The History Podcast Podcast
NEW on The History Podcast: Half-Life. Drawn to a family legend about his German-Jewish family's dramatic escape from Nazi Germany in 1936, the writer Joe Dunthorne accidentally discovers a far more disturbing history.
Episodes to download
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8. A Fracture—Half-Life
Wed 25 Jun 2025
9/9 Joe follows the opening of a public memorial and engages with a private reckoning.
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7. The City Forgets—Half-Life
Wednesday
8/9 Joe traces a family history left out of his great-grandfather鈥檚 memoir.
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6. Tranquility—Half-Life
Wednesday
7/9 Joe's great-grandfather settles in the United States where his mental health deteriorates.
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5. The Road Through the Mountains—Half-Life
Wednesday
5/9 Joe鈥檚 great-grandfather's letters, lead him to the silenced history of a massacre.
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4. Young Republic—Half-Life
Wed 7 May 2025
4/9 Joe travels to Turkey where his great-grandfather was employed, it seems, making gas masks
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3. Lost—Half-Life
Wed 7 May 2025
4/9 Joe's research leads him to the remains of an old chemical weapons factory.
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2. The Quiet Town by the River—Half-Life
Wed 7 May 2025
3/9 Dangers lurk beneath the soil, in the town where Joe's great-grandfather worked.
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1. Daughter of Radium—Half-Life
Wed 7 May 2025
2/9 Hidden on page 1692 of his great-grandfather's memoir, Joe Dunthorne finds a confession.
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Trailer—Half-Life
Thu 1 May 2025
1/9 Hidden in an unpublished family memoir, the writer Joe Dunthorne discovers a confession.
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6. There Is No Alternative—Invisible Hands
Wed 30 Apr 2025
What the story of a water company can tell us about how we got to where we are today.
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5. The Lucky Gambler—Invisible Hands
Wed 23 Apr 2025
The billionaire who set the stage for Donald Trump.
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3. Selling The Silver—Invisible Hands
Wed 9 Apr 2025
A banker has a lightbulb moment that will transform Britain.
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2. The Mad Monk—Invisible Hands
Wed 2 Apr 2025
Keith Joseph sets out on a campaign for capitalism that will transform Britain forever.
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1. The Chicken Farmer—Invisible Hands
Wed 26 Mar 2025
The story of the chicken farmer who set the stage for Margaret Thatcher.
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Trailer—Invisible Hands
Wed 19 Mar 2025
The story of the free market revolution through the invisible hands that shaped it.
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10. The Final Act?—The Lucan Obsession
Fri 8 Nov 2024
Will Alex find an ending to the story of Lord Lucan?
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8. Speculation and Suspicion—The Lucan Obsession
Wed 6 Nov 2024
The nation is gripped by the press coverage of the inquest into Sandra Rivett鈥檚 death.
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7. The Investigation—The Lucan Obsession
Tue 5 Nov 2024
How thorough was the investigation into Sandra Rivett鈥檚 murder?
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6. The Golden Hour—The Lucan Obsession
Mon 4 Nov 2024
Lord Lucan vanishes in the hour after the murder. But where did he go?
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5. The Tinderbox House—The Lucan Obsession
Fri 1 Nov 2024
What is going on behind the fa莽ade of the Lucan鈥檚 Belgravia home that ignites this story?
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4. Searching for Lady Lucan—The Lucan Obsession
Thu 31 Oct 2024
Despite all the press attention, Lady Lucan remained enigmatic. Who was she really?
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3. Lucky Lucan—The Lucan Obsession
Wed 30 Oct 2024
Who really was Lord Lucan behind that charming fa莽ade?
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2. Death In Belgravia—The Lucan Obsession
Tue 29 Oct 2024
What really happened on the night of 7th November 1974 when Sandra Rivett was murdered?
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1. The Double Mystery—The Lucan Obsession
Mon 28 Oct 2024
There were hundreds of deaths in 1974 but the story of Lord Lucan gripped the nation. Why?
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Trailer—The Lucan Obsession
Mon 21 Oct 2024
What is it about the Lucan story that makes it so fascinating?
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10. No Penny for the Pat—The Brighton Bomb
Fri 18 Oct 2024
Has the 1984 Brighton bomb been excised from our collective history?
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8. A Hotel Too Far—The Brighton Bomb
Wed 16 Oct 2024
Another IRA bomb, this time with Buckingham Palace in its sights.
