A history podcast that explores the narratives, turning points and characters that shape conflicts, encompassing a blend of social and military history. Following on from the series on the Falklands War, best-selling military historians Patrick Bishop and Saul David turned their attention to the war in Ukraine, and now every Wednesday look back to the seismic events of 1944. Goalhanger Podcasts
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For history lovers who listen to podcasts, History Unplugged is the most comprehensive show of its kind. It's the only show that dedicates episodes to both interviewing experts and answering questions from its audience. First, it features a call-in show where you can ask our resident historian (Scott Rank, PhD) absolutely anything (What was it like to be a Turkish sultan with four wives and twelve concubines? If you were sent back in time, how would you kill Hitler?). Second, it features lon ...
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We grew up in the UK from 1970 to 1990. This show is all about the two of us looking back and putting bits of our shared past under the microscope, from the early ‘80s ‘Protect and Survive’ /Mutually Assured Destruction nuclear panic, to the theme music from The Incredible Hulk; from Wimpy Burgers to wimpy Orac from Blake’s 7; from the Falklands War to Falco’s Rock Me Amadeus. We look back with fondness and bafflement and sometimes with abject disbelief at what life was like when we were gro ...
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Listen to FITV's brand new podcast series. We discuss the latest Falkland Islands news and content from our weekly television show on http://www.fitv.co.fk
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The sinking of the General Belgrano was the bloodiest and most controversial military action of the Falklands War. This is the story of government cover-ups and conspiracies; of whistleblowers, crusading politicians and journalists fighting for the story. And caught in the middle of it all, a young officer whose account of what happened contradicted Margaret Thatcher’s in every crucial detail. A new six-part podcast series, hosted by Andrew O'Hagan. Listen to the full series with bonus mater ...
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The War & Diplomacy Podcast: From the Centre for War and Diplomacy at Lancaster University
The Centre for War and Diplomacy
The CWD provides the historical context and strategic analysis to inform understanding of today's geopolitical challenges through discussions with leading experts and researchers.
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Company of Makers exists to support veterans and their families who are struggling on civvy street no matter how long ago they left the armed forces. We do this by running a programme of Podcasts | Talks | Workshops.
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In Series 2 of Conflict of Interest, celebrity guests ask the simple questions about the world’s most complex conflicts from the Cold War era. What actually was the Cold War? Who was fighting in Vietnam? Where are the Falklands Islands? Guided by an IWM curator, our guest is taken on a journey through the Imperial War Museum and HMS Belfast in London, discovering the objects, people and stories which bring a conflict to life.
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Admiral Lord West tells the story of the Royal Navy during the 20th century.
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We are in the midst of a Spiritual BOOM. This world is elevating, increasing in consciousness, upping in awareness. The Great Awakening, baby. Within this, there is so much that is untrue and deceptive… even spiritually. Eden Koz and her company Just Be® created this podcast to showcase truths in politics, history, God and source, the healing arts, conspiracy theories as well as the galaxy and beyond. This is about finding yourself, your sovereignty as well as your voice. Included in each se ...
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From the oilfields of the Middle East to the jungles of Burma, our Voices podcast takes you to the frontline of key moments in history – with first-hand accounts from those that were there. Hosted by Harry Bucknall.
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Little History is a father (Dan, old) and son (James, 12) podcast that looks each week at an interesting moment in history. We focus on small events outside the mainstream that's normally covered in schools and textbooks. We attempt to answer a question each week, like "Why did the assassination of Franz Ferdinand start World War One?" and every time we discover quirky side-allies to explore that end up making us giggle a bit. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lit ...
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This podcast is for anyone interested in modern British political history from 1945 to 2010. The focus is generally going to be more on domestic policy and I plan to either interview someone knowledgeable each episode, or use a book, documentary etc as some fodder for discussion. My personal interest in this comes from being a longstanding modern British history enthusiast, with an interest in UK domestic affairs over the recent past. My rough aim is to put out a podcast every two months, bu ...
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We discuss all things History, as well as other nonsense related or not. Most likely NSFW.
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183. Wagner in Mali, Ukraine recruits prisoners, and F-16's
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Returning their focus to events on the ground, Patrick and Saul discuss the latest developments on the battlefield. With the F-16's finally arriving in Ukraine, Russia continuing costly assaults amid massive naval drills involving the majority of its fleet, and aspects of the war spreading to Mali in Africa. If you have any thoughts or questions, y…
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America’s First Crime Boss Was Female Immigrant Philanthropist-Turned-Criminal Mastermind
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In 1850, an impoverished twenty-five-year-old named Fredericka Mandelbaum came to New York in steerage and worked as a peddler on the streets of Lower Manhattan. By the 1870s she was a fixture of high society and an admired philanthropist. How was she able to ascend from tenement poverty to vast wealth? In the intervening years, “Marm” Mandelbaum h…
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130 Ankie Hille Hagen~Biohacker: Live Blood, 9D Breathwork, HeartMath, Plastic Fantastic & Urine Therapy
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My guest and fellow sacred economy compadre, Ankie Hille Hagen currently resides in Stavanger, Norway. She is a mother of three, a 9D breathwork facilitator, HeartMath facilitator and a self-defense instructor. After many years of being stuck in physical yuck with traditional medicine failing, she started to take control of her situation and tried …
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182. Battleground '44 - The July Bomb Plot
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In the second of our two part series on the attempts to Assassinate Hitler, Saul and Roger discuss the most famous attempt on Hitler's life - the July bomb plot. Made famous in recent years with the success of the film Valkyrie, in which Tom Cruise stars as German Army Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg. Together they discuss the key protagonists in th…
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The War Under No-Man’s Land: Military Mining and Tunnel Combat in World War One
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Beneath the trench warfare of World War One existed an entirely separate war underground: battles in the mines and dugouts between the Great Powers. In 1914–17, the underground war was a product of static trench warfare, essential to survive it and part of both sides' attempts to overcome it. In the stagnant, troglodyte existence of trench warfare,…
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181. Would Harris continue support for Ukraine?
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This week Saul and Patrick digest another week of drama in the world of US politics, with the tardy but sensible decision by President Joe Biden to withdraw from the US presidential race on Sunday in favour of his much younger Vice President, Kamala Harris. Which begs two questions. Can she beat Donald Trump to the presidency? And if she does, what…
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Eisenhower’s Logistics and Diplomatic Nightmare: Planning and Executing D-Day
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In the months leading up to D-Day, Eisenhower’s attention was in relentless demand, whether he was negotiating, rallying troops, or solving crises from his headquarters in Bushy Park, London. He projected optimism outwardly but resisted it inwardly. The day of the invasion, he gave the most rousing speech of his life, exhorting the tens of thousand…
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129 Jason Sears~Social Entrepreneur: Suicide, Being Seen, Atheism, Thyroid Cancer, Vegan Stoners, Marriage & Community
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Out of Boise, Idaho, and after years of working with nonprofits, Jason Sears has a new, awesome direction. He has recently started a new kind of nonprofit, one which focuses on connections rather than causes. It helps with the how to's of spiritually creating community. I love this because being seen and heard is so uber important right now!!! With…
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180. Battleground '44 - Killing Hitler
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In the first of two episodes on the attempts to assassinate Hitler, Saul is joined by close friend of the show, Roger Moorhouse. Together they discuss the numerous different discussions, plans, and attempts that were made to take out the Nazi leader. Ranging from derailing Hitler's train, to targeting him at his Bavarian Alpine retreat, they talk t…
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53 Days on Starvation Island: How The US Marines Fought on Guadalcanal While Completely Surrounded
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On August 20, 1942, twelve Marine dive-bombers and nineteen Marine fighters landed at Guadalcanal. Their mission: defeat the Japanese navy and prevent it from sending more men and supplies to "Starvation Island," as Guadalcanal was nicknamed. The Japanese were turning the remote, jungle-covered mountain in the south Solomon Islands into an air base…
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179. Is Russia overstretching itself?
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This week to help Patrick and Saul assess what has been a dramatic past week, and to make some sense of it, they welcome back to the podcast veteran journalist and political commentator Robert Fox. They also take a look at Trump's choice for Vice President - should he be elected - J.D. Vance - and what his appointment could mean for European securi…
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Taiwan’s 100-Year Rise From Japanese Colony to Monopoly Producer of Microchips
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When global supply chains were shut down in 2020 and messily rebooted after COVID lockdowns ceased, one island nation emerged as the most important player in getting critical components to factories around the world. That was Taiwan, which produces 90 percent of the world’s advanced semiconductors. Without this island nation of 23 million, there ar…
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128 Shelly Dressel~Channel & Energy Transformer: Universal Awakening, Dionne Warwick, Channeling, ULB's, Cursive & Akashic Records Evolution
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Currently in Woodstock, Georgia, say "hi y'all" to Shelly (well, she is originally from Minnesota). Shelly channels the Goddess of Creation as well as Universal Light Beings. She talks about how this came to be, her past life before all of this and more on not only Earth ascension but universal ascension (how we are doing and what it means). She al…
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178. Battleground '44 - The Liberation of Paris
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With the Allied armies now in France, the fate of Paris and it's inhabitants was in the air, for many residents, even those who had so far co-operated or even actively helped the occupying Germans, had tough decisions to make - keep their heads down or rise up. In this episode Patrick and Saul speak live from the Chalke History festival, taking the…
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When States Rights Were Emancipatory and Federalism was Restrictive: The Interbellum Constitution of 1812-1865
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Today, the words “federalism” and “originalism” are bandied about in the news almost daily, but to get at the underpinnings of these modern interpretations of constitutional law, it is essential to look at how the Constitution was being interpreted and applied during the crucial period of 1815-1861, between the end of the War of 1812 and the beginn…
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In this latest episode of Battleground Ukraine, Saul and Patrick take a look at the latest developments from the war in Ukraine and discuss what is likely to come out from Nato’s 75th anniversary conference in Washington D.C. They also look at responses to a question from last week, concerning the relationship between relatives in Ukraine and Russi…
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Is America Going Through a Late Roman Moment of Its Own?
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Every citizen of every state for the last two thousand years has compared his nation to Rome at some point. Americans considered Geroge Washington their Cincinnatus for taking on supreme power and giving it up once his work was done. Inflation hawks call for a Diocletian to end the debasing of national currency. Upset citizens call their leader a N…
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127 Winifred Adams~Medical Intuitive: New Wave of Energy, What's Medical Intuition, Saint Rita, Syrians, Central Sun & Quantum Grammar
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After a year and 1/2, Winifred & I chat a 2nd time. In this show, we go into her experience as a medical intuitive (how she got there/what that looks like to her), master saints, Quan Yin, St. Rita, star beings, Central Sun, having an expanded view and conscious development. She closes with the Just Be Practice with a gifted healing using quantum g…
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176. Battleground '44 - Paris under occupation
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In the first of two episodes Patrick delves into the remarkable tale of the events in French capital Paris during the Second World War, a place at the time was one of the most significant cultural and political hubs in the world. Drawing on his knowledge from his new book Paris '44: The Shame and the Glory Patrick sets out the scene of the capital …
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How Five Castaways Survived After Being Left for Dead on the Falklands in 1812
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Charles H. Barnard, captain of the American sealing brig Nanina, had only the best of intentions. His aim was to ensure the survival of the people under his care. On June 11, 1813, Barnard and four other volunteers disembarked the anchored Nanina, climbed into a small boat, and sailed about 10 miles from New Island to Beaver Island, both part of th…
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15. A History of BBC Election Night Broadcasting - Crossover with The British Broadcasting Century Podcast
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This one covers BBC election night broadcasting from 1922 all the way up to the present day. It's a crossover episode with Paul Kerensa of The British Broadcasting Century Podcast and we were joined by Gary Rodger, author of the book Swing: A Brief History of British General Election Night Broadcasting. Support the Show.…
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09 How Come You Tell So Many Lies? (Amityville Horror / Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me) by Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel / Jeremy's First Gigs
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We're Back! We said we would make another show and we have done what we said we would do. Not out of contractual obligation, but - to be clear - it was absolutely the right thing to do. It's Episode 9, and this month finds Vince sailing very close to the wind as he trashes The Amityville Horror franchise. Jeremy gets all misty eyed as he recalls hi…
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175. How Will the Current Elections Affect the War in Ukraine?
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This week Saul and Patrick will be concentrating on three elections whose outcomes will have profound effects on the war in Ukraine. The British general election which took place on Thursday, the French parliamentary elections, the second round of which will be held on Sunday and the US presidential elections where the balance has been tipped in Do…
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The Capetians: The Dynasty That Made Medieval France and Gave Us the Fleur-De-Lys
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If Gothic cathedrals, troubadours, and the Crusades evoke a certain picture of medieval Europe, you might be surprised that these foundations of a shared French culture continue to shape European society, all beginning with a single dynasty. Reigning from 987 to 1328, the Capetians transformed an insecure foothold around Paris into the most powerfu…
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126 Christopher Griffis*~Saving our Children: Controversial, Munchausen, Corrupt Foster/Legal System, Slavery, Guttural Yelling
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As y'all know, I have guests from all over the world with vast viewpoints and feelings about the truth within this Great Awakening. Christopher garners his knowledge through his direct experience as being a "victim" within the foster system where he tells his jaunting story, delivers some in-your-face honesty about Child Protective Services as well…
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174. Battleground '44 - The pow experience in the Far East
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The conditions for allied servicemen in Japanese prisoner of war camps were notoriously brutal, with the pow's having to deal with malnutrition, rampant diseases, and cruelty at the hands of their captors. Joining Patrick to discuss his farther's experiences after he was captured by the Japanese at Signapore is Simon de Wardener. If you have any th…
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Why the Book is Humanity’s Most Important Invention
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Even in our increasingly digitized world, the print book endures as a technology at the heart of human culture. Throughout its 550-yearhistory, the book has transformed at the hands of countless printers, bookbinders, typographers, and illustrators who have yet to see their own stories of innovation on the printed page. In “The Book-Makers: A Histo…
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173. Explaining UK-led training programme for Ukrainian infantry
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This week key Trump advisors revealed that if the Donald becomes president, he will threaten to cut weapons supplies to Ukraine as part of a plan to end the war. Meanwhile in Britain, Nigel Farage has doubled down on his comments after saying that the ‘ever-eastward expansion of NATO and the EU ‘ had given Vladimir Putin a reason to justify his inv…
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How and Why Humans Started Speaking
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Most people know at least 50,000 words and speak around 16,000 per day. We speak between 120 and 200 words per minute and read them at twice that speed. We invent word games like crosswords, Scrabble, and Wordle, and we are constantly adding new terminology and slang to our dictionaries. Our love of words is no secret, but how we evolved to acquire…
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125 Pia & Cullen~Star Agents/PhD's: Awakening Sweetness, Death, Bad Training, Rainbows, Crystalline Body & Cosmic Resonance
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Reoccurring guests Pia and Cullen are always beacons of great information. In this episode, we dive into the awesome aspects of our ascension from telepathy, rainbows, the crystalline body, love and trust and their truth about generational trauma. And we also have a big discussion on death and transition, plus their own amazing experiences. Laakmaa…
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172. Battleground 44' - Operation Bagration
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A matter of weeks after the western allies landed on the beaches in Normandy and began their offensive in the west of Europe, the Soviet Red Army began a larger and probably more significant offensive on the Eastern front - Operation Bagration. Joining Patrick to discuss the epic strategic offensive operation is broadcasting legend Jonathan Dimbleb…
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The American Detective Who Fought the Kaiser’s Spy Ring and an Anarchist Bombing Syndicate
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America in the early twentieth century was rife with threats. Organized crime groups like the Mafia, German spies embedded behind enemy lines ahead of World War I, package bombs sent throughout the country, and the 1920 Wall Street bombing dominated headlines. And one man was tasked with combating these threats. Born to working-class parents in 186…
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171. How significant is Russia's Alliance with North Korea
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This week Vladimir Putin met with fellow autocrat - the North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un in another public demonstration of what is being touted as another step in the construction of a new security block to challenge the dominance of the West. Patrick and Saul discuss what this means for the war in Ukraine and how worried should we be? To help th…
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Patton’s Tactician: Geoffrey Keys, “The Best Tactical Mind” of WWII
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Nineteen months after Japanese forces attacked Pearl Harbor and forced the United States to enter World War II, boats carrying the 7th US Army landed on the shores of southern Sicily. Dubbed Operation Husky, the campaign to establish an Allied foothold in Sicily was led by two of the most noted American tacticians of the twentieth century: George S…
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124 Lori Spagna~Spiritual Activator/Animal Communicator: 3Dto5D, Frequency Fences, Humility, Crystals & the Animals
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Lori is all of these things... best-selling author, speaker, spiritual catalyst, intuitive, multi-dimensional channel, animal communicator, visionary, Starseed & more - as well as having great compassion. It exudes off her in our show. In this episode, she discusses her spiritual coming out story, an excellent explanation of 3D to 5D, crystals for …
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170. Battleground '44 - The SAS
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In this episode of Battleground '44, Saul speaks to former SAS troop commander Tom Petch - author of the book Speed, Aggression, Surprise: The Untold Secret Origins of the SAS. Together they discuss the role the SAS played in the second world war and in particular the role they played in operation Overlord. If you have any thoughts or questions, yo…
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