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#208 Genghis Khan - Return of the Khan (Part 2)
#208 Genghis Khan - Return of the Khan (Part 2)
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It’s time to embark on a journey through history with "Oh What A Time…" a comedy history podcast hosted by renowned comedians Elis James and Tom Craine along with award winning podcaster Chris Scull. Tackling a brand new subject each week, (from ‘childhood’ to ‘a life at sea’, ‘marriage’ to ‘holidays’) your hosts will dive into the very weirdest and worst that history has to offer, in an effort to answer the question… "Was the past as awful as it sounds?"
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- #208 Genghis Khan - Return of the Khan (Part 2) · 26 mnt · Musim 1 Episode 314This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed! It’s time for the next episode in our Genghis Khan mini-series. This time Temüjin has his showdown with Jamukha to decide who will be…
- #208 Genghis Khan - Return of the Khan (Part 1) · 38 mnt · Musim 1 Episode 313It’s time for the next episode in our Genghis Khan mini-series. This time Temüjin has his showdown with Jamukha to decide who will be Khan of Khans, then Temüjin finally…
- #206 Genghis Khan - Beginnings (Part 2) · 27 mnt · Musim 1 Episode 312This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed! It’s time for us to embark on another mini-series and this time, it’s a man with one of the most incredible stories in human history…
- #206 Genghis Khan - Beginnings (Part 1) · 37 mnt · Musim 1 Episode 311It’s time for us to embark on another mini-series and this time, it’s a man with one of the most incredible stories in human history. Savage, barbarian tyrant? Or quite…
- #205 Clubs & Build Your Own Programmable Robot (Part 2) · 34 mnt · Musim 1 Episode 310This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed! This week we’re crossing the audio velvet rope to enter some of the most renowned and exclusive clubs in history. We’ll be heading to…
- #205 Clubs & Build Your Own Programmable Robot (Part 1) · 38 mnt · Musim 1 Episode 309This week we’re crossing the audio velvet rope to enter some of the most renowned and exclusive clubs in history. We’ll be heading to 70s New York for a night out in Studio 54…
- #204 Celebrities & What Did a Dodo Taste Like? (Part 2) · 36 mnt · Musim 1 Episode 308This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed! This week we’ll be meeting some of the most celebrated individuals of their age. We’ve got one of the most popular actresses of the…
- #204 Celebrities & What Did a Dodo Taste Like? (Part 1) · 35 mnt · Musim 1 Episode 307This week we’ll be meeting some of the most celebrated individuals of their age. We’ve got one of the most popular actresses of the 1770s - Sarah Siddons, the most successful…
- #203 Dragons And All That (Part 2) · 27 mnt · Musim 1 Episode 306This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed! This week we’re talking Dragons from down the ages! They’ve come in all different forms through the annuls of history, we’ve got…
- #203 Dragons And All That (Part 1) · 38 mnt · Musim 1 Episode 305This week we’re talking Dragons from down the ages! They’ve come in all different forms through the annuls of history, we’ve got; what the ancient Romans referred to as the…
- #201 How Countries Are Made (Part 2) · 28 mnt · Musim 1 Episode 304This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed! This week we’re taking a look at the curious process through which some countries were created. We have for you: the Netherlands…
- #201 How Countries Are Made (Part 1) · 38 mnt · Musim 1 Episode 303This week we’re taking a look at the curious process through which some countries were created. We have for you: the Netherlands, Canada, and Uruguay. Plus, there's a bit of an…
- #200 The Big Ep200 ‘Your Letters’ Special! (Part 2) · 30 mnt · Musim 1 Episode 302This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed! Here it is: our 200th episode and we’ve chosen to mark the occasion by celebrating you, our listeners, via the medium of your…
- #200 The Big Ep200 ‘Your Letters’ Special! (Part 1) · 33 mnt · Musim 1 Episode 301Here it is: our 200th episode and we’ve chosen to mark the occasion by celebrating you, our listeners, via the medium of your wonderful letters. It’s a special episode dedicated…
- #199 Amazing Libraries and Huge Readers (Part 2) · 32 mnt · Musim 1 Episode 300This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed! This week on the show we’re looking at the greatest book collections history has to offer as well as the historical figures who…
- #199 Amazing Libraries and Huge Readers (Part 1) · 39 mnt · Musim 1 Episode 299This week on the show we’re looking at the greatest book collections history has to offer as well as the historical figures who themselves loved to read. We have for you this…
- #198 French Towns & The Kooks (Part 2) · 30 mnt · Musim 1 Episode 298This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed! This week we’re taking a historical audio holiday to some of our favourite French towns. We’ll head to the very Roman Nîmes, we’ll…
- #198 French Towns & The Kooks (Part 1) · 41 mnt · Musim 1 Episode 297This week we’re taking a historical audio holiday to some of our favourite French towns. We’ll head to the very Roman Nîmes, we’ll dine out in Dinan and finally we’ll get the…
- #197 Surgery & Monkeys Eating Musical Instruments (Part 2) · 34 mnt · Musim 1 Episode 296This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed! This week we’re travelling through time to see how surgery has been performed through the ages! We’ll head to 990AD to see what…
- #197 Surgery & Monkeys Eating Musical Instruments (Part 1) · 39 mnt · Musim 1 Episode 295This week we’re travelling through time to see how surgery has been performed through the ages! We’ll head to 990AD to see what surgical innovation followed a monkey eating some…
- #195 Hymns & Anthems! (Part 2) · 29 mnt · Musim 1 Episode 293This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed! This week we’re discussing some classic hymns and all round total anthems through history. We’ll discuss a favourite on the UK…
- #195 Hymns & Anthems! (Part 1) · 32 mnt · Musim 1 Episode 292This week we’re discussing some classic hymns and all round total anthems through history. We’ll discuss a favourite on the UK football terraces: The Battle Hymn of the Republic…
- #194 Captains (Part 2) · 31 mnt · Musim 1 Episode 291This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed! Ahoy captains! We’re back after our summer break and this week we’re discussing Captains! We have for you this week, the big one…
- #194 Captains (Part 1) · 38 mnt · Musim 1 Episode 290Ahoy captains! We’re back after our summer break and this week we’re discussing Captains! We have for you this week, the big one: Captain Cook. Another huge captain in Captain…
- [BONUS EP] #144 All Quiet on the Western Front · 48 mnt · Musim 1 Episode 289We're on our annual two-week summer break, but don't worry! Please enjoy these subscriber episodes from last summer while we're away! From September 2025, this is.. It's…
- [BONUS EP] #141 Stonehenge · 45 mnt · Musim 1 Episode 288We're on our annual two-week summer break, but don't worry! Please enjoy these subscriber episodes from last summer while we're away! From September 2025, this is.. Following…
- [BONUS EP] #129 Fascism: The Story of an Idea by Dorian Lynskey and Ian Dunt · 41 mnt · Musim 1 Episode 287We're on our annual two-week summer break, but don't worry! Please enjoy these subscriber episodes from last summer while we're away! From August 2025, this is.. #129 Fascism…
- [BONUS EP] #124 Mummies · 46 mnt · Musim 1 Episode 286We're on our annual two-week summer break, but don't worry! Please enjoy these subscriber episodes from last summer while we're away! From July 2025, this is.. #124 Mummies…
- #193 History’s Mysteries and Hamstring Updates (Part 2) · 33 mnt · Musim 1 Episode 285This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed! This week we’re discussing some of the greatest mysteries that history has to offer: we’ve got the infamous tale of The Princes in…
- #193 History’s Mysteries and Hamstring Updates (Part 1) · 34 mnt · Musim 1 Episode 284This week we’re discussing some of the greatest mysteries that history has to offer: we’ve got the infamous tale of The Princes in the Tower, and the big one - Who Shot JFK? Plus…
- #192 Dan Snow on Waterloo, Nazi Gold Trains and the Age of Sail (Part 2) · 36 mnt · Musim 1 Episode 283This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed! This week we’re joined by one of our favourite historians in the whole world, it’s Dan Snow! We treat this episode like we’ve…
- #192 Dan Snow on Waterloo, Nazi Gold Trains and the Age of Sail (Part 1) · 39 mnt · Musim 1 Episode 282This week we’re joined by one of our favourite historians in the whole world, it’s Dan Snow! We treat this episode like we’ve cornered Dan at a BBQ and just ping him with…
- #191 Jonny Owen on Industrial Wales (Part 2) · 34 mnt · Musim 1 Episode 281This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed! This week we’re joined by friend of the show, producer, writer and actor (and proud Welshman), Jonny Owen to discuss the golden age…
- #191 Jonny Owen on Industrial Wales (Part 1) · 37 mnt · Musim 1 Episode 280This week we’re joined by friend of the show, producer, writer and actor (and proud Welshman), Jonny Owen to discuss the golden age of Industrial Revolution era Wales! We’ll…
- #190 Plants & Dad’s Race Injuries (Part 2) · 32 mnt · Musim 1 Episode 279This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed! This week we’re turning to the natural world to see how humans have adapted various plants for all kinds of uses through history…
- #190 Plants & Dad’s Race Injuries (Part 1) · 41 mnt · Musim 1 Episode 278This week we’re turning to the natural world to see how humans have adapted various plants for all kinds of uses through history. We’ve got the chequered history of opium, the…
- #188 Surviving First Ladies and Elis Eats Gravel (Part 2) · 28 mnt · Musim 1 Episode 277This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed! This week we’re looking at what happened to the First Ladies of assassinated US Presidents. The tale of Mary Todd Lincoln, Jackie…
- #188 Surviving First Ladies and Elis Eats Gravel (Part 1) · 41 mnt · Musim 1 Episode 276This week we’re looking at what happened to the First Ladies of assassinated US Presidents. The tale of Mary Todd Lincoln, Jackie Kennedy and the loser-known story of Lucretia…
- #186 Recycled Berlin Buildings & The Invention of Vaseline (Part 2) · 24 mnt · Musim 1 Episode 275This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed! This week we’re taking a look at buildings which have had an interesting second life in Germany’s capital; East Germany’s Palast der…
- #186 Recycled Berlin Buildings & The Invention of Vaseline (Part 1) · 38 mnt · Musim 1 Episode 274This week we’re taking a look at buildings which have had an interesting second life in Germany’s capital; East Germany’s Palast der Republik, what became of Albert Speer’s New…
- #185 Abandoned Theme Parks (Part 2) · 28 mnt · Musim 1 Episode 273This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed! This week we’re looking at theme parks which simply no longer exist! We’ve got London’s glamorous and failed Segaworld, the slightly…
- #185 Abandoned Theme Parks (Part 1) · 44 mnt · Musim 1 Episode 272This week we’re looking at theme parks which simply no longer exist! We’ve got London’s glamorous and failed Segaworld, the slightly less glamorous Mr Blobby inspired Blobbyland…
- #184 Tough Gigs featuring Elis ‘3x microphones’ James (Part 2) · 26 mnt · Musim 1 Episode 271This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed! We’ve got a brilliant episode this week: we’ve turned to history to find the worst jobs we can. We’ve got tanning (leather, not the…
- #184 Tough Gigs featuring Elis ‘3x microphones’ James (Part 1) · 42 mnt · Musim 1 Episode 270We’ve got a brilliant episode this week: we’ve turned to history to find the worst jobs we can. We’ve got tanning (leather, not the sun beds), bridge painting, and the Victorian…
- #117 Your Letters (May 2025) [Bonus Episode] · 44 mnt · Musim 1 Episode 269** We're 'off' this week due to half term, so please enjoy these old subscriber episodes in the mean time! And for more bonus episodes (and next week's episode) head to…
- #107 Hitler by Ian Kershaw [Bonus Episode] · 51 mnt · Musim 1 Episode 268** We're 'off' this week due to half term, so please enjoy these old subscriber episodes in the mean time! And for more bonus episodes (and next week's episode) head to…
- #183 BIG Companies and ELIS RAN THE HACKNEY HALF (Part 2) · 37 mnt · Musim 1 Episode 267This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed! This week we’re looking at commercial entities that went bigger than their wildest dreams. We’ve got for you: Japanese consumer…
- #183 BIG Companies and ELIS RAN THE HACKNEY HALF (Part 1) · 35 mnt · Musim 1 Episode 266This week we’re looking at commercial entities that went bigger than their wildest dreams. We’ve got for you: Japanese consumer electronics firm Casio, how did Cadbury make that…
- #182 The Grand Tour and are The Killers better than The Beatles? (Part 2) · 30 mnt · Musim 1 Episode 265This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed! For the eighteenth-century gentleman few things marked a rite of passage more than the grand tour - so this week we’re seeing what…
- #182 The Grand Tour and are The Killers better than The Beatles? (Part 1) · 34 mnt · Musim 1 Episode 264For the eighteenth-century gentleman few things marked a rite of passage more than the grand tour - so this week we’re seeing what exploring Europe, the UK and North America was…
