Present History Podcast

By Present History

A podcast looking back at history to see how it affects us today, and how it can help us build a better future.

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May 20, 2022 The Rise and Fall of Mercia with Annie Whitehead - Part One
In this episode of the Present History Podcast, Zachary Peatling sat down with Annie Whitehead, an Anglo-Saxon historian and critically acclaimed author, to discuss the Kingdom of Mercia, Aethelflaed, and more!

Check out Annie Whitehead:
Website: https://www.anniewhiteheadauthor.co.uk

Twitter: @AnnieWHistory

Mercia: The Rise and Fall of a Kingdom: https://www.waterstones.com/book/mercia/annie-whitehead/9781398103337

Check out Zachary Peatling:
Website: https://www.presenthistory.co.uk

Twitter: @zjpeatling
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36min
May 16, 2022 The Endurance of Shackleton with Joanna Grochowicz - Part Two
In this episode of the Present History Podcast, Zachary Peatling sat down with Joanna Grochowicz, a polar historian and critically acclaimed author, to discuss Ernest Shackleton, the Endurance and the incredible stories of polar exploration!

Check out Joanna Grochowicz:
Website: https://www.joannagrochowicz.com
Twitter: @GrochowiczJ
Shackleton's Endurance: An Antarctic Survival Story: https://www.waterstones.com/book/shackletons-endurance/joanna-grochowicz/9781911679158

Check out Zachary Peatling:
Website: https://www.presenthistory.co.uk
Twitter: @zjpeatling
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21min
May 06, 2022 The Endurance of Shackleton with Joanna Grochowicz - Part One
In this episode of the Present History Podcast, Zachary Peatling sat down with Joanna Grochowicz, a polar historian and critically acclaimed author, to discuss Ernest Shackleton, the Endurance and the incredible stories of polar exploration!

Check out Joanna Grochowicz:
Website: https://www.joannagrochowicz.com
Twitter: @GrochowiczJ
Shackleton's Endurance: An Antarctic Survival Story: https://www.waterstones.com/book/shackletons-endurance/joanna-grochowicz/9781911679158

Check out Zachary Peatling:
Website: https://www.presenthistory.co.uk
Twitter: @zjpeatling
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38min
April 08, 2022 The Power of Oral History with Dr George Severs - Part Two
We have a very special episode today, as we are with Dr George Severs, a leading oral historian, specialising in the history of activism, sexuality, religion and work, a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Birkbeck, University of London, and a member of the Editorial Board of Oral History, the journal of the UK’s Oral History Society (OHS).
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24min
April 01, 2022 The Power of Oral History with Dr George Severs - Part One
We have a very special episode today, as we are with Dr George Severs, a leading oral historian, specialising in the history of activism, sexuality, religion and work, a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Birkbeck, University of London, and a member of the Editorial Board of Oral History, the journal of the UK’s Oral History Society (OHS).
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34min
March 25, 2022 Trench Talk - Slang and Banter in WW1
The First World War was one of the most catastrophic and impactful events in British history, and the soldiers’ experience of it has often been boiled down to mud, blood, poison gas and ‘going over the top’. But, there are aspects of life that were fundamental to a soldier’s experience that have been simply overlooked. For example, the ‘Trench Talk’; the way in which the soldiers communicated with one another, how they voiced their feelings and emotions, and even, how they interacted with the public back home. Slang and banter would be crucial parts in how the soldiers on the front experienced and dealt with the horrors of war.
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March 18, 2022 Catherine Howard: The Maligned Queen w/ Grace Beattie Pt. 2
'Henry VIII’s wives have been constantly reinvented. But not Katherine Howard. The legend and the myth often outweigh the actual woman’s story—a multifaceted woman who was both a victim and an agent of her own fate. She was a real teenage girl living in the moment, unaware of the significant consequences lurking in the shadows. Katherine deserves a new analysis in an age in which a woman’s sexual choices are no longer held against her. One that acknowledges her imperfections but does not condemn her for them.' - Grace Beattie, The Maligned Queen: The Life and Legacy of Katherine Howard (The Afterlife of History Blog)
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March 11, 2022 Catherine Howard: The Maligned Queen w/ Grace Beattie Pt. 1
'Henry VIII’s wives have been constantly reinvented. But not Katherine Howard. The legend and the myth often outweigh the actual woman’s story—a multifaceted woman who was both a victim and an agent of her own fate. She was a real teenage girl living in the moment, unaware of the significant consequences lurking in the shadows. Katherine deserves a new analysis in an age in which a woman’s sexual choices are no longer held against her. One that acknowledges her imperfections but does not condemn her for them.' - Grace Beattie, The Maligned Queen: The Life and Legacy of Katherine Howard (The Afterlife of History Blog)
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38min
March 04, 2022 Bond Post-9/11 | You Only Live Forever Pt. 2
This episode contains potential spoilers for all the James Bond films and books, so, if by some miraculous turn of events you have managed to avoid them all for the last sixty years, go watch them and then come back! If not, thank you for tuning in and enjoy!Also, a quick little trigger warning, we will be discussing 9/11 and its aftermath.James Bond has been a staple of British literary and cinematic culture for the past 59 years. He has undergone a slow, steady, evolution into the modern world, carrying with him the luggage of his Cold War origins and a need to remain relevant. He has always been a kind of mouthpiece for the political and cultural issues faced by Britain and America throughout his emphatically consistent cinematic career. Beginning as a figurehead of resurgent British power in the years of economic downturn following the Second World War, becoming the icon of Britain’s Cold War, through the American War on Drugs, the fears of seemingly omnipotent media moguls, and internal threats, Bond has been brought firmly into the modern world, standing against terrorism and biological- and cyber-warfare. He is, and always has been, a product of the sixties constantly adapting to whatever threat his real-world, modernising nation needed him to face.
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15min
February 25, 2022 The Birth of Bond | You Only Live Forever Pt. 1
The following episode contains potential spoilers for all the James Bond films and books, so if, somehow, you’ve managed to avoid Bond for your entire life and still don’t know what happens, go watch the films first and then come back. If not, get comfortable and enjoy! Throughout his cinematic career, Bond has faced stereotypical Soviet threats, grandiose crime lords and eccentric businessmen; home-grown internal threats, nuclear weapons, biological warfare, space-travel, terrorism and dictatorships. What all these antagonists have in common, is that they’re just as much a product of their time as the character of Bond himself. Whatever was a perceived threat to Britain’s security at the time, invariably ended up reflected in the latest instalment of the Bond franchise. This was common from the very beginning.
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