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Crowdtalks examines history from both serious and trivial perspectives of the past. We publish longer more detailed analyses of historical topics in our special episodes and slighter less important topics in our weekly History in Minutes broadcast.
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- Myths of History: September 2025 · 10 min · Saison 1 Épisode 12From the battlefields of Gallipoli to the coronation of England’s kings, the sinking of the Titanic history is full of stories we think we know—but don’t. In this episode, we…
- No Terms, No Mercy. Unconditional Surrender 02-09-2025 · 9 min · Saison 1 Épisode 11Unconditional Surrender: No Terms, No Mercry. In this episode, we explore the idea of unconditional surrender—what it means, why leaders demand it, and how it has shapes the…
- History in Minutes: Evil Dads in History 26-08-25 · 10 min · Saison 1 Épisode 10Welcome to our fathers day special - evil dads in history. This week we explore the faily life of Josef Stalin, Ivan the Terrible, Constantine the Great and Henry the VIII.
- History in Minutes: Upcoming Film and TV 05 August 2025 · 10 min · Saison 1 Épisode 9This week we preview unreleased historical films and TV by kicking off with Nuremburg starring Russell Crowe and due in November. We than look at BBC One's King and Conqueror a…
- History in Minutes: History in the News 29 July 2025 · 8 min · Saison 1 Épisode 8History in Minutes captures some of the more recent media coverage of our favourite topic - history! The presenter surveys a mixture of electronic and print media.
- History in Minutes: Historian Profile 21 July 2025 · 6 min · Saison 1 Épisode 7In this episode we explore the work of renowned Canadian historian Professor Bruce Trigger. Trigger was one of Canada's leading archaeologists from the 1960's to the early 2000s…
- History in Minutes: New Film and TV 15 July 2025 · 7 min · Saison 1 Épisode 6This week we survey recent releases in film and TV. Joy, an account of the early IVF program from Netflix is presented along with September 5 a new interpretation of the 1972…
- History in Minutes: New Books 8 July 2025 · 6 min · Saison 1 Épisode 5This episode of History in Minutes completes a short overiew of recent releases historical works. Shane Appel the presenter surveys three new contemporary releases from Amazon's…
- Studies in Foreign Policy: The Origins of Collective Security Part 2 · 53 min · Saison 1 Épisode 4The great experiment of collective security commences but is immediately setback by the complex post-war political environment. In this part we consider the transition of…
- Studies in Foreign Policy: The Origins of Collective Security Part 1 · 1 h 0 min · Saison 1 Épisode 3Forged in the fires of the First World War, collective security was a new idea to manage geopolitics advocated by the US President Woodrow Wilson. Promoted as a way to stabilise…
- Palestine-Sinai Campaign of World War I: Part 1 · 49 min · Saison 1 Épisode 2How did Britain come to conquer Palestine during the First World War? We journey back to the Great War in this informative podcast to consider the British military campaign to…
- Imperialism: an Introduction · 47 min · Saison 1 Épisode 1Imperialism was once the main paradigm of foreign policy and this introductory podcast for beginners seeks to explain why. For over five millennia nations and states would seek…
