Jason talks to Rebecca Rideal about 1666, and pandemics, great fires, and wars.

Producer: Natt Tapley

Audio: Pete Dennis

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Jason talks to Alan Outram and Oliver Creighton who have done the most extensive study of mediaeval warhorses ever made.

Producer: Natt Tapley

Audio: Pete Dennis

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Ben Rawlence joins Jason to explain how the tree-line is moving, what that means for us, and what we can do about it.

Produced by: Natt Tapley

Audio: Pete Dennis

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Jason talks to comics legend Garth Ennis about war, computer games, history, and how to bring back comics of the past.

Producer: Natt Tapley

Assistant Producer: Abi Robinson

Audio: Pete Dennis

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In this episode Jason talks to Gernot Wagner about the damage we're doing to our limate and whether or not it's on our power to reverse it.

Producer: Natt Tapley

Assistant Producer: Abi Robinson

Audio: Pete Dennis

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Jason talks to Jo Handelsman, the Director of the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery at University of Wisconsin, about the role soil has played in the historical invasions of Ukraine, how fast we're running out of soil and what will happen when we do.

Presenter: Jason Kingsley

Producer: Natt Tapley

Assistant Producer: Abi Robinson

Audio: Pete Dennis

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Professor Nicholas Guyatt joins Jason to talk about apocalyptic cults, beliefs in the end of the world, and what that might look like.

Producer: Natt Tapley

Assistant Producer: Abi Robinson

Audio: Pete Dennis

Image: St Jean de Montmartre 4th Horseman of Apocalypse by Peter Haas licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 3.0

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Jason talks to David Perry & Matt Gabriele about their new book, The Bright Ages, which tries to reassess the period after the fall of the Roman empire (if that even happened).

Producer: Natt Tapley

Audio: Pete Dennis

Assistant Producer: Abi Robinson

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Jason talks to Professor Suzannah Lipscomb about how we find out about mediaeval women in the past, how marriages worked, and whether or not Henry VIII was the ultimate romantic?

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Audio: Pete Dennis

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Jason talks to Jessica Nordell , who showed how small amounts of bias can have huge impact on large organisations.

Producer: Natt Tapley

Audio: Pete Dennis

Assistant Producer: Abi Robinson

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