We Are History
A podcast by Angela Barnes and John O'Farrell
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113 Episodes
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The Legend of the Kinder Scout Mass Trespass
Published: 24/07/2023 -
The Story of Nancy Wake: The Mouse that ran rings around the Nazis
Published: 18/07/2023 -
The 1904 St Louis Olympics: A Marathon Event
Published: 11/07/2023 -
St Patrick and the Patriarchy: Women’s rights in Ireland
Published: 04/07/2023 -
Saucy Seaside Postcards - A Celebration of Great British Smut
Published: 27/06/2023 -
Great Fire of London: Burning down the house
Published: 20/06/2023 -
Navajo Code Talkers – America's secret WWII weapon
Published: 13/06/2023 -
Albania: Communism, capitalism, chaos
Published: 06/06/2023 -
The 1968 US Presidential Election: Rotting from the head down
Published: 30/05/2023 -
Radium: A toxic love affair
Published: 23/05/2023 -
Christmas Number Ones
Published: 12/12/2022 -
Mussolini - the rubbish war leader
Published: 05/12/2022 -
The Domestication of Dogs
Published: 28/11/2022 -
The Birth of the BBC
Published: 21/11/2022 -
The Stasi Poetry Circle - the East Germans secret police advancing socialism through verse
Published: 14/11/2022 -
The Fascist Who Switched Sides and Spied on the British Far Right
Published: 07/11/2022 -
The 60s Satire Boom
Published: 31/10/2022 -
The slow death of John Major’s government 1992-97
Published: 24/10/2022 -
The Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp
Published: 28/03/2022 -
Agent Sonya
Published: 21/03/2022
The less-than-serious history podcast with stand up comedian Angela Barnes (The News Quiz, Mock The Week and Live at The Apollo) and writer John O'Farrell (An Utterly Impartial History of Britain, Things Can Only Get Better, Spitting Image). In each podcast our two history nerds discuss, explain and laugh at interesting and quirky episodes from the olden days, such as East German Nudism, Spy Pigeons or Vlad the Impaler. Angela and John’s in-depth knowledge of world history has been described as ‘laughable’ - and now they read the history books so that you don't have to. The We Are History podcast - not as world-changing as the Black Death, but slightly funnier.