Was wir vom Mittelalter lernen können – Das ö...

Jeder Mensch "tickt" anders – doch warum? Weshalb kann Dankbarkeit befreiend wirken und Neid uns einengen? Und wieso neigen wir dazu, unangenehme Dinge aufzuschieben? Das und viel mehr beantwortet unser neuer Psychologie-Podcast. Denn Psychologie hilft, die Wahrnehmung zu schärfe ...  Show more

Am 22. September könnt ihr live bei einem SWR2 Wissen "Science Talk" dabei sein – auf dem Beats & Bones Podcast Festival im Berliner Naturkundemuseum. Worum es geht? Um Sprache und Dialekte! Wer ist auf der Bühne? Der Linguist Simon Meier-Vieracker spricht mit Science-Talk-Host J ...  Show more

In the early 12th century, when England was suffering wave after wave of Viking invasions, many wondered how God could allow their kingdom to be ravaged by pagans? The Archbishop of York Wulfstan had an answer: the apocalypse was coming. What did that mean to people in the Mid ...

Dan Jones explores the similarities and differences between the medieval experience and our lives today   In what ways was the medieval era surprisingly modern? Dan Jones, whose latest book is Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages, reveals the similarities and diff ...  Show more

The Middle Ages have often been shrouded in myth and mystery, but was it actually as unchanging, uncivilised and muddy as we might think? Historian and author Ian Mortimer challenges these popular perceptions, arguing how the period has often been overlooked in favour of later ce ...  Show more

What chores did medieval women have to get through each day? How could plucking your eyebrows in the Middle Ages land you in hell? And why did people believe that older women’s looks could kill? In our latest “Everything you wanted to know” episode, medievalist Dr Eleanor Janega ...  Show more