110. Sir Isaac Newton - Ace of Reason

Errol Flynn was a Hollywood heartthrob in the Golden Era, a swashbuckler who the ladies would swoon at the sight of, but beneath that dashing exterior was a man filled with demons and more narcotics you could shake a stick at. Accused of affairs, assaults and sympathising the ene ...  Show more

Marlene Dietrich was a Hollywood star who wanted to be alone, but before that she was a sex symbol who combatted gender norms and wanted to poison the leader of the Third Reich with a poison hair pin, which, could have worked, we maybe should have let her try...Hosted by Katie Ch ...  Show more

Sir Isaac Newton became one of history’s most important scientists - all thanks, as legend has it, to an apple falling from a tree. But beyond the famous anecdote is the story of a polymath who revolutionised our grasp of how the universe works, and led a life plagued by rivalrie ...  Show more

Alexandra Feodorovna, Granddaughter of Queen Victoria and Tsarina of Russia whose guilt over passing hemophilia on to her son made her dependent on crude mystic Rasputin and contributed to the downfall of the Romanov dynasty and the murder of her family. Join me every Tuesday whe ...  Show more

Though he ruled for just 13 years, Alexander the Great is as famed for his hedonistic lifestyle as his military genius. But how did he become one of the best known military leaders in history? What inspired such loyalty among his troops? And what drove this young man in his endle ...  Show more

Today I’m dropping a bonus episode to introduce you to one of my favorite history podcasts, History Daily. Every weekday host Lindsay Graham takes you back in time to explore an event that happened ‘on this day’ in history. The show covers everything from famous battles to fashio ...  Show more