Prehis/Stories

Prehis/Stories episodes:

• 05.26.2021

  Horror Part 3 - Ep 33

  The long arm of the prehistoric past reaches through the millennia to grab our attention, and, in this episode, to grab us by the throat. Yes, we're talking folk horror in this episode, and trying not to shiver as we...

  
• 04.27.2021

  Horror Part 2 - Ep 32

  The long arm of the prehistoric past reaches through the millennia to grab our attention, and, in this episode, to grab us by the throat. Yes, we're talking folk horror in this episode, and trying not to shiver as we...

  
• 03.23.2021

  Horror Part 1 - Ep 31

  The long arm of the prehistoric past reaches through the millennia to grab our attention, and, in this episode, to grab us by the throat. Yes, we're talking folk horror in this episode, and trying not to shiver as we...

  
• 12.24.2020

  Christmas Books - Ep 30

  Join Kim as she talks to Professor Chris Gosden of Oxford University about the historical and prehistorical links to Christmas books we all know and, perhaps, love. We take in an ambitious collection of four books from Dickens' A Christmas...

  
• 11.24.2020

  Iceman - Ep 29

  Kim talks to stone tool specialist and experimental archaeologist Dr James Dilley about the film Iceman, a dramatic reconstruction of the last days of Ötzi the Iceman. We consider such important questions as "What was the social structure of Chalcolithic...

  
• 10.29.2020

  Folklore and prehistoric sites - Ep 28

  Ghosts, magic, witches and sacrifice, just in time for Halloween! Kim talks to Sue Greaney and Joana Valdez-Tullet about folklore and prehistoric sites in Europe. Sue is working on. PhD about Neolithic sites in Britain and Ireland and is responsible...

  
• 08.21.2020

  On Raven's Wing - Ep 27

  I talk to Dr Rena Maguire about On Raven's Wing by Morgan Llywelyn. This book is a retelling of part of the Ulster Cycle, especially the life of Cuchulain, the Hound of Ulster, and the Tain Bo Cuailhge, the Cattle...

  
• 07.10.2020

  The Book of Taliesin - Ep 26

  Kim talks to Erin Kavanagh, a poet and geomythologist based in Wales about the old Welsh "Book of Taliesin", especially the recent translation into English by Gwyneth Lewis and Rowan Williams. How much can we learn about the post-Roman period...

  
• 05.22.2020

  Viper's Daughter by Michelle Paver - Ep 25

  It's been two years since we published the last episode, and it's been ten years since Michelle Paver published the last of her Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series of Mesolithic set books that had started with Wolf Brother. But we're...

  
• 04.02.2020

  Prehistories Promo - Starting Soon on The APN

  Prehistories is back and to celebrate its return, the show goes back to its roots. Kim sits down to talk to Michelle Paver, author of Wolf Brother, who has now relased another book called Viper's daughter. Here is a snippet of...

  
• 01.05.2020

  BONUS - 5 Year Message From Kim Biddulph of Prehistories

  To celebrate the APN turning 5, we have asked some of our hosts what the network means to them. Kim Biddulph of the Prehistories podcast talks about her experiences of the APN, her show and why podcasts are important part...

  
• 03.22.2018

  Early Man (film) - Episode 24

  I give Early Man the Prehi/stories treatment with James Dilley, an ancient technology specialist, and Erin Kavanagh, who is interested in how the past is represented whether that's the prehistoric past or the footballing past. The film is just a...

  
• 02.22.2018

  Boy with the Bronze Axe - Episode 23

  The Boy with the Bronze Axe by Kathleen Fidler is set in the Neolithic Orkney settlement of Skara Brae. Though written for children this book is also really interesting for adults thinking about how interpretations of Skara have changed over...

  
• 12.28.2017

  Warrior Scarlet - Episode 22

  Warrior Scarlet by Rosemary Sutcliff is a book set in the transition from Bronze to Iron Age, but that's the least interesting thing about it. I talk to Dr. Helen Chittock of the University of Oxford and Dr. Julia Farley...

  
• 11.02.2017

  One Million Years BC to The Last Hunter - Episode 21

  Take a few archaeologists who think they're film buffs and what have you got? A prehistoric film special! From fur bikinis to inter-species rape, we look at the best that we could find of a very small film genre with...

  
• 09.28.2017

  A Night in an Iron Age Hillfort - Episode 20

  Kim Biddulph and friends spent the night in an Iron Age Hillfort sharing food, exchanging stories, and discussion ideas. It was an amazing night full of fun and excitement. The audio is a bit challenging at times, as you would...

  
• 07.03.2017

  Archer, Journey to Stonehenge - Episode 19

  Jane Brayne has written and illustrated a comic strip style picture book on the journey of the Amesbury Archer, and kindly appears as a guest on the podcast to talk about it. The original excavator of the early Bronze Age...

  
• 05.25.2017

  Mezolith - Episode 18

  Mezolith is a graphic novel set loosely in the Mesolithic period (with shades of the Palaeolithic) somewhere in northern Europe. Written by Ben Haggarty, a storyteller steeped in legends of many cultures, which all come through in the book, and...

  
• 04.19.2017

  Archaeological Comics - Episode 17

  Kim talks to three archaeological comic writers and artists - John Swogger, Hannah Sackett, and Katy Whittaker - about their work and the current and potential uses of comics in archaeology. Comics are obviously a great way to engage children...

  
• 03.01.2017

  The First Drawing and Stone Age Boy - Episode 16

  Two children's picturebooks are the subject of episode 16 of Prehi/stories. Picturebooks may be the first contact children have with prehistory, so we're looking at how two of the best, The First Drawing by Mordicai Gerstein and Stone Age Boy...

  
• 01.30.2017

  The Inheritors - Episode 15

  Matthew Pope of UCL and Beccy Scott of the British Museum shed light on the extraordinary tale of the Neanderthal Lok and his extended family written by William Golding. Given the topic of Golding's more famous work, Lord of the...

  
• 12.09.2016

  The People of the River by Michael Gear and Katheen O'Neal Gear - Episode 14

  To move away from being totally Eurocentric, Prehi/stories takes a look at fiction set in North America. The People of the River is set in Cahokia in Illinois, and so I talk to Thomas Emerson, Director of the Illinois State...

  
• 11.08.2016

  The Undreamed Shores by Mark Patton - Episode 13

  I talk to the archaeologist/author, Mark Patton, about his first book, The Undreamed Shores, which is set at the end of the Neolithic in the Channel Islands and Wiltshite

  
• 09.29.2016

  A Game of Thrones - Episode 12

  There is a law that every podcast about books will eventually talk about A Game of Thrones, and that's where we've got to on Prehi/stories. Kim talks to two die hard fans and archaeologists Lucy Hooton and Brett Thorn about...

  
• 08.09.2016

  Whitestone Stories by John R Barrett - Episode 11

  A first for this podcast is to have the author of the book on to talk about it, so we welcome John R Barrett to Prehi/stories, and Brian Wilkinson, a community archaeologist from Scotland where the book is based. The...

  
• 06.07.2016

  Poetry Special - Episode 10

  A poet, a prehistorian and a podcaster sit down to Skype. That's not a joke, that's what happened for this episode where my guests were Erin Kavanagh, a geomythologist, and Gavin MacGregor, an archaeologist and we talked about the incredible...

  
• 05.13.2016

  Asterix and the Britons - Episode 9

  What can Asterix tell us about the prehistoric past? Not very much, it turns out, but we have a bit of fun anyway. I talk to my husband, Edward Biddulph, as we bridge the divide between Iron Age Gauls, Britons...

  
• 04.03.2016

  Stig of the Dump - Episode 8

  Professional Neanderthal botherer Beccy Scott joins me to talk about the nation's favourite Neanderthal, Stig of the Dump. Many of you will have read this book as children, as it was published all the way back in 1963, and we...

  
• 03.01.2016

  Clan of the Cave Bear: Valley of the Horses - Episode 7

  I talk to the awesome superteam of bloggers, the Twilight Beasts, namely Rena Maguire, Ross Barnett and Jan Freedman, about the charismatic animals of the late Ice Age that humans in the Upper Palaeolithic watched, hunted, possibly tamed and definitely...

  
• 01.29.2016

  Stonehenge by Bernard Cornwell - Episode 6

  I talk to Susan Greaney of English Heritage about Bernard Cornwell's epic novel about Stonehenge. Despite noticing some chronological finessing, and railing against the sexism of the late Neolithic as portrayed by the author, we discuss how the imaginative storytelling...

  
• 12.24.2015

  The Ravens by James Dyer - Episode 5

  The Ravens is a children's book about the first Roman invasion in 55 B.C. set around Hertfordshire and particularly the hillfort now known as Ravensburgh Castle. It was written by the excavator himself, James Dyer, who was also a schoolteacher....

  
• 11.28.2015

  The Gathering Night - Episode 4

  I go back to the Mesolithic in earnest in this episode and talk to Caroline Wickham-Jones and Spencer Carter about a wonderful tale that is part prehistorical fiction, part family saga, part whodunnit, the Gathering Night by Margaret Elphinstone. We...

  
• 10.31.2015

  Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M Auel - Episode 3

  What you need when discussing Clan of the Cave Bear are two Neanderthal experts, which is what I got – Rebecca Wragg Sykes of Bordeaux University and Matthew Pope of UCL, London. The fascinating subject of Neanderthal/Homo sapiens relations occupied...

  
• 09.28.2015

  Wolf Brother by Michelle Paver - Episode 2

  My guests are Matt Ritchie, Forestry Commission Scotland's archaeologist, Donald Henson, studying for a PhD in Public Perceptions of the Mesolithic at York University, and James Dilley of Ancient Craft and about to embark on a PhD as well. matt...

  
• 09.28.2015

  Stories and Prehistory: An Introduction to the Podcast - Episode 1

  I talk to Tristan Boyle, host of the Anarchaeologist Podcast and the instigator of my podcasting career, and get him to care about stories in archaeology. The sage words of Game of Thrones author, George R. R. Martin are invoked,...