385 Episodes

  1. Running Away Redux

    Published: 30/09/2020

  2. Running Away

    Published: 29/09/2020

  3. SHARKS: THE RETURN!

    Published: 26/09/2020

  4. SHARKS!

    Published: 24/09/2020

  5. Humiliation

    Published: 16/09/2020

  6. Fear

    Published: 10/09/2020

  7. Not Doing What You're Told! Homeschooling the Russian Revolution

    Published: 24/06/2020

  8. Statues

    Published: 19/06/2020

  9. Temper Tantrums: Homeschooling Henry II and the murder of Thomas Beckett

    Published: 18/06/2020

  10. Clouds!

    Published: 16/06/2020

  11. Big Heads! Homeschooling Henry VIII

    Published: 31/05/2020

  12. Shadows!

    Published: 28/05/2020

  13. Unfairness! Homeschooling Chartism and Electoral Reform

    Published: 27/05/2020

  14. Beards Part 2!

    Published: 25/05/2020

  15. Beards Part 1!

    Published: 21/05/2020

  16. Lunchboxes! Homeschooling WW1 and Life in the Trenches Part 1

    Published: 19/05/2020

  17. Playing Chicken! Homeschooling the Cuban Missile Crisis!

    Published: 10/05/2020

  18. Sharing! Homeschooling Karl Marx and the Communist Manifesto

    Published: 09/05/2020

  19. VE Day Special!

    Published: 08/05/2020

  20. Rainbows!

    Published: 07/05/2020

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Histories of the Unexpected explores the past in ways that you never dreamt possible. Surely there’s nothing unexpected about the past? About History? Aha, well Histories of the Unexpected adopts a new approach to exploring our past. Gone is the traditional linear plotting of battles, monarchs and political movements. Histories of the Unexpected argues that everything has a history, even the most unexpected of subjects. Like SLIME. Or COURAGE. or APPLAUSE.... Presented by Dr Sam Willis and Professor James Daybell. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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