Our History Podcast

A history podcast for kids.

Episodes

014 - The History of Espionage - part 4

January 6, 2019

This one must have landed as a bit of a surprise for anyone out there still subscribed to the podcast. It might be our last but it sounds good thanks to a little help from a friend. This episode is about the kinds of spies we are used to seeing in the movies and so on: WWII and of course the Cold War.

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013 - The History of Espionage - part 3

December 19, 2017

Bletchley Park. We visited the legendary "Home of the Codebreakers", where Alan Turing, Gordon Welchman and an assorted cast broke the German Enigma code machine during WWII. This is another of our intrepid and and about recordings. Hopefully what it loses in sound quality it makes up in atmosphere. Please visit our website https://ourhistorypodcast.com/ where I will be posting pictures and references.

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012 - The History of Espionage - part 2

November 3, 2017

N.B. Technical hitch: an abbreviated, 12 minute, version went out. You won't get away that easily! The final version should be 50 minutes! More Espionage! I still can't say the word without putting on a silly voice! This episode is a little longer than we generally aim for. We also didn't cover as much as we had wanted - no Ninjas. But we really did a lot on all the plots and spying going on around the reign of Queen ...

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011 - The History of Espionage - part 1

October 13, 2017

This is just an introduction for what will be a multi-part series on Espionage. In this episode we discuss some of the key elements to spying across the ages whether you are Alfred the Great pretending to be a lute player infiltrating a viking encampment or a modern day drone operative. We see how military intelligence can help decide when to [audio src="https://ourhistorypodcast.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/011-the-hi...

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010 - The History of the Reformation

September 25, 2017

This is a rather special episode for us. We were invited to do a guest episode by lovely David Crowther for his most magnificent History of England podcast. If you do not already subscribe to it, I urge you to do so - it is wonderful.

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009 - Joan of Arc

September 2, 2017

In this episode rather than exploring a topic as we have before, we look at one of the most fascinating characters from medieval history: Joan of Arc. We visited the site of her greatest triumph - Orléans on our holidays and we recorded some content while we were there. We discuss how this teenage peasant girl led the armies of France to an improbable victory that started to push the English out of France.

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008 - The History of Medicine - part 3

August 5, 2017

In this episode we pick up the history of medicine just when it begins to get more scientific. This is great for the general health of humanity but less good for us as we are frequently out of our depths. We soldier gamely on through the discovery of the circulation of blood, the founding of hospitals, germ theory and vaccinations. Otto does a great solo slot on penicillin and we even discuss the heart-lung machine, s...

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007 - The History of Medicine - parts 1 and 2

July 20, 2017

We had to have two goes at this episode. When we started recording we realised that we did not know an awful lot about the history of medicine, so we had to go away and do some research. But then we got into the swing of things and we cover the history of medicine from Hippocrates to the renaissance.

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006 - The History of Weaponry and Warfare - part 2

July 8, 2017

In part 2 we continue talking about the impact of gunpowder on warfare. We also go back in time to discuss stirrups and then jump forward to talk about nuclear warfare.

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005 - The History of Weaponry and Warfare - part 1

June 23, 2017

In this episode we cover the history of weaponry and warfare from the stone age to the dawn of the age of gunpowder via the sausage. We discuss the little recognised role of leopards as throwing weapons, Snakes on a Ship, the prequel to Snakes on a Plane and how early chariots were probably drawn by donkeys.

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004 - The History of Dictators - part 2

June 10, 2017

Here we continue chatting about dictators and Otto ruminates on the Hunger Games.

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003 - The History of Dictators - part 1

May 27, 2017

In this episode Otto and Luke try to cook up a definition of what a dictator is. Then they see if famous dictators fit this definition.

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001 - Our History -Introduction

May 16, 2017

This is just Luke, giving a very brief introduction to the podcast.

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002 - Why Study History?

May 16, 2017

In this, our first episode, we discuss the value of studying history. What can it tell us about our past, present and maybe even future. We get very into Julius Caesar, touch on Star Wars and even chat about Donald Trump.

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012 - The History of Espionage - part 2

011 - The History of Espionage - part 1

010 - The History of the Reformation

009 - Joan of Arc

008 - The History of Medicine - part 3

007 - The History of Medicine - parts 1 and 2

006 - The History of Weaponry and Warfare - part 2

005 - The History of Weaponry and Warfare - part 1

004 - The History of Dictators - part 2

003 - The History of Dictators - part 1

001 - Our History -Introduction

002 - Why Study History?

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