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History is full of the extraordinary. Each week, we'll transport you back in time to witness history's most incredible moments and remarkable people. New episodes Mondays, or a week early for Noiser+ subscribers. With Noiser+ you'll also get ad-free listening and exclusive content. For more information, head to noiser.com/subscriptions For advertising enquiries, email info@adelicious.fm Hosted by John Hopkins. Production: Katrina Hughes, Kate Simants, Nicole Edmunds, Jacob Booth, Dorry Macaulay, Rob Plummer, Cody Reynolds-Shaw. Compositions by Oliver Baines, Dorry Macaulay, Tom Pink.
254 episodes transcribedThe American Civil War (Part Two of Two)
Episode Date: April 12, 2026In the decades since the United States declared their independence from Britain, the question of slavery had become increasingly divisive. As the nati...
The American Civil War (Part One of Two)
Episode Date: April 5, 2026The American Civil War started with a single, explosive question: could a nation built on slavery survive without it? Several Southern states chose to...
The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Episode Date: March 29, 2026In 1914, Europe was dominated by four great empires — the British, the French, the Russian, and the vast, uneasy realm of Austria-Hungary, stretching...
C.S. Lewis
Episode Date: March 23, 2026One of the most famous writers of the 20th century, C. S. Lewis was a scholar of medieval literature, an influential Christian thinker and a supremely...
Introducing: Real Vikings - Episode 1
Episode Date: March 18, 2026This is a preview of a brand-new show from the Noiser podcast network. Hosted by Iain Glen (Game of Thrones, Silo), Real Vikings takes you on a deep d...
Ernest Hemingway
Episode Date: March 16, 2026At the dawn of the twentieth century, a writer emerged who learned his craft not in a classroom, but in battlefields, bullrings, and bars. To some, Er...
The European Middle Ages (Part 2 of 2)
Episode Date: March 9, 2026Although the Middle Ages were an undeniably turbulent period in the history of Europe, characterised in part by endemic violence, hardship and inequal...
The European Middle Ages (Part 1 of 2)
Episode Date: March 2, 2026The period known as the Middle Ages was defined by more than knights and warfare. It began centuries before the First Crusade was called, in the confu...
The Silk Roads
Episode Date: February 23, 2026From the deserts of Central Asia to the gates of ancient China, from the bazaars of Persia to the harbours of the Mediterranean, the Silk Roads were n...
The Falklands War
Episode Date: February 16, 2026The sinking of the General Belgrano on May 2nd 1982 by a British submarine was one of the most controversial events of the Falklands War. The strike r...
Rwandan Genocide
Episode Date: February 9, 2026For hundreds of years, Rwanda’s Hutu and Tutsi groups had lived in relative harmony. But the arrival of European colonists enforced and exaggerated th...
Nikola Tesla
Episode Date: January 19, 2026A Short History of Ancient Rome - the debut book from the Noiser Network is out now! Discover the epic rise and fall of Rome like never before. Pick...
David Bowie
Episode Date: January 12, 2026This episode will be available to listen to for free on 12th January, 2026. You can listen to it right away by subscribing to Noiser Plus. Head to www...
The Louisiana Purchase
Episode Date: January 5, 2026A Short History of Ancient Rome - the debut book from the Noiser Network is out now! Discover the epic rise and fall of Rome like never before. Pick...
Introducing: Charles Dickens Ghost Stories - A Christmas Carol
Episode Date: December 11, 2025This is a preview of a brand-new audiobook from the Noiser Podcast Network. Join Sir David Suchet as he reads a selection of Charles Dickens’s most ch...
The Nuremberg Trial
Episode Date: December 8, 2025A Short History of Ancient Rome - the debut book from the Noiser Network is out now! Discover the epic rise and fall of Rome like never before. Pick...
