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The Rest Is History
The Rest Is History
Goalhanger

The world’s most popular history podcast, with Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook. Join The Rest Is History Club (www.therestishistory.com) for ad-free listening to... more

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Episodes

Horror in the Congo: A Conspiracy Unmasked (Part 3)

Exposing the dark pit of human suffering, cruelty and corruption that had long been secretly festering in King Leopold’s Congo,... more

17 Feb 2025 · 1 hour, 6 minutes
Horror in the Congo: The Crimes of Empire (Part 2)

“A secret society of murderers with a king for a ringleader”. In 1885 King Leopold of Belgium; an awkward, ruthless, selfish... more

13 Feb 2025 · 1 hour, 1 minute
Horror in the Congo: The Nightmare Begins (Part 1)

The story of King Leopold of Belgium’s brutal regime in the Congo Free State, during the late 19th century, is... more

10 Feb 2025 · 1 hour, 5 minutes
Emperors of Rome: Claudius, Paranoia and Poison (Part 4)

Following the bloody assassination of the twenty-eight year old Emperor Caligula, Rome found herself without a leader. Who then should... more

06 Feb 2025 · 1 hour, 8 minutes
Emperors of Rome: Caligula, Incest and Insanity (Part 3)

"Enough of the Princeps, what remains to be described, is the monster..." The Roman emperor Caligula endures as one of the... more

03 Feb 2025 · 1 hour, 7 minutes
Emperors of Rome: Tiberius, Slaughter and Scandal (Part 2)

The Roman historian Suetonius’ biography of the controversial Emperor Tiberius is one of his most shocking and salacious, condemning Tiberius... more

30 Jan 2025 · 1 hour,
Emperors of Rome: Sex Secrets of the Caesars (Part 1)

The Roman historian Suetonius’ The Lives of the Caesars, written during the early imperial period of the Roman Empire, is... more

27 Jan 2025 · 55 minutes
Russian Spies, Pigeons, and The Rest Is Classified…

How did a Russian spy manage to infiltrate the upper echelons of London and New York society? Was Anna Chapman... more

24 Jan 2025 · 14 minutes
Wojtek: The Bear Who Beat the Nazis

The story of Wojtek - the bear who took on the Nazis - amidst the death and devastation of the... more

23 Jan 2025 · 1 hour, 1 minute
Hitler's War on Poland: The Fall of Warsaw (Part 3)

The Nazi invasion of Poland is one of the most harrowing episodes of the Second World War, which saw terrible... more

20 Jan 2025 · 1 hour, 2 minutes