Yesterday's News
Joe Forrester brings you three headlines from the week in history, focusing on the lesser-known, more unusual and often downright odd. Every week Joe is joined by a special guest as they discuss that show’s stories and a whole load of puerile nonsense besides. This is the podcast that shows you history is sexy, sweary and full of people acting like utter plonkers… Imagine Game of Thrones with Benny Hill music. @VeryOldNews (https://twitter.com/veryoldnews) @forrester_joe (https://twitter.com/forrester_joe)
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- Description
- Joe Forrester brings you three headlines from the week in history, focusing on the lesser-known, more unusual and often downright odd. Every week Joe is joined by a special guest as they discuss that show’s stories and a whole load of puerile nonsense besides. This is the podcast that shows you history is sexy, sweary and full of people acting like utter plonkers… Imagine Game of Thrones with Benny Hill music. @VeryOldNews (https://twitter.com/veryoldnews) @forrester_joe (https://twitter.com/forrester_joe)
- Language
- 🇬🇧 English
- last modified
- 2024-03-11 14:51
- last episode published
- 2017-12-03 18:47
- publication frequency
- 20.41 days
- Contributors
- audioBoom
- Owner
- Joe Forrester
- Author
- Explicit
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- Number of Episodes
- 21
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- Society & Culture History Arts
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Episodes
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| 2017-12-03 | I'm joined by Jazz legend Louis Horne in an awkward chat about his mythical Welsh origins, his sexually promiscuous and somewhat unwell cat and the violent nature of the London Jazz scene. #history #comedy #podcast #Wales #Jazz #LouisHorne #JoeForrest... |
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| 2017-02-18 | In an emblematic clash of 60s rebellion and the stuffy old establishment, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards find themselves in court after a raid on Keith's house. Get ready for Marianne Faithfull clad only in a rug, men wearing make-up and we hear from M... |
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| 2017-02-08 | This week we’re there for the aftermath of the murder of Mahatma Gandhi and look back at his life and legacy. Next, we witness Oliver Cromwell’s ‘execution’ and follow the journey of his disembodied head right up to the 1960s. Finally, we look at the o... |
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| 2017-01-27 | This week we look at the greatest battle of the Second World War and a titanic clash of egos, as both Stalin and Hitler refuse to allow retreat at Stalingrad and cause the deaths of millions. We look at a Protestant rebellion against Mary I, as women ... |
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| 2017-01-23 | In this special episode technology expert and presenter Marcus Bronzy popped in to talk about how Henry Ford revolutionised the manufacturing process, something we're still seeing today. He also chatted about the future of technology and we consider th... |
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| 2017-01-21 | Ahead of the release of our special episode about the history and future of technology with tech presenter Marcus Bronzy, here's a little snippet, with some musings on whether history has any warnings about America's new President.#History #Podcast #Tr... |
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| 2017-01-20 |
A horrific Hollywood murder; how Henry Ford changed the world; and a chilling Nazi conference This week we investigate the unsolved case of the Black Dahlia murder, as a new suspect comes to the fore. My guest Marcus Bronzy channels a cartoon newspaper reporter in stunning fashion as he interviews industrial tycoon Henry Ford. Finally we look a... |
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| 2017-01-16 |
Special: Filmmaker Matt Bell talks his new documentary, Star Wars and Englishness In this special episode filmmaker Matt Bell popped in to talk about his new documentary 'Eddie - Strongman', which charts the rise of charismatic UK strongman Eddie Hall and is currently getting rave reviews on Netflix. We also talk about Star Wars (ob... |
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| 2017-01-13 | This week Matteo Bellini meets Caesar (who is inexplicably from the Bronx); we are present at the trial of Joan of Arc and Joe Forrester is live on these scene at the Battle of Ashdown as Alfred the Great faces the Vikings.#history #podcast #RomanEmpir... |
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| 2017-01-07 | This week we are live at the scene of Medieval Europe's most famous crimes, the murder of Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Becket. I chat to Edwin Hubble about a groundbreaking scientific discovery. Finally, we are there as Charles I storms Parliament,... |
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