
History Extra podcast
Immediate Media
The HistoryExtra podcast brings you interviews with the world's best historians, on everything from the ancient world and the Middle Ages to the Second World War and the history behind current events. Produced by the team behind BBC History Magazine and BBC History Revealed, it offers fresh takes on history's most famous figures and events. Subscribe for the real stories behind your favourite historical films and TV shows, and compelling insights into lesser-known aspects of the past.
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In the late 1970s, NASA admitted women onto their space programme for the first time. Six women were chosen as the first cohort, and would endure unprecedented media attention alongside the agency’s rigorous training. Speaking to Elinor Evans, Loren Grush shares more about these pioneering women who forged a new chapter for America’s space programme. (Ad) Loren Grush is the author of The Six: The Untold Story of America's First Women in Space (Scribner, 2023). Buy it now from Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Six-Untold-Story-Americas-Astronauts/dp/1982172800/?tag=bbchistory045-21&ascsubtag=historyextra-social-histboty The HistoryExtra podcast is produced by the team behind BBC History Magazine and BBC History Revealed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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1797 - The shoemaker who helped slaves escape the South Mon, 18 Sep 2023
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1796 - Scandals that shocked Georgian Britain Sun, 17 Sep 2023
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1795 - British parliament: everything you wanted to know Sat, 16 Sep 2023
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1793 - Great Reputations: Cleopatra Wed, 13 Sep 2023
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1792 - Secrets of the Anglo-Saxon bone chests Tue, 12 Sep 2023
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1791 - Jane Austen’s passion for fashion Mon, 11 Sep 2023
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1790 - The brain behind the Dambusters raid Sun, 10 Sep 2023
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1789 - Spanish flu: everything you wanted to know Sat, 09 Sep 2023
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1788 - Women who shaped the Roman empire Thu, 07 Sep 2023
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1787 - Great Reputations: Oliver Cromwell Wed, 06 Sep 2023
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1786 - The secret club for radical New York women Tue, 05 Sep 2023
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1785 - Margaret Cavendish: scandalous 17th-century writer Mon, 04 Sep 2023
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1784 - The triumph of Joan of Arc Sun, 03 Sep 2023
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1783 - Rome v Carthage: everything you wanted to know Sat, 02 Sep 2023
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1782 - Tokyo’s devastating 1923 earthquake Thu, 31 Aug 2023
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1781 - US Civil Rights: legacy Wed, 30 Aug 2023
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1780 - On the trail of a Nazi war criminal Tue, 29 Aug 2023
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1779 - How did empire shape modern Britain? Mon, 28 Aug 2023
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1778 - Why did medieval Europe become Christian? Sun, 27 Aug 2023
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1777 - The Mongols: everything you wanted to know Sat, 26 Aug 2023
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1776 - The lost world of Dickens’ London Thu, 24 Aug 2023
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1775 - US Civil Rights: Malcolm X’s assassination Wed, 23 Aug 2023
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1774 - The miners’ strike: a view from the ground Tue, 22 Aug 2023
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1773 - California’s hidden history of slavery Mon, 21 Aug 2023
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1772 - Letters from medieval England Sun, 20 Aug 2023
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1771 - New Zealand: everything you wanted to know Sat, 19 Aug 2023
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1770 - Indian experiences in WW2 Thu, 17 Aug 2023
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1769 - US Civil Rights: the 1964 Civil Rights Act Wed, 16 Aug 2023
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1768 - Learning disabilities: an overlooked history Tue, 15 Aug 2023
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1767 - Secrets of ancient Chinese tombs Mon, 14 Aug 2023
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1766 - How forgers helped rescue Holocaust victims Sun, 13 Aug 2023
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1765 - Ancient Egyptian religion: everything you wanted to know Sat, 12 Aug 2023
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1764 - Introducing HistoryExtra Long Reads Fri, 11 Aug 2023
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1763 - Did our ancestors really think the world was flat? Thu, 10 Aug 2023
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1762 - US Civil Rights: the March on Washington Wed, 09 Aug 2023
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1761 - Roger Mortimer: medieval rebel Tue, 08 Aug 2023
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1760 - Emotional revolution in postwar Britain Mon, 07 Aug 2023
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1759 - Rome vs Persia: an unwinnable fight Sun, 06 Aug 2023
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1758 - British seaside holidays: everything you wanted to know Sat, 05 Aug 2023
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1757 - Surviving Hitler and Stalin Thu, 03 Aug 2023
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1756 - US Civil Rights: the Montgomery bus boycott Wed, 02 Aug 2023
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1755 - Renaissance beauty regimes Tue, 01 Aug 2023
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1754 - AI: An ancient nightmare? Mon, 31 Jul 2023
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1753 - A jujitsu-trained suffragette bodyguard Sun, 30 Jul 2023
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1752 - The NHS: everything you wanted to know Sat, 29 Jul 2023
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1751 - Life in a WW2 tank regiment Thu, 27 Jul 2023