The Rest Is History

The world’s most popular history podcast, with Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook.


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12 Days: Nero's succession and the fall of the ...
28 min
427
12 Days: Jean-Bédel Bokassa and the memory of p...
24 min
428
12 Days: The Battle of Wakefield and Emperor Ka...
27 min
429
12 Days: The Murder of Thomas Becket and the Wo...
35 min
430
12 Days: Massacre of the Innocents and the Tay ...
21 min
431
12 Days: Port wine and Darwin sets sail
26 min
432
12 Days: Good King Wenceslas and the first Gilb...
19 min
433
12 Days: Coronation of Charlemagne and the coll...
33 min
434
133. Christmas churches
64 min
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132. A Christmas Carol
45 min
436
The 1960s (preview)
11 min
437
131. Burgundy: Europe's forgotten superpower
58 min
438
130. Superheroes
58 min
439
129. Cricket
65 min
440
History's greatest clubs (preview)
10 min
441
128. Rasputin
57 min
442
127. Neanderthals
55 min
443
126. Napoleon in Egypt
58 min
444
125. The CIA
51 min
445
124. World Cup of Kings and Queens part 2
58 min
446
123. World Cup of Kings and Queens part 1
53 min
447
122. Æthelstan: OFFICIALLY England's greatest m...
54 min
448
121. Australia Before Cook
49 min
449
120. The Oil Weapon
55 min
450
119. World Cup of Kings & Queens preview
39 min