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Hall of Fame: Capitalism and Slavery
Hall of Fame: Capitalism and Slavery
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Trapped History is a history reboot for the curious – sharing hidden stories of the unsung heroes we weren't taught about in school.
An award-winning show with great guests from the worlds of entertainment, sport, politics, TV and radio, we tell inspiring tales of forgotten men and women who broke the mould with their courage and defiance. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram, and subscribe to Trapped History at our website for our newsletter, bonus episodes and more:
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- Hall of Fame: Capitalism and Slavery · 5 min · Stagione 6Eric Williams was Trinidad and Tobago's first Prime Minister after independence. Pretty consequential stuff. But for us, and for this week's guest Alex Renton, Eric was so much…
- My Family Owned Slaves · 45 min · Stagione 7 Episodio 6As we close out Season 7, Trapped History takes a long dark walk down one of the most uncomfortable roads in history, going deep into the story of one British family which owned…
- Hall of Fame: The Man Who Designed Bond · 6 min · Stagione 7After pulling the curtain away from James Bond, writer Mark O'Connell chose Bond's book designer for his Hall of Fame nominee. Richard Chopping was Ian Fleming's choice too, and…
- The Name's Bond. Queer Bond. · 52 min · Stagione 7 Episodio 5He's the man's man, the lady's man, the pinnacle of heterosexual hyper-masculinity. His name is Bond. But you know what? Maybe James Bond is not as straight as you think…
- Jocelyn Bell: Music, Poetry and That Other Thing · 4 min · Stagione 7This week, we've got a special Trapped History short for you. It felt wrong to ask Jocelyn to nominate someone for the Hall of Fame (Vera Rubin, anyone?) and so today we've got…
- The Lost Nobel Women · 53 min · Stagione 7 Episodio 4In its 120 year history, nearly 1,000 people have won a Nobel Prize. And we're going to ask you a simple question: how many of those Nobel laureates are women? What, half of them…
- Hall of Fame: The Modernist Romantic · 6 min · Stagione 7For this week's Hall of Fame, the author Joe Dunthorne presents the writer's writer: Heinrich von Kleist. A contemporary of Goethe, Byron and Shelley he was perhaps even more…
- My Great-Grandfather Made Chemical Weapons for the Nazis · 56 min · Stagione 7 Episodio 3Wouldn't it be nice if the stories we're told were all true, were all heroic and inspiring? But that's not always the case. Because more often than not, family histories – all…
- Hall of Fame: The French Menu Cookbook · 4 min · Stagione 7On this week's Hall of Fame, prepare to bask in the glorious Provençal sunshine, as you sit under grapevines, drinking Rosé and tucking into the most delicious goat's cheese…
- The Woman who Taught a Nation to Cook · 53 min · Stagione 7 Episodio 2Rationing. It's a word which sends shivers down the spine. A word which conjures up Spam and powdered eggs, potato peel pie and cabbage. Endless cabbage. But it wasn't all doom…
- Hall of Fame: Shooting for the Moon · 9 min · Stagione 7In Charlene White's Hall of Fame, we're introduced to a mould-breaking community activist, Sybil Phoenix. She fostered children, founded a youth centre and set up a foundation…
- How Windrush Made a Nation · 59 min · Stagione 7 Episodio 1Welcome back to Season 7 of Trapped History! And have we got a season for you, full to bursting with stories of unexpected heroes and uncharted histories which will inspire you…
- Season 7 Teaser Trailer · 9 min · Stagione 7We are just busting to tell you about Trapped History's new season – packed with hidden stories about people we weren't taught about in school. Tune in to hear Charlene White…
- Hall of Fame: The Good War Criminal · 4 min · Stagione 2Keith Lowe is one of our greatest historians of the Second World War and its aftermath. He joined us to share the story of Ben Ferencz, one of the Nuremberg prosecutors who made…
- Hall of Fame: The Martyrs of Matouba · 3 min · Stagione 2Joris Lechene joined us to understand the life and afterlife of the great John La Rose, one of the leading lights of Black British cultural life from the 1960s to the 1980s. And…
- Hall of Fame: The Violinist of Auschwitz · 4 min · Stagione 2Anne Sebba breathed life into the story of the women of the French Resistance, in the brilliant The Women who Ran the Resistance: Anne Sebba on the Forgotten Heroines. And in…
- Hall of Fame: The Barber of the Hindoostane Coffee House · 4 min · Stagione 2Sathnam Sanghera joined us to find out all about Cornelia Sorabji, the first woman to graduate from an Indian university, the first woman anywhere to get a law degree – from…
- Hall of Fame: The Master of Memorials · 6 min · Stagione 1Sculptor Ian Wolter accompanied us on a cold and windy day to the mesmerising Memorial to Heroic Self-Sacrifice. The insights of a practising artist were priceless and so his…
- Hall of Fame: The First Black Fighter Pilot · 3 min · Stagione 1The RAF pilot Trevor Edwards joined us to marvel at the life and times of Johnny Smythe. But here, he goes back to the very beginning and nominates Robbie Clarke, the very first…
- Hall of Fame: The Singer's Singer · 6 min · Stagione 1Join us as Stephen Bourne unveils his Hall of fame nominee. You may remember, Stephen was our guest on our episode about the forgotten singer who was Adelaide Hall, and he…
