Articles by History Extra podcast

Edward Shawcross describes a little-known attempt to install an Austrian archduke as emperor of Mexico in the mid-19th century

Dan Jones charts the rise of the Mongols in the twelfth century – a sharp and hideously brutal episode, in which an eastern empire achieved fleeting domination over half the world, at the cost of millions of lives.

Penelope J Corfield discusses the highs and lows of the Georgian era, from the abolition movement to the gin craze

Shannon Fogg answers listener questions on the collaborationist regime created following France’s defeat by Nazi Germany

Barney White-Spunner discusses the extraordinary, absorbing and often tragic history of Germany’s capital

Pamela Roberts discusses her research into three women activists of Washington’s ‘black elite’

From artistic experimentation to an explosion in pop music, Louis Menand looks at American art and ideas between 1945-65

Dan Jones and David Musgrove delve into the age of the Franks, who revived a Christian, pseudo-Roman empire in the west.

Anthony Bale recounts the sensational story of Margery Kempe, a medieval mystic whose autobiography offers a glimpse into 15th-century life

Classicist Natalie Haynes tackles listener questions on Greek myths, from ancient origins to modern reinterpretations