Welsh History Podcast

Welsh History Podcast

Welsh History Podcast tells the story of Wales from the early stone age to present day.

Episodes

Freeform Episode 18 - Planes, Trains and Automobiles

September 1, 2025 • 39 mins
Recently I had an opportunity to travel via a few methods and it got me thinking. Follow us on social media: Instagram, Bluesky and Twitter: Welshhistorypod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/welshhistorypodcast Please consider becoming a supporter at: http://patreon.com/WelshHistory Music: Celtic Impulse - Celtic by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by...
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Episode 247 - The Long Climb to Welsh Universities

August 25, 2025 • 28 mins
In the later half of the 1800s, Wales saw the birth of a modern higher education system. The universities that emerged during this period weren’t just academic institutions, rather they were symbols of national pride, engines of social mobility, and part of a broader cultural and political awakening across the country. Follow us on social media: Instagram, Bluesky and Twitter: Welshhistorypod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/we...
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Roman Britain - The Intro

August 18, 2025 • 7 mins
On the Ocean West of Gaul lied the secretive land of the Britons. And this is the story of how new conquerors brought the Island to heel. Before leaving it all 350 years later. Follow us on social media: Instagram, Bluesky and Twitter: Welshhistorypod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/welshhistorypodcast Please consider becoming a supporter at: http://patreon.com/WelshHistory Music: Celtic Impulse - Celtic by Kevin MacLeod is ...
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Episode 246 - Dragons, Bluebirds, and Swans

August 11, 2025 • 44 mins
From muddy fields, makeshift goalposts, and a sport just beginning to take root in the valleys and towns of Wales. This is the story of how football — or soccer, as some call it — made its first strides in Welsh life during the Victorian period. Follow us on social media: Instagram, Bluesky and Twitter: Welshhistorypod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/welshhistorypodcast Please consider becoming a supporter at: http://patreon.co...
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Freeform Episode 17 - A Canadian's Guide to Welsh History

August 4, 2025 • 55 mins
This week I walk you through some suggestions for Welsh History reading and content that got me started on this path. Follow us on social media: Instagram, Bluesky and Twitter: Welshhistorypod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/welshhistorypodcast Please consider becoming a supporter at: http://patreon.com/WelshHistory Music: Celtic Impulse - Celtic by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (htt...
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Episode 245 - Travel Expansion and Leisure

July 28, 2025 • 29 mins
With the arrival of Victorian railways and new labour legislation came the opportunity for everyday people to experience leisure and travel for the first time. Follow us on social media: Instagram, Bluesky and Twitter: Welshhistorypod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/welshhistorypodcast Please consider becoming a supporter at: http://patreon.com/WelshHistory Music: Celtic Impulse - Celtic by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under ...
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Freeform Episode 16 - How It Gets Made

July 21, 2025 • 31 mins
Today I talk about how the podcast gets made from scripts to editing and all the in between stuff. Follow us on social media:Instagram, Bluesky and Twitter: @Welshhistorypod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/welshhistorypodcast Please consider becoming a supporter at:http://patreon.com/WelshHistory Music: Celtic Impulse - Celtic by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecomm...
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Episode 244 - Settlement, Colony or Pyramid Scheme

July 14, 2025 • 40 mins
150 people were convinced to leave all they knew to move to a new land many thousands of miles away only to find out that Patagonia in Argentina was not as it had been described. Along the way we address the treatment of local indigenous groups who were inhabiting that area. Follow us on social media: Instagram, Bluesky and Twitter: Welshhistorypod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/welshhistorypodcast Please consider becoming a...
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Ancient Wales Episode 10 - New Finds, New Stories

July 7, 2025 • 33 mins
In the final episode of the series we talk about the changes in archeology of ancient Iron Age Britain. Follow us on social media: Instagram, Bluesky and Twitter: Welshhistorypod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/welshhistorypodcast Please consider becoming a supporter at: http://patreon.com/WelshHistory Music: Celtic Impulse - Celtic by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativeco...
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Episode 243 - Early Nationalism Cymru Fydd

June 30, 2025 • 25 mins
How did modern nationalism arrive in Wales and why did it influence Europe post Napoleonic Wars. And how was a towering figure from the Next century a driver of the movement. Follow us on social media: Instagram, Bluesky and Twitter: Welshhistorypod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/welshhistorypodcast Please consider becoming a supporter at: http://patreon.com/WelshHistory Music: Celtic Impulse - Celtic by Kevin MacLeod is li...
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Freeform Episode 15 - How We Got Here

June 23, 2025 • 38 mins
How did I get to doing a history podcast and why did I start podcasting in the first place. Come find out. Follow us on social media: Instagram, Bluesky and Twitter: Welshhistorypod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/welshhistorypodcast Please consider becoming a supporter at: http://patreon.com/WelshHistory Music: Celtic Impulse - Celtic by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://crea...
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Episode 242 - Dragons, Mud, and Glory

June 16, 2025 • 39 mins
Today we are talking about the establishment of Rugby and its influence on Wales including some of the teams and their stars of the 1870s and 1880s. Follow me on social media: Instagram, Bluesky and Twitter: Welshhistorypod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/welshhistorypodcast Please consider becoming a supporter at: http://patreon.com/WelshHistory Music: Celtic Impulse - Celtic by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creati...
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Ancient Wales Episode 9 - Through Foreign Eyes

June 9, 2025 • 37 mins
People from the Mediterranean gives a glimpse of what is going on in Iron Age Britain just before the major invasion of the Romans. Follow us on social media: Instagram, Bluesky and Twitter: Welshhistorypod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/welshhistorypodcast Please consider becoming a supporter at: http://patreon.com/WelshHistory Music: Celtic Impulse - Celtic by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribu...
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Episode 241 - Newport State of Mind

June 2, 2025 • 32 mins
We return our focus on the communities of Wales, today we are talking about the industrialization of Newport and how it grew from a sleepy village to bustling city. Photo of Bridge Street viewed from near the London City & Midland Bank premises. From Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales digital collection. http://hdl.handle.net/10107/4785859 Follow me on social media: Instagram, Bluesky and Twitter: Wels...
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Freeform Episode 14 - How We Enjoy Sport

May 26, 2025 • 39 mins
So I start out saying this isn't particularly Welsh but actually, this ends up pretty Welsh. Follow us on social media: Instagram, Bluesky and Twitter: Welshhistorypod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/welshhistorypodcast Please consider becoming a supporter at: http://patreon.com/WelshHistory Music: Celtic Impulse - Celtic by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.or...
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Episode 240 - The British Army Reforms

May 19, 2025 • 30 mins
After the disaster that was the Crimean War the British government finally takes on the reforms of the army and Wales was an important part of those reforms. Photo from the collection of the UK National Army Museum - Transvaal War, South Africa (1880-1881). Follow us on social media: Instagram, Bluesky and Twitter: Welshhistorypod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/welshhistorypodcast Please consider becoming a supporter at...
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Ancient Wales Episode 8 - Crafting Iron Age Lives

May 12, 2025 • 35 mins
Turning to more common everyday items we discuss pottery and textiles and how they defined Iron Age Britain. Follow us on social media: Instagram, Bluesky and Twitter: Welshhistorypod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/welshhistorypodcast Please consider becoming a supporter at: http://patreon.com/WelshHistory Music: Celtic Impulse - Celtic by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https:...
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Episode 239 - A Viking Name for Copperopolis

May 4, 2025 • 47 mins
Swansea’s origins stretch back over a thousand years. But in the Victorian industrial boom it becomes the centre of copper production across the world. Follow us on social media: Instagram, Bluesky and Twitter: Welshhistorypod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/welshhistorypodcast Please consider becoming a supporter at: http://patreon.com/WelshHistory Music: Celtic Impulse - Celtic by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a ...
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Freeform Episode 13 - The Elephant and the Mouse

April 28, 2025 • 40 mins
When you share a bed with an elephant, no matter how nice, you are going to notice when they move. Follow us on social media: Instagram, Bluesky and Twitter: Welshhistorypod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/welshhistorypodcast Please consider becoming a supporter at: http://patreon.com/WelshHistory Music: Celtic Impulse - Celtic by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creati...
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Episode 238 - Cardiff: Creating a Boom Town

April 21, 2025 • 34 mins
In today's episode, we explore the intense rivalry between two prominent figures of Victorian Cardiff: John Batchelor, a passionate Liberal politician and businessman, and John Crichton-Stuart, the 3rd Marquess of Bute in the midst of the rise of Cardiff in the Victorian period. Thumbnail Photo By National Media Museum from UK - 'The Bute Docks, With Shipping'Uploaded by mrjohncummings, No restrictions, https://commons.wikimedia....
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