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Greg Jenner is joined in ancient Rome by Professor Mary Beard and comedian and actor Patton Oswalt to learn all about Emperor Nero. Nero has gone down in history as one of Rome’s most infamous rulers – the villain in any number of films and television programmes, and the man who ...  Show more

Greg Jenner is joined in the 18th century by historian Professor Katherine Astbury and comedian Jen Brister to learn about French queen Marie Antoinette.Born an Austrian princess, Marie Antoinette went on to be the last queen of France before the Revolution and the abolition of t ...  Show more

Hercule Poirot et Miss Marple, les héros des romans d'Agatha Christie, sont célèbres dans le monde entier. Leur autrice, quant à elle, garde sa part de mystère. Experte dans l’art du suspense, elle déroule ses intrigues haletantes jusqu’aux dernières pages. Mais la vie de l’éc ...

On July 2 1937, Amelia Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, took off on what was supposed to be the final leg of their circumnavigation of the globe, but would in fact be their final flight.

In this episode Don is joined by Susan Butler to explore this American sw ...

New episodes released on Tuesday and Thursday. If you’re in the UK, listen first on BBC Sounds.Connie starts chemotherapy and tries to ignore the advances of fellow patient, Paul, as she delves back to her past to try to figure out where it all went wrong with Emily’s husband Dre ...  Show more

Long before anyone ever heard of this story, 3yrs ago, in 2021, a 32-year-old English woman approached us with a heartbreaking story. She was dying from a terminal illness. But she thought she might have a lifeline through lifesaving brain surgery, and she'd like us to record ...