Explaining History

De: Nick Shepley
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  • The Explaining History Podcast has been exploring the 20th Century in weekly chapters for the past 10 years, helping students and enthusiasts engage with the past. With the help of expert guests, your host Nick Shepley navigates competing debates around the key events and processes of the past century.

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  • The Fall of Civilisations

    The Fall of Civilisations
    Jul 20 2024

    In this wide ranging conversation with historian and podcaster Paul Cooper, we explore the themes in his new book The Fall of Civilisations. Paul has examined numerous ancient and medieval civilisations from the Assyrians to the peoples of Easter Island to understand the factors and tipping points that lead to the end of civilisations. We explore how empires divide, how civil conflicts begin, the role of food insecurity and other stress factors and how likely our civilisation will reach its own existential crisis.


    • Note: There were a couple of audio issues in this podcast, but stick with it, it's well worth it.



    You can hear Paul's podcast here, and Paul's book Fall of Civilisations is available here

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    34 m
  • Westlessness: The changing power of the west in the 21st Century

    Westlessness: The changing power of the west in the 21st Century
    Jul 7 2024

    The western world fought for its survival in the 20th Century and won the three great historical challenges it faced, the first and second world wars and the long ideological struggle of the Cold War. Now in the 21st Century, during a time of rapid global transitions of power the future of the western power is less certain in an increasingly multipolar world. In this episode of the Explaining History Podcast, I speak with Dr Samir Puri, author of a new book Westlessness, which explores the past and the future of the west and its competitors.


    • Note: There were a couple of audio issues in this podcast, but stick with it, it's an absorbing conversation.


    You can pre-order the book here

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    37 m
  • SAS warfare, survival and resistance 1942-44

    SAS warfare, survival and resistance 1942-44
    Jun 28 2024
    In this episode of the Explaining History podcast we hear from Gerald Hough, whose new book Desert Raids with the SAS recounts the story of his father, Anthony, and his experience of war, captivity and escape. Part of the SAS in North Africa during the long desert campaigns between the 8th Army and the Afrika Korps, Anthony Hough was captured by the Italians and sent to a prison camp near Pescara in Italy. When Italy surrendered and Germany occupied the northern half of the country, he found himself trapped behind enemy lines and facing potential deportation to Germany. With two other soldiers he hid and then escaped as the camp was being emptied and found the most extraordinary support and help from Italian anti fascists in the nearby villages. Reduced eventually to living in a cave, Anthony Hough crossed mountainous terrain in winter and desperately ill managed to make it back across allied lines. Hear about this incredible story of survival and resistance.

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    37 m
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