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Explaining History

Nick Shepley

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How do we make sense of the modern world? We find the answers in the history of the 20th Century. For over a decade, The Explaining History Podcast has been the guide for curious minds. Host Nick Shepley and expert guests break down the world wars, the Cold War, and the rise and fall of ideologies into concise, 25-minute episodes. This isn't a dry lecture. It's a critical, narrative-driven conversation that connects the past to your present. Perfect for students, history buffs, and anyone wh ...
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Jam Tomorrow

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You probably think you know what life was like in Britain after the war. But what myths do we tell ourselves about the pre-digital world? From coal to contraception and ID cards to school beatings, Ros Taylor delves into the truth about British postwar life in Jam Tomorrow. From the makes of Oh God, What Now? Follow Jam Tomorrow on Twitter
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Goon Pod

Goon Pod

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A podcast where we talk about classic comedy with particular focus on the work of Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe & Michael Bentine. You'll also hear us discuss the likes of Monty Python, Hancock, Blackadder, the Carry On films, Peter Cook, Steptoe & Son and countless other comedy figures & fixtures from the postwar era. Please follow on Bluesky @goonpod.bsky.social and Twitter @goonshowpod
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Who Makes Cents?: A History of Capitalism Podcast is a monthly program devoted to bringing you quality, engaging stories that explain how capitalism has changed over time. We interview historians and social and cultural critics about capitalism's past, highlighting the political and economic changes that have created the present. Each episode gives voice to the people who have shaped capitalism – by making the rules or by breaking them, by creating economic structures or by resisting them.
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Entitled

University of Chicago Podcast Network

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Rights matter, but conversations about rights can be polarizing, confusing and frustrating. Lawyers and law professors Claudia Flores and Tom Ginsburg have traveled the world getting into the weeds of global human rights debates. On Entitled, they use that expertise to explore the stories and thorny questions around why rights matter and what’s the matter with rights. Entitled is produced with the support of University of Chicago Law School and Yale Law School, and is part of the award winni ...
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The Same, but Worse

Andrew Hart, Marshall Steinbaum, Jerry Vinokurov

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A podcast about politics, history, philosophy, sociology, and, ultimately, whether anything can be known and if so, how. Featuring Andrew Hart, Marshall Steinbaum, and Jerry Vinokurov.
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From the hit automotive counter culture website THE AUTOPIAN, The Autopian Podcast features your favorite writers: Jason Torchinsky, Beau Boeckmann and David Tracy. With great insider access, these three long-time friends talk car history, car engineering and the car industry. The Autopian is the ultimate car-culture website run by obsessive car nerds who want nothing more than to make people laugh while teaching them about geeky car minutiae. Founded by the two most-read Jalopnik writers ev ...
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All advertisements are placed only at the beginning of each episode, ensuring you enjoy the complete historical journey without interruptions. Our coverage flows seamlessly, whether we dive into the Reformation, the brilliance of the Renaissance, or the chaos of a civil war. From Napoleon’s campaigns to the rise and fall of ancient civilizations, from World War 2 battles to Ottoman Empire conquests, every moment is revealed without distraction. We uncover how Mesopotamia laid the foundations ...
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Episode Summary: In this episode of Explaining History, Nick explores the murky relationship between British intelligence, the Labour government, and the "gentleman capitalists" of the post-war era. Why was Harold Wilson, the most electorally successful British Prime Minister of the 20th century, targeted by paranoid elements within MI5 as a potent…
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As we close out 2025, Nick takes stock of the first year of Donald Trump's second term. While some liberal commentators hold out hope that the upcoming 2026 midterms will curb his power, Nick argues that the real conflict isn't between Left and Right, but between two factions of capital: the liberal-democratic establishment and the nativist, protec…
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Episode Summary: In this episode of Explaining History, Nick delves into the critical years of 1928-1929, exploring the mindset of the Soviet leadership on the eve of the Great Famine. Drawing from Robert Conquest’s seminal work The Harvest of Sorrow, we examine how Stalin’s paranoia and Marxist-Leninist ideology filtered his understanding of the p…
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Episode Summary: In this episode of Explaining History, Nick moves beyond the familiar trenches of the Western Front to explore the terrifying reality of the Eastern Front in 1914. Drawing from Alexander Watson’s masterful book Ring of Steel, we examine how the German and Austro-Hungarian empires experienced the outbreak of World War I not just as …
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In this episode of Explaining History, Nick revisits Nikolaus Wachsmann's monumental study, KL: A History of the Nazi Concentration Camps. We explore a critical and often misunderstood aspect of the Holocaust: the relationship between the Concentration Camps (KL) and the extermination camps of the East. Why were Jews initially marginalized within t…
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Episode Summary: In this episode of Explaining History, Nick delves into the harrowing yet complex world of child labour during the British Industrial Revolution. Moving beyond the Dickensian caricatures of helpless victims, we explore Emma Griffin's groundbreaking book, Liberty’s Dawn: A People's History of the Industrial Revolution. Through the v…
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In 1840, a monk disappeared in Damascus, and the ancient, deadly accusation of "blood libel" was levelled against the city's Jewish community. This event, known as the Damascus Affair, became a pivotal moment in 19th-century Jewish history, sending shockwaves from the Ottoman Empire to the capitals of Europe. In this episode of Explaining History, …
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Artist | Title | Album Name | Album Copyright | Alger ''Texas'' Alexander | Justice Blues (1934) | Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 3 (1930 - 1950) | Miles Davis with Bob Dorough | Blue Xmas (To Whom It May Concern) (take 12) | Blues, Blues Christmas - Vol. 6 DOCD-32-20-29 | Document Records | Nino & The Ebb Tides | The Real Meaning Of Christmas | Blu…
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| Artist | Title | Album Name | Album Copyright Mindi Abair | Christmastime Is Here | I Can't Wait For Christmas | | Bluesblabber | Love In Vain | Live At Mike Pizza | | Chuck Blevins | Sleighbell Rock | Blues, Blues Christmas - Vol. 4 DOCD-32-20-21 | Document Records Ramsey Lewis Trio | The Sound of Christmas | Sound of Christmas | | Jimmy Liggins…
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In this episode of Explaining History, Nick analyzes the newly published 2025 US National Security Strategy, a document that could be considered a foundational text for the global far-right. We explore how this strategy, with its language of "civilizational erasure" and "European greatness," mirrors the rhetoric of leaders like Viktor Orban and the…
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Tyler welcomes comedy writer David Quantick to celebrate the 1965 film One Way Pendulum starring Goon Show alumnus Eric Sykes. Adapted by NF Simpson from his own 1959 Royal Court play and directed by Peter Yates (fresh off Summer Holiday, soon to make Bullitt), Eric plays suburban dad Arthur Groomkirby, who is quietly building a full-scale Old Bail…
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Few historical tableaus are more iconic than the midcentury suburbs of Long Island. I can see it now: rows of identical houses, subsidized by federal spending, inhabited by white middle-class heteronormative families 2.3 children, attending well-funded schools. If there's a stereotypical image of the "American Dream," this is it. But after reading …
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Episode Summary: In the second part of our exploration into the Stalin-Tito split, Nick delves into the dramatic climax of 1948: the expulsion of Yugoslavia from the Cominform. Stalin famously boasted, "I will shake my little finger, and there will be no more Tito." But as history shows, he couldn't have been more wrong. We examine how Tito's audac…
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Episode Summary: In this episode of Explaining History, Nick takes a deep dive into the history and necessity of taxation, connecting the Tudor reign of Henry VII to the modern crisis of inequality in the UK. With the Green Party surging past Labour in recent polls by promising to "tax the rich," we explore why this idea is about more than just fun…
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Episode Summary: In this episode of Explaining History, Nick explores one of the most critical schisms in Cold War history: the rupture between Joseph Stalin and Josip Broz Tito. While the Sino-Soviet split often grabs the headlines, the breakdown in relations between the USSR and Yugoslavia in 1948 was the first major crack in the monolithic facad…
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Episode Summary: In this episode of Explaining History, Nick delves into Jonathan Frankel's seminal work, Crisis, Revolution, and Russian Jews. We explore how moments of acute crisis—from the Damascus Affair of 1840 to the pogroms of 1881—shaped the political and intellectual life of Jewish communities in the Russian Empire. How did a diaspora comm…
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In this episode of Explaining History, Nick delves into the institutional failures of the Imperial Russian Army in the critical decade before World War I. Drawing from the essay collection Reforming the Tsar’s Army, we explore how the disastrous defeat in the Russo-Japanese War of 1905 shook the foundations of Tsarist power. We examine the struggle…
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Episode Summary: In this episode of Explaining History, Nick returns to Philip Knightley's seminal work, The First Casualty, to examine how British and American journalists covered the Vietnam War. While American reporters were often "embedded" and compromised by military PR, British correspondents like John Pilger offered a searing, independent cr…
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In 2025, Venezuela is once again in the crosshairs of US foreign policy, facing the threat of military intervention and heightened sanctions from a new Trump administration. But to understand the resilience of the Venezuelan people today, we must look back to a pivotal moment in their history that is often overlooked: the "Trienio" of 1945-1948. In…
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| Artist | Title | Album Name | Album Copyright | Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong | White Christmas (Single Version) | Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong | Jerry McCain | I Want To Be Your Santa Claus | I've Got The Blues All Over Me | Professor Louie & The Crowmatix | Melody Of Peace [Songs Of Inspiration Live Concert] | Spirit Of The Season Samp…
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| Artist | Title | Album Name | Album Copyright | Doug MacLeod, Denny Croy, Bass & Jimi Bott, Dms | The Entitled Few | There's A Time | | Jo Poovey | Santa's Helper | Blues, Blues Christmas - Vol. 3 DOCD-32-20-18 | Document Records | Doug MacLeod | Goin' Down Country | Raw Blues 2 | | Mississippi MacDonald | I'm Sorry | Slim Pickin' | | Titus Turne…
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| Artist | Title | Album Name | Album Copyright | Rory Block | The Wind Cries Mary | Heavy On The Blues | | Mudlow | The Pink Room (Pt 2) | Run Through The Cover Crop | (John Lee) Sonny Boy Williamson | Christmas Morning Blues | Rockin' Blues Christmas | Tanya Willls with Bill Bridges | Under The Christmas Tree | Under The Christmas Tree | Sonny Bu…
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"It's all in the mind." How do you categorise Yellow Submarine? Animated psychedelic musical fantasy comedy? That barely scratches the surface. In this technicolour fantasia, the cartoon Beatles tackle the Blue Meanies, who’ve turned joyful Pepperland into a static, monochrome dystopia where music has been silenced. To restore harmony, John, Paul, …
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In this episode of Explaining History, Nick takes a hard look at the state of the British Left in late 2025. With the Starmer government firmly entrenched in "continuity Thatcherism," the opposition has splintered. We analyze the chaotic founding conference of the new left-wing coalition, "Your Party," led by Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana. From w…
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In this episode of Explaining History, we sit down with author Maggie Ritchie to discuss her latest novel, White Raven. We explore the remarkable true story of Moira Beattie, a Glasgow art student recruited into the heart of Bletchley Park at just 18 years old. Maggie reveals how a chance encounter with the elderly artist unveiled a secret life of …
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All advertisements are placed only at the beginning of each episode, ensuring you enjoy the complete historical journey without interruptions. Our coverage flows seamlessly, whether we dive into the Reformation, the brilliance of the Renaissance, or the chaos of a civil war. From Napoleon’s campaigns to the rise and fall of ancient civilizations, f…
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All advertisements are placed only at the beginning of each episode, ensuring you enjoy the complete historical journey without interruptions. Our coverage flows seamlessly, whether we dive into the Reformation, the brilliance of the Renaissance, or the chaos of a civil war. From Napoleon’s campaigns to the rise and fall of ancient civilizations, f…
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All advertisements are placed only at the beginning of each episode, ensuring you enjoy the complete historical journey without interruptions. Our coverage flows seamlessly, whether we dive into the Reformation, the brilliance of the Renaissance, or the chaos of a civil war. From Napoleon’s campaigns to the rise and fall of ancient civilizations, f…
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All advertisements are placed only at the beginning of each episode, ensuring you enjoy the complete historical journey without interruptions. Our coverage flows seamlessly, whether we dive into the Reformation, the brilliance of the Renaissance, or the chaos of a civil war. From Napoleon’s campaigns to the rise and fall of ancient civilizations, f…
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All advertisements are placed only at the beginning of each episode, ensuring you enjoy the complete historical journey without interruptions. Our coverage flows seamlessly, whether we dive into the Reformation, the brilliance of the Renaissance, or the chaos of a civil war. From Napoleon’s campaigns to the rise and fall of ancient civilizations, f…
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All advertisements are placed only at the beginning of each episode, ensuring you enjoy the complete historical journey without interruptions. Our coverage flows seamlessly, whether we dive into the Reformation, the brilliance of the Renaissance, or the chaos of a civil war. From Napoleon’s campaigns to the rise and fall of ancient civilizations, f…
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All advertisements are placed only at the beginning of each episode, ensuring you enjoy the complete historical journey without interruptions. Our coverage flows seamlessly, whether we dive into the Reformation, the brilliance of the Renaissance, or the chaos of a civil war. From Napoleon’s campaigns to the rise and fall of ancient civilizations, f…
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All advertisements are placed only at the beginning of each episode, ensuring you enjoy the complete historical journey without interruptions. Our coverage flows seamlessly, whether we dive into the Reformation, the brilliance of the Renaissance, or the chaos of a civil war. From Napoleon’s campaigns to the rise and fall of ancient civilizations, f…
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All advertisements are placed only at the beginning of each episode, ensuring you enjoy the complete historical journey without interruptions. Our coverage flows seamlessly, whether we dive into the Reformation, the brilliance of the Renaissance, or the chaos of a civil war. From Napoleon’s campaigns to the rise and fall of ancient civilizations, f…
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All advertisements are placed only at the beginning of each episode, ensuring you enjoy the complete historical journey without interruptions. Our coverage flows seamlessly, whether we dive into the Reformation, the brilliance of the Renaissance, or the chaos of a civil war. From Napoleon’s campaigns to the rise and fall of ancient civilizations, f…
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All advertisements are placed only at the beginning of each episode, ensuring you enjoy the complete historical journey without interruptions. Our coverage flows seamlessly, whether we dive into the Reformation, the brilliance of the Renaissance, or the chaos of a civil war. From Napoleon’s campaigns to the rise and fall of ancient civilizations, f…
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All advertisements are placed only at the beginning of each episode, ensuring you enjoy the complete historical journey without interruptions. Our coverage flows seamlessly, whether we dive into the Reformation, the brilliance of the Renaissance, or the chaos of a civil war. From Napoleon’s campaigns to the rise and fall of ancient civilizations, f…
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All advertisements are placed only at the beginning of each episode, ensuring you enjoy the complete historical journey without interruptions. Our coverage flows seamlessly, whether we dive into the Reformation, the brilliance of the Renaissance, or the chaos of a civil war. From Napoleon’s campaigns to the rise and fall of ancient civilizations, f…
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All advertisements are placed only at the beginning of each episode, ensuring you enjoy the complete historical journey without interruptions. Our coverage flows seamlessly, whether we dive into the Reformation, the brilliance of the Renaissance, or the chaos of a civil war. From Napoleon’s campaigns to the rise and fall of ancient civilizations, f…
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All advertisements are placed only at the beginning of each episode, ensuring you enjoy the complete historical journey without interruptions. Our coverage flows seamlessly, whether we dive into the Reformation, the brilliance of the Renaissance, or the chaos of a civil war. From Napoleon’s campaigns to the rise and fall of ancient civilizations, f…
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All advertisements are placed only at the beginning of each episode, ensuring you enjoy the complete historical journey without interruptions. Our coverage flows seamlessly, whether we dive into the Reformation, the brilliance of the Renaissance, or the chaos of a civil war. From Napoleon’s campaigns to the rise and fall of ancient civilizations, f…
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All advertisements are placed only at the beginning of each episode, ensuring you enjoy the complete historical journey without interruptions. Our coverage flows seamlessly, whether we dive into the Reformation, the brilliance of the Renaissance, or the chaos of a civil war. From Napoleon’s campaigns to the rise and fall of ancient civilizations, f…
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All advertisements are placed only at the beginning of each episode, ensuring you enjoy the complete historical journey without interruptions. Our coverage flows seamlessly, whether we dive into the Reformation, the brilliance of the Renaissance, or the chaos of a civil war. From Napoleon’s campaigns to the rise and fall of ancient civilizations, f…
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All advertisements are placed only at the beginning of each episode, ensuring you enjoy the complete historical journey without interruptions. Our coverage flows seamlessly, whether we dive into the Reformation, the brilliance of the Renaissance, or the chaos of a civil war. From Napoleon’s campaigns to the rise and fall of ancient civilizations, f…
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All advertisements are placed only at the beginning of each episode, ensuring you enjoy the complete historical journey without interruptions. Our coverage flows seamlessly, whether we dive into the Reformation, the brilliance of the Renaissance, or the chaos of a civil war. From Napoleon’s campaigns to the rise and fall of ancient civilizations, f…
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All advertisements are placed only at the beginning of each episode, ensuring you enjoy the complete historical journey without interruptions. Our coverage flows seamlessly, whether we dive into the Reformation, the brilliance of the Renaissance, or the chaos of a civil war. From Napoleon’s campaigns to the rise and fall of ancient civilizations, f…
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All advertisements are placed only at the beginning of each episode, ensuring you enjoy the complete historical journey without interruptions. Our coverage flows seamlessly, whether we dive into the Reformation, the brilliance of the Renaissance, or the chaos of a civil war. From Napoleon’s campaigns to the rise and fall of ancient civilizations, f…
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All advertisements are placed only at the beginning of each episode, ensuring you enjoy the complete historical journey without interruptions. Our coverage flows seamlessly, whether we dive into the Reformation, the brilliance of the Renaissance, or the chaos of a civil war. From Napoleon’s campaigns to the rise and fall of ancient civilizations, f…
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All advertisements are placed only at the beginning of each episode, ensuring you enjoy the complete historical journey without interruptions. Our coverage flows seamlessly, whether we dive into the Reformation, the brilliance of the Renaissance, or the chaos of a civil war. From Napoleon’s campaigns to the rise and fall of ancient civilizations, f…
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