History Extra podcast

Martin Davidson explores the psychological factors that motivated perpetrators of the Holocaust and the devastating power of Hitler’s antisemitic worldview

Blessin Adams delves into several sensational murder cases from early modern Britain, exploring what they can reveal about society at the time

Kersten Hall charts the life and successes of scientist William Astbury – the man who almost discovered DNA’s structure

Clare Carlisle explores how the author George Eliot’s unconventional approach to marriage shaped her life and work

Alexander Larman reveals how figures within the royal orbit were either linked with, or sympathetic to, Nazi Germany in the Second World War era

Jeremy Black responds to listener questions on the 18th-century conflict that convulsed the globe and helped turn Britain into a world superpower

The story of Henry VIII’s six wives is a tale of political crisis and personal tragedy, sacrifice and survival, sex and death, scandal, love and [Read more]

June Purvis and Angela Saini discuss the roots of male domination and how it has shaped societies throughout history

Zack White details the crimes and punishments in the Duke of Wellington’s army during the Napoleonic wars

Helen Nicholson traces women’s involvement in the crusades, from noble patrons and pious pilgrims to those willing to risk their lives on the battlefield