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We Are History podcast

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We Are History

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  Angela Barnes and John O'Farrell  

The less-than-serious history podcast with stand up comedian Angela Barnes (The News Quiz, Mock The Week and Live at The Apollo) and writer John O'Farrell (An Utterly Impartial History of Britain, Things Can Only Get Better, Spitting Image). In each podcast our two history nerds discuss, explain and laugh at interesting and quirky episodes from the olden days, such as East German Nudism, Spy Pigeons or Vlad the Impaler. Angela and John’s in-depth knowledge of world history has been described as ‘laughable’ - and now they read the history books so that you don't have to. The We Are History podcast - not as world-changing as the Black Death, but slightly funnier.

The less-than-serious history podcast with stand up comedian Angela Barnes (The News Quiz, Mock The Week and Live at The Apollo) and writer John O'Farrell (An Utterly Impartial History of Britain, Things Can Only Get Better, Spitting Image). In each podcast our two history nerds discuss, explain and laugh at interesting and quirky episodes from the olden days, such as East German Nudism, Spy Pigeons or Vlad the Impaler. Angela and John’s in-depth knowledge of world history has been described as ‘laughable’ - and now they read the history books so that you don't have to. The We Are History podcast - not as world-changing as the Black Death, but slightly funnier.

 

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#113

The 1960s - The advent of the permissive society

How a handful of landmark events and reforms suddenly shook off the hypocrisy, censorship ... more

30 Apr 2024

42 MINS

42:03

30 Apr 2024

#112

The Painful History of Dentistry

How travelling quacks and snobby doctors held back dentistry for centuries, while millions... more

23 Apr 2024

49 MINS

49:05

23 Apr 2024

#111

British Shops and Shopping Centres

This week Angela drags John around the shops of Britain for about 200 years as we take a l... more

16 Apr 2024

1 HR 01 MINS

1:01:43

16 Apr 2024

#110

The Brighton Bomb – 1984

How the IRA came very close to killing Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and the British Ca... more

09 Apr 2024

50 MINS

50:21

09 Apr 2024

#109

The History of April Fool’s Day

This week Angela tricks John into learning about the history of April Fool’s Day. Where di... more

01 Apr 2024

1 HR 00 MINS

1:00:05

01 Apr 2024

#108

The Grand Tour

Centuries ahead of those “Brits Abroad” tabloid headlines that make us hang our heads in s... more

26 Mar 2024

48 MINS

48:42

26 Mar 2024

#107

The French Revolution

In 18th Century France the Ancien Regime comes up against the Enlightenment and Age of Rea... more

19 Mar 2024

1 HR 02 MINS

1:02:26

19 Mar 2024

#106

The Story of Live Aid

How one scruffy Irish popstar saw a terrible famine being reported on his television and d... more

12 Mar 2024

44 MINS

44:54

12 Mar 2024

#105

International Women’s Day

Just in time for [International Women’s Day] (https://www.internationalwomensday.com/) on ... more

05 Mar 2024

39 MINS

39:25

05 Mar 2024

#104

The Glorious Revolution of 1688

[John O’Farrell] (https://twitter.com/mrjohnofarrell) and [ Angela Barnes] (https://twitte... more

27 Feb 2024

34 MINS

34:52

27 Feb 2024

#103

The Golden Age of Smuggling

For the final episode in this series, the ever-so-honest [John O’Farrell ] (https://twitte... more

14 Nov 2023

35 MINS

35:12

14 Nov 2023

#102

The Green Belt: Contentious countryside

This week on We Are History, [Angela Barnes] (https://twitter.com/AngelaBarnes) and [John ... more

07 Nov 2023

55 MINS

55:41

07 Nov 2023

#101

The Gunpowder Plot: He didn’t start the fire

This time on We Are History; our bold and fearless non-historians [Angela Barnes ] (https:... more

31 Oct 2023

46 MINS

46:45

31 Oct 2023