Episodios

  • Nelson and The Battle of Trafalgar
    Oct 12 2025

    On its 220th anniversary, we're debating The Battle of Trafalgar, as we find out about strategy, sacrifice and victory on the high seas.

    Featuring Dr Katherine Gazzard from Royal Museums Greenwich, Dr Ciarán McDonnell, historian of 18th century war and society, and Prof Andrew Lambert, Professor of Naval History at King’s College London.

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    53 m
  • Ireland and the American Revolution
    Oct 7 2025

    On the 250th anniversary of the start of the American Revolution, we'll discuss the Irish involvement in the conflict and the impact it had on our history.

    Featuring: Prof Finola O'Kane Crimmins, Professor at the School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy at UCD; Dr Joel Herman, Research Fellow at the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland, History Department at Trinity College Dublin; Prof Patrick Griffin, Madden-Hennebry Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame, and Bye-Fellow at St Edmund's College at the University of Cambridge; and Prof Eliga Gould, Harmsworth Professor of American History at Oxford.

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    53 m
  • Irish STEM Lives
    Sep 28 2025

    We explore Ireland's journey through science, engineering, technology and mathematics over the last four centuries.

    Featuring Dr Eoin Kinsella, managing editor of the Dictionary of Irish Biography; Prof Jane Grimson, a Member of the Royal Irish Academy and past president of Engineers Ireland and of the Irish Academy of Engineering; and Turlough O’Riordan, online and digital editor of the Dictionary of Irish Biography.

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    52 m
  • Best of September Books
    Sep 23 2025

    In this episode: Dublin’s Industrial Heritage by Rob Goodbody; the Voices of the Showmen exhibition at the University of Galway; The Great Reversal - Britain, China and the 400-Year Contest for Power, by Kerry Brown; and Irish settlers’ roles in Native American history, in Éire agus Na Chéad Naisiúin on TG4, with producer Ronan McCloskey.

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    53 m
  • Ruth Bader Ginsburg
    Sep 14 2025

    We assess the life and legacy of US Supreme Court judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the fifth anniversary of her death.

    Featuring: Kelsi Brown Corkran, Supreme Court Director at the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection and a Senior Lecturer at Georgetown Law; Prof Aoife O'Donoghue, Professor at the School of Law at Queen’s University Belfast; and Prof David Kenny, Head of the School of Law, Trinity College Dublin.

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    53 m
  • Interrogating Historical Interpretation
    Sep 7 2025

    In this episode, we're exploring how individuals experience history, and how lives are lived against the backdrop of conflict and revolutions.

    Featuring: Prof Dónal Hassett, Professor of History at Maynooth University; Dr Clodagh Tait, Lecturer in History at Mary Immaculate College; and Prof M’hamed Oualdi, Chair in European History, 19th and early 20th centuries, European University Institute.

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    52 m
  • Iconic Irish Presidential Elections: 1990 and 1997
    Aug 31 2025

    In this episode, we'll be exploring two of the most iconic Irish presidential elections, 1990 and 1997.

    Featuring Dr John Walsh, School of Education, Trinity College Dublin, and Prof Kevin Rafter, Full Professor of Political Communication at DCU.

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    53 m
  • Thomas More
    Aug 24 2025

    In this episode of Talking History, we discuss the life, death and legacy of author and statesman Thomas More, who was beheaded by Henry VIII.

    Featuring: Dr Joanne Paul, senior lecturer in early modern history at the University of Sussex, and author of ‘Thomas More: A Life and Death in Tudor England'; Prof Lucy Wooding, professor of history at the University of Oxford and author of ‘Tudor England: A History’; Dr Alexandra Gajda, Associate Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Oxford; and Prof Richard Rex, Professor of Reformation History at the University of Cambridge.

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    54 m