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Short History Of...
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.
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Indian Ocean Tsunami
Episode Date: January 8, 2024On the morning of December 26th, 2004, a massive earthquake struck the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, triggering an enormous tsunami that hit Indon...
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The Whiskey Rebellion
Episode Date: January 1, 2024Just a few years after the Declaration of Independence, an uprising against a levy on liquor became the first great test for the government of the nas...
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Introducing: Herod the Great Part 1: Ruler of Galilee
Episode Date: December 27, 2023Noiser presents Real Dictators: The Story of Herod the Great. You may well know the name from the Nativity story. The cruel king who learns of a proph...
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Agatha Christie (Repeat)
Episode Date: December 18, 2023Retaining the title of the “Queen of Crime” to this day, Agatha Christie is the best-selling novelist of all time. Across 66 novels, 14 short-story co...
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J.R.R Tolkien
Episode Date: December 11, 2023J.R.R Tolkien is one of Britain’s most beloved authors, famous for creating the fantasy world ‘Middle Earth’ through his novels ‘The Hobbit’ and the ‘...
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The Colosseum
Episode Date: December 4, 2023Voted one of the seven modern wonders of the world, Rome’s Colosseum is an instantly recognizable building. Constructed by Emperor Flavian in the firs...
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Winston Churchill
Episode Date: November 27, 2023Winston Churchill is one of the most recognizable figures of the 20th Century. Voted in 2002 as ‘the greatest Briton’, he’s remembered for his unfaili...
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Highwaymen
Episode Date: November 20, 2023For centuries, stories have been told about highwaymen - dangerous rogues who attacked unsuspecting travellers in the dead of night, demanding their m...
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Abolition of The British Slave Trade
Episode Date: November 13, 2023In the mid-17th Century, Britain dominated the Slave Trade, shipping over 3 million enslaved Africans across the Atlantic. Conditions on board slave s...
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Charles Dickens
Episode Date: November 6, 2023Charles Dickens is considered one of the greatest novelists of the Victorian Age. His works shone a light on prevalent issues of his era, such as pove...
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The Gunpowder Plot (Repeat)
Episode Date: November 5, 2023The Gunpowder Plot is an epic tale of adventure and murderous revenge, a detective story complete with secrets, aliases, even an anonymous letter of b...
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Magna Carta
Episode Date: October 30, 2023Magna Carta is one of the most enduring documents from the Middle Ages. Reluctantly signed by King John at Runnymede in 1215, it forever changed socie...
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Jane Austen
Episode Date: October 22, 2023Jane Austen is arguably the most famous female writer in history. Her novels have gone on to inspire countless films, plays, and dramas all over the w...
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Congo River
Episode Date: October 15, 2023The Congo River is the world’s deepest and most powerful waterway. In its basin, a wilderness bigger than Alaska, natural resources abound - oil, gold...
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Margaret Thatcher
Episode Date: October 8, 2023Margaret Thatcher was one of the most controversial figures of the 20th Century. Praised by some as a fearless leader and feminist icon, and despised...
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Boston Tea Party
Episode Date: October 1, 2023In December, 1773, hundreds of angry Bostonians charged into the harbor at Griffin’s Wharf, and tossed over 300 chests of tea into the icy waters belo...
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Fukushima Nuclear Disaster
Episode Date: September 24, 2023In 2011, Japan was hit by the worst earthquake in the country’s history. Enormous tremors caused devastation all throughout Japan, and the tsunami tha...
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Joan of Arc
Episode Date: September 17, 2023Joan of Arc is a historical superstar, a peasant who rose above her rank and gender to help free France from foreign occupation. Claiming to be acting...
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Suez Canal
Episode Date: September 10, 2023The Suez Canal is one of the world’s most famous waterways - connecting the Red Sea to the Mediterranean, and opening up trade between the East and th...