tarts.

We're on the road again as your lovable, drunken roving historians and we've got the idea of retaking Chepstow Castle for the Welsh firmly planted in our noggins. Hit play and listen to us muse about everything from our personal medieval fantasies. the action seen by the eponymous stronghold and as always, copious riffs. Like Welsh history so much you want it slapped all over your attire? You're i...

Travel upstream, against the flow of time once more and listen to us talking rubbish before the subject matter as you've surely become accustomed to by now. Full episode here about a big old bust up with primitive boomsticks.

Man vs nature has been a recurring theme through history as well as the premise for some pretty sick movies. But it's rare that we humans have taken such a spanking from the flora and fauna of the earth as when we lost a war to some boggle eyed flightless birds. Hit play and find out just how bad we fumbled it. Extra content and even some merch, all just a click away.

This week we're throwing it back to an episode every boozy trivia enthusiast would hate to miss. Give us a listen and drown your drinking comrades in Welsh based factoids. Full episode here if you get greedy for knowledge.

The rulers of Wales are a dime a dozen but it's the grafters, scrappers and underdogs that we always love the most and the hero of this particular episode ticks the box on all three fronts. Hit play and listen to us muse about a man who's had more goes on the throne than your mum's had on OnlyFans. More morsels of content, more snippets on socials and more patter on Patreon are just a click away.

Croeso, wolcom and welcome to another serving from the past, this weeks selection is from when we discussed our brethren from the South, the Kernewek/Cornish. Check out the full episode if you fancy learning about the Celtic connection between us and some extra little snippets about Kernow/Cornwall itself.

Come join us dear listener for a little chat about something synonymous with Wales, the humble Castle. This week we're harping on about a particularly cliffy property with stunning South Walian Views and a built in water source. Although we're not besieging you we would beseech you to have a look at our extra content on Patreon, have a chin wag with us on socials or look the dogs bollocks in our l...

This is a throwback to one of our fave episodes because it features big bad Jemima Nicholas and we urge you to enjoy it in it's fullest by clicking below. To wet your appetite though, listen to us talking episode mistakes and taking on Russia. Hear about J Nik's in all her glory here.

Hot off the heels of our first WW2 episode we're back again to plunge into some new, Welsh themed events of what some might call the biggest scrap we ever did have. Hit play and join us as we discuss booze, battles and prison breaks all taking place under the rather large umbrella of WW2. We're joined this week by presenter, actor and master of lists, Luke Davies. Check out this dishy lad and his...

We're delving back once more, this time to the man who goes gaga for codifying legal documents. Full episode here for you if you fancy it bois bach.

Today we touch base on a subject rarely spoken of on this pod until now. it's finally time to tackle topics linked to the big kahuna of conflicts. Known to some as The Great War Part 2: War Harder but known by most as World War 2. Hit play and listen to us yap on about a lesser known front on which the Welsh fought the good fight. As always you can get your rations of extra content, social media n...

Clever marketing plot for the Patreon? Or too careless with time to get a new episode out in time? Maybe we'll never find out. Have a sample of the content only the most dedicated of Welsh believers get to access as a belated Diwrnod Dewi Sant pressie for you all. Join the Patreon for more of this nonsense here you tarts.

Today's episode is about a little village that time forgot, a once hopeful place now bogged down in tales of crime, hauntings, nuclear fallout and the occasional music video. Hit play and listen to us discuss the origins of this right cooky place and the mad tales associated with it. Come all ye faithful for social media shenanigans, Patreon extras and Welsh history themed garb awaits just a link...

Way back when we asked our future digital overlords what they thought Wales would be like in the future and you know what, it was a bit of a laugh. So here it is again to drum up a few more of those downloads that we equate with love and self value. Enjoy. Listen to the full ramblings of a mad robot here, you won't be disappointed.

The day of Wales' patron saint is fast approaching and being as those Anglo-fascists next door won't let the good people of Cymru have a day off for it to get merry we thought the least we could do is have another go at educating the masses on the day's namesake. Hit play and revel in the miracles of the good Dewi Sant. Yes, one of them is another bastard healing spring. What's more saintly than b...