The 15 Minute Book Club

Amanda Charland joins us to discuss the port of Caesarea on Israel's Mediterranean coast. With spots on crusades, the holy grail and more, you're about to find out why this archaeologist has formed a love affair with the city walls... Support us:  https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips:  https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books:  https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Me...

Author and Eastern Front specialist David Stahel joins us to give an overview of the colossal effort on the part of the Nazi's to conquer the Soviet Union in 1941. Support us:  https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips:  https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books:  https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Merch:  https://www.historyhackpod.com/ Patreon members get extra time: 1...

Palaeontologist Steve Brusatte joins us for an animated and colourful chat about the world before the dinosaurs, and how they got here. Alex tries to convince him to name his next dinosaur discover Daveosaurus and of course, there is some fan-girling over T-Rex. Support us:  https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips:  https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books:  https://uk.bookshop....

On the 80th anniversary of the first mass transport to Auschwitz, volunteers join us from across the globe to remember the 728 prisoners who made the journey in their own words.  Support us:  https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips:  https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books:  https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Merch:  https://www.historyhackpod.com/ Patreon membe...

We're joined by historians Kate Lister and Eleanor Janega, and archaeologists Amanda Charland and Terence Christian to talk about the history of sex. From archaeology, trends and changing perceptions to kink, porn, contraception, and Eleanor's favourite subject: sodomy. There's a bit of everything in here in this wide ranging chat.  Support us:  https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips:&...

A brief, not even two minute long, set of instructions on how YOU can get involved in the #GreatestBriton debate. Let's face it, opinions are like a***holes. Everyone has got one. Freakily, many people on Twitter seem to have many. So make sure you have fun with this and get your voice heard.  Support us:  https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips:  https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy...

Join us for our most epic debate yet in the Mary Rose. A lot of fed up historians have a good old rant about this week the media and then embark on a debate to decide the greatest journey in history.  Support us:  https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips:  https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books:  https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Merch:  https://www.historyhack...

Ryan McNutt joins us to talk all about the civil war and what archaeology can add to our understanding of the experience of that conflict. With a focus on his unique project to excavate a POW camp at Camp Lawton. Support us:  https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips:  https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books:  https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Merch:  https://www...

Author and historian Helen Carr joins us to talk about a medieval powerhouse - John of Gaunt. Statesman, warrior and basically regent. Life could be tough when Richard II was your nephew... Support us:  https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips:  https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books:  https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Merch:  https://www.historyhackpod.com/ Patreon...

Historian Christopher Lash stops by for a fascinating discussion about sport and smuggling in Poland in the Communist era. Support us:  https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips:  https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books:  https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Merch:  https://www.historyhackpod.com/ Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see b...

Pulitzer finalist Gregg Jones joins us to talk about a poignant moment. The fighting at Khe Sanh in 1968 was the arguably the bloodiest moment suffered by the Marines in Vietnam, and we learn all about the battle, the evacuation, and how it is recorded in history Support us:  https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips:  https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books:  https://uk.bookshop...

Owen Rees joins us for a primer on Greek military history: from Peloponnesian to over-rated Spartans to the role of women and a really interesting discussion on remembrance and the relevance on modern concepts like PTSD.  Support us:  https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips:  https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books:  https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Merch:  ht...

Author and Historian James Scott joins us in full storyteller mode to share the tale of the Doolittle Raid; America's immediate and daring response to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour. Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see behind the scenes and find out how the book was written. You can subscribe here: https://www.patreon.com/cw/15MinuteBookClub Watch the vid...

Alex, Alina and Woody are joined by the stars of the hit medieval romp Knightfall. Tom Cullen, Ed Stoppard, Julian Ovenden and Simon Merrells talk all things Templar, with medieval historian Eleanor Janega supposedly bringing the adult. In amongst the cackling you can hear the history behind the show and all sorts of anecdotes from filming. Warning. You will never want to eat beef carpaccio again....

Based on her book, Somme: 141 Days, 141 Lives, Alina interviews Alex on the subject of one of the most iconic battles in British history. What was the Battle of the Somme good for, why did Britain embark on such a huge endeavour and what was it like for the men on the ground?  Support us:  https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips:  https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books: ...

Join the regulars at The Mary Rose as they cackle their way through a debate on the silliest assassination attempts in history. Verily, there have been some idiots across the globe hell bent on murder across the years...  Support us:  https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips:  https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books:  https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Merch:  ht...

Terence Christian joins us to tell us all about the field of conflict archaeology. From the premise, to standardisation, to conservation he also tells us about some of his favourite digs and where you can see some intriguing ruins...  Support us:  https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips:  https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books:  https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Me...

If you think you know what it's like to have a dysfunctional family, wait until you hear about the generation of royals that immediately preceded the Queen who defined an era. Historian Charlotte Ward takes us through the complicated family tree of George III, explains why more than a dozen of his children struggled to form a line of succession and tells us how this impossibly tiny slip of a girl...

Joshua Levine, historian and advisor on Christopher Nolan's  Dunkirk, commemorates the 80th anniversary of the evacuations with a special programme. Assisted by voice actors Jonathan Kydd, Louisa Gummer and Sharpe's Jason Salkey, as well as a number of History Hack listeners; he describes events on the beaches and places the whole affair into its proper context in the Second World War. ...

Podcaster and historian Nick Ramos joins us to deliver part one of his rip-roaring history of Cuba. Today we look at the arrival of the Spanish through to the end of the 19th Century. Support us:  https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips:  https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books:  https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Merch:  https://www.historyhackpod.com/ Patreon membe...

Emma Wells joins us to make ecclesiastical history fun! We talk all about the medieval obsession with relics; covering the good, the bad and the downright corrupt. We also have chat about the cheekier side of church architecture.  Support us:  https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips:  https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books:  https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Merch:...

We are joined by the hosts of the Flat Pack History of Sweden podcast to talk about one of the country's epic, all time heroes. From his youth to the Great Northern Wars, the decline of the Swedish empire, and a sad taint to his legacy nowadays; with bear anecdotes and a comedy eviction included.  Support us:  https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips:  https://ko-fi.com/historyhack...

To mark 100 episodes, John Nicol joins us to celebrate the release of his new book. From concept and construction, to the experience of a mission, via quite a lot of excitement from Alex, we cover all aspects of this incredible aircraft.  Support us:  https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips:  https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books:  https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhac...

Miranda Kaufmann joins us to talk about conquering the challenge of using sometimes fragmentary evidence to breathe life back into Britain's black Tudors, as well as he new project on Caribbean heiresses.  Support us:  https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips:  https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books:  https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Merch:  https://www.histor...

Join us in the Mary Rose for another virtual debate. This week we veer from quantum physics and the historical probability of the Resurrection to the usual knob jokes and silliness in search of the most important moments in history. Support us:  https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips:  https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books:  https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Merch:&nb...