Absinthe (France), Prohibition (USA) and The Great Beer Flood (London)

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Queen Charlotte from Bridgerton (and real life) and The Minotaur (Greek)

Isadora covers Queen Charlotte and looks at how her real life differed from her Bridgerton persona - including how she is Englands first black Queen. Adam, who is in the middle of finals, does a quick Greek myth where everyone dies! 

Pirates, and Press-gangs (UK and USA)

Adam talks about Sir Francis Drake the famous British privateer, and Isadora looks at how waking up on a boat after a nights drinking was a real problem for men in the 1800's. 

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