History Extra podcast

A panel of expert historians discuss how history can help make sense of current events in Afghanistan.

Joyce Tyldesley answers listener questions on ancient Egypt’s royal rulers.

Dan Jones shares a ghost story from the Middle Ages and explains what it might tell us about medieval attitudes to the afterlife.

Chris Pearson discusses his latest book, Dogopolis, which explores how human-canine relationships shaped New York, Paris and London.

Martha S Jones charts African-American women’s long and determined pursuit of the vote, and of broader political power.

Tim Harper reveals how clandestine networks of anti-colonialist rebels operated across Asia in the early 20th century.

Emma Rothschild follows one family’s fate to explore how the French nation changed across the 18th and 19th centuries.

Wayne Dooling answers listener questions on South Africa’s Apartheid regime.

Marjoleine Kars discusses a little-known 1763 rebellion by enslaved people in Berbice, in present-day Guyana.

Hannah Skoda delves into the bloody and brutal spectacle of trial by combat in the Middle Ages