The Hipstorians

Pulitzer Prize winner David E Hoffman (after a brief discussion about the Irish weather in December!) takes us to sunnier climes to talk about Oswaldo Paya and his fight for freedom in Castro’s oppressive Cuba. We are given a wonderful geo-political lesson delivered with passion and emotion. This one is a special treat for Easter. Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode author Gerald Posner takes us through the dark dealings of Christianity’s most holy city, its ties to fascism, Joseph Mengele and how it makes its money. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Talking about old stories written out of history that ooen up a whole new world of discovery and why is it only now that we are being introduced to Africa’s rich and abundant history. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Talking about old stories written out of history opening up a whole new world of discovery and why is it only now that we are being introduced to Africa’s rich abundant history. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Take a wander through Berlin as the Cold War heats up and Giles Milton introduces us to his new podcast series Cover Up: Ministry of Secrets Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Almost Octogenerian Homer Hickam takes us on the rocket ship that is his life. Homer is probably best known for the movie about his childhood ‘October Sky’ which starred a young Jake Gyllenhaal, and his book Rocket Boys. We discuss so many topics in addition to the obvious which literally left myself and Neil spinning and feeling like underachievers 😂 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mo...

Black IRA man Tim Brannigan shares his incredible story of life on the Falls Road Belfast, his time in the Maze Prison, his Irishness, his being black in a white Catholic community and his views on the Queen's funeral. Tim is a great storyteller and this shines right through a very honest conversation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In N-4 Down author Mark Piesing tells the unforgettable true story of what happened when the largest polar rescue mission in history was launched to find the survivors of the glamorous Arctic airship Italia, which crashed near the North Pole in 1928. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Daniella Mestyanek Young is an author, a TEDx Speaker, a sex-cult survivor, and US Army Combat Veteran who joined us on the HIpstorians tell us about her extraordinary life as captured in her book Uncultured. After being born into the Children of God which also counted the actors River and  Joaquin Phoenix as members, Daniella escaped at just 15 before joining the US military where she was me...

Professor Michael Burleigh is a world-renowned historian whose massive books including The Racial State; Death and Deliverance; Germany Turns Eastwards; The Third Reich; Earthly Powers and Sacred Causes; Blood and Rage; and Moral Combat: A History of WW2 have been translated into 20 languages. He won the 2001 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non Fiction, as well as three prizes for TV documentaries based...

We have great fun in this episode with Tom Phillips (Humans; Truth) and Jonn Elledge (The Compendium of Not Quite Everything) as we explore some of the wackiest conspiracy theories out there, which the lads have hilariously compiled in their brilliant book 'Conspiracy: A History of Boll*cks Theories, and How Not to Fall for Them' Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

David de Jong's groundbreaking investigation into how the Nazis helped German tycoons make billions off the horrors of the Third Reich and World War II Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nigel ‘Spud’ Ely’s soldiering career in the Parachute Regiment, the SAS, as a Military Consultant and as a war photojournalist has taken him in to some of the most deadly, high-octane, violent battles of the modern era, from Northern Ireland, the Falklands, to Africa, Afghanistan and Iraq. He was arrested by British Police and threatened with a seven stretch for stealing a large piece of Saddam Hu...

Best-selling military historian and author Ricky D Phillips tells us the inside story of the Falklands War, revealing what he has discovered through research into books like The First Casualty: The Untold Story of the Falklands War and the 2021 follow-up Last Letters from Stanley. There is also The Falklands Invasion: A Pictorial History and Tied With Wires: The Incredible Argentine Inventions &am...

Described by one commentator as the “unspeakable war" and “a story that nobody dared to tell," the tragic Irish Civil War of 1922-1923 has often been considered one of the darkest periods of the country's history. Much of that story has never been told before..until now with the publication of ground-breaking books such as Síobhra Aiken's 'Spiritual Wounds: Trauma, Testimony and the Irish Civil Wa...

And now, for something a little bit different as we talk to Harry Shapiro, author and journalist who has been working in the UK drugs charity sector and as a music biographer. His books include,  Recreational Drugs: A Directory, Waiting for the Man: the Story of Drugs and Popular Music  and  Shooting Stars: Drugs, Hollywood and the Movies.  His history of the UK drug scene&nbsp...

Christopher Phillips tells us the background story about how the United States and other nations have played a part in Syria’s ongoing civil war. Although the war-torn country's brutal, long-lasting civil war is widely viewed as a domestic contest that began in 2011 Christopher reveals how the US, Russia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Qatar were involved right from the start. Hosted on Acast. Se...

Former CIA agent Christina Hillsburgh lets us in on the secret world of spycraft and the techniques and skills she learned to teach parents how to raise resourceful, self-sufficient children that she shares in her insightful book, License to Parent  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

American investigative journalist, Pulitzer Prize finalist and New York Times best-selling author, Annie Jacobsen, will keep you up at night wondering about the secrets she has unearthed in works like 'Area 51: An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base'; 'Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America'; 'The Pentagon's Brain: An Uncen...

In his enlightening new book Minarets in the Mountains, Tharik Hussain brings to life the rarely told story of Muslim Europe, and the 600-year-old Ottoman Muslim heritage and culture of the Balkans Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Poland was the first country to face the full onslaught of the murderous force of the Nazis at the start of World War Two. By the end of the war, one in five of its people had perished. Roger Moorehouse tells us about an often overlooked, but crucial conflict at the outbreak of the worst conflagration that would envelop the world, and how the consequences of those dark days in September 1939 still...

Edward Wilson-Lee's 'A History of Water' is a true historical detective story set in sixteenth-century Portugal. We follow two men - one a collector, historian and expert on water-music who ends up dying a grisly death - the other a ruffian, vagabond and braggart who ends up as the country's national poet Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Author Seb Falk brings us on a fascinating journey back to the so-called Dark Ages to meet our guide, an enlightened 14th-century English monk, who was also a pathbreaking astronomer, in his book The Light Ages. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Soldier, rugby star, lawyer, amateur boxer and founding member of the Special Air Service (SAS), Lieutenant Colonel Robert Blair 'Paddy' Mayne became one of the British Army's most highly decorated soldiers and was controversially denied the VC. He was also a rogue, a troubled young man and would die at just 40 years of age in a car crash after surviving numerous dangerous missions throughout the...

As a cub reporter Malachi O Doherty cut his teeth covering one of the worst years of the so-called Troubles. He was just 21-years-of-age, as the conflict escalated in 1972, but would go on to become one of the most prolific authors on Northern Ireland. Here, he tells us about the Tartan Gangs, dodging British Army 'Duck Squads' and dancing with Protestant girls before Northern Ireland descended in...