The Rest Is History
Historians Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook are interrogating the past, and attempting to de-tangle the present.
They question the nature of Greatness, why the West no longer has civil wars and whether Richard Nixon was more like Caligula or Claudius.
They're distilling the entirety of human history, or, as much as they can fit into about fifty minutes.
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- <p>Historians Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook are interrogating the past, and attempting to de-tangle the present.</p><br><p>They question the nature of Greatness, why the West no longer has civil wars and whether Richard Nixon was more like Caligula or Claudius. </p><br><p>They're distilling the entirety of human history, or, as much as they can fit into about fifty minutes.</p><br><p>Join <a href="www.restishistorypod.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Rest Is History Club</a> (www.restishistorypod.com) for ad-free listening to the full archive, weekly bonus episodes, live streamed shows and access to an exclusive chatroom community.</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>
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- 🇬🇧 English
- last modified
- 2024-04-18 01:14
- last episode published
- 2024-04-17 23:10
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- 2.69 days
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- Goalhanger Podcasts
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- Jack Davenport
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- 472
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