The Rest Is History podcast

The Rest Is History

The world’s most popular history podcast, with Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook. Join The Rest Is History Club (www.therestishistory.com) for ad-free listening to the full archive, weekly bonus episodes, live streamed shows and access to an exclusive chatroom community. Here are some of our favourite episodes to get you started: WATERGATE/NIXON apple.co/3JrVl5h ALEXANDER THE GREAT apple.co/3Q4FaNk HARDCORE HISTORY'S DAN CARLIN apple.co/3vqkGa3 PUTIN & RUSSIA apple.co/3zMtLfX

The world’s most popular history podcast, with Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook. Join The Rest Is History Club (www.therestishistory.com) for ad-free listening to the full archive, weekly bonus episodes, live streamed shows and access to an exclusive chatroom community. Here are some of our favourite episodes to get you started: WATERGATE/NIXON apple.co/3JrVl5h ALEXANDER THE GREAT apple.co/3Q4FaNk HARDCORE HISTORY'S DAN CARLIN apple.co/3vqkGa3 PUTIN & RUSSIA apple.co/3zMtLfX

 

#558

536. Emperors of Rome: Caligula, Incest and Insanity (Part 3)

"Enough of the Princeps, what remains to be described, is the monster..." The Roman empero... more

03 Feb 2025

1 HR 07 MINS

1:07:46

03 Feb 2025


#557

535. Emperors of Rome: Tiberius, Slaughter and Scandal (Part 2)

The Roman historian Suetonius’ biography of the controversial Emperor Tiberius is one of h... more

30 Jan 2025

1 HR 00 MINS

1:00:52

30 Jan 2025


#556

534. Emperors of Rome: Sex Secrets of the Caesars (Part 1)

The Roman historian Suetonius’ The Lives of the Caesars, written during the early imperial... more

27 Jan 2025

55 MINS

55:41

27 Jan 2025


#555

Russian Spies, Pigeons, and The Rest Is Classified…

How did a Russian spy manage to infiltrate the upper echelons of London and New York socie... more

24 Jan 2025

14 MINS

14:31

24 Jan 2025


#554

533. Wojtek: The Bear Who Beat the Nazis

The story of Wojtek - the bear who took on the Nazis - amidst the death and devastation of... more

23 Jan 2025

1 HR 01 MINS

1:01:15

23 Jan 2025


#553

532. Hitler's War on Poland: The Fall of Warsaw (Part 3)

The Nazi invasion of Poland is one of the most harrowing episodes of the Second World War,... more

20 Jan 2025

1 HR 02 MINS

1:02:36

20 Jan 2025


#552

531. Hitler's War on Poland: The Pact with Stalin (Part 2)

By the 11th of April 1939, Adolf Hitler and his Nazis were in the process of drawing up a ... more

16 Jan 2025

1 HR 04 MINS

1:04:44

16 Jan 2025


#551

530. Hitler’s War on Poland: Countdown to Armageddon (Part 1)

Following the Munich agreement of September 1938, Nazi troops marched into Czechoslovakia ... more

13 Jan 2025

1 HR 01 MINS

1:01:03

13 Jan 2025


#550

529. The Nazis' Road to War: Showdown in Munich (Part 2)

On 17th September 1938, in Munich, one of the most extraordinary meetings in history took ... more

09 Jan 2025

59 MINS

59:19

09 Jan 2025


#549

528. The Nazis' Road to War: Hitler Prepares to Strike (Part 1)

Throughout the course of the 1930s, Adolf Hitler’s Nazi party has overwhelmingly, terrifyi... more

06 Jan 2025

1 HR 03 MINS

1:03:15

06 Jan 2025


#548

527. Beethoven: Napoleon and the Music of War LIVE at the Royal Albert Hall

Ludwig Van Beethoven, like his precursor and possible acquaintance Mozart, is one of the m... more

02 Jan 2025

1 HR 06 MINS

1:06:16

02 Jan 2025


#547

526. Mozart: History's Greatest Prodigy LIVE at the Royal Albert Hall

In 1756 a musical prodigy was born in Salzburg, Austria: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Thanks t... more

30 Dec 2024

1 HR 09 MINS

1:09:22

30 Dec 2024


#546

525. Charlemagne: Emperor of the West (Part 3)

“And from that moment on, he was addressed as emperor and Augustus!” The coronation of Cha... more

25 Dec 2024

1 HR 05 MINS

1:05:47

25 Dec 2024


#545

524. Charlemagne: Pagan Killer (Part 2)

“Here was a program to wet the ambitions of warlords as well as scholars, and to send men ... more

23 Dec 2024

55 MINS

55:51

23 Dec 2024


#544

523. Charlemagne: Return of the Kings (Part 1)

The Frankish king, Charlemagne the Great, is one of the titanic figures of European histor... more

19 Dec 2024

52 MINS

52:31

19 Dec 2024


#543

522. Warlords of the West: A Clash of Ice and Fire (Part 3)

By 711 Europe and the Frankish warlords were facing a graver threat than ever before. Band... more

16 Dec 2024

1 HR 01 MINS

1:01:41

16 Dec 2024


#542

521. Warlords of the West: Killer Queens (Part 2)

Following the death of the legendary Frankish King Clovis, his son Clothar I divided the m... more

12 Dec 2024

1 HR 02 MINS

1:02:12

12 Dec 2024


#541

520. Warlords of the West: Barbarian Heirs of Rome (Part 1)

The Rise of the Franks - a mighty host of warlords; forefathers of the western world and f... more

09 Dec 2024

53 MINS

53:54

09 Dec 2024