The 15 Minute Book Club

By Alex Churchill, Matt Bone

We don't always have an hour or so to spare. In this new, short-form podcast, Alex and Matt interview an author, gameshow style, and they have fifteen minutes on the clock to convince you to buy th

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The 15 Minute Book Club episodes:

July 18, 2024 History Hack: WW2 Archaeology
Chris Kolonko-Weet joins Alina and Chris to talk about defences during WW2

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Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see behind the scenes and find out how the book was written. You can subscribe here: https://www.patreon.com/cw/15MinuteBookClub

Watch the video version: https://www.youtube.com/@15MinuteBook_Club

Buy [INSERT BOOK TITLE] at our Bookshop.org shop. Support authors, indie bookshops and us!
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Visit our Bookshop with books from all of our guests via the links below:
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44min
July 15, 2024 History Hack: Female Gladiators
Alexandra Sills is back! This time she chats with Alina about female gladiators, were they real or a modern phenomenon?

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Buy us a coffee: www.ko-fi.com/historyhack

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Visit our new website: www.historyhack.co.uk
Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see behind the scenes and find out how the book was written. You can subscribe here: https://www.patreon.com/cw/15MinuteBookClub

Watch the video version: https://www.youtube.com/@15MinuteBook_Club

Buy [INSERT BOOK TITLE] at our Bookshop.org shop. Support authors, indie bookshops and us!
UK Link:
US Link:

Visit our Bookshop with books from all of our guests via the links below:
(UK) https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/15MinuteBookClub
(US) https://bookshop.org/shop/15MinuteBookClub
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50min
July 11, 2024 MsUnderstood: Cecily Neville
Charly is joined by historical novelist Annie Garthwaite to discuss Cecily Neville, wife of an executed royal claimant, mother to two kings of England, grandmother to an uncrowned king and the queen who united two warring houses. Only known by her relations, let's find out who SHE was!

Enjoying our work?

Buy us a coffee: www.ko-fi.com/historyhack

Subscribe to Patreon: www.patreon.com/historyhack

Visit our new website: www.historyhack.co.uk
Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see behind the scenes and find out how the book was written. You can subscribe here: https://www.patreon.com/cw/15MinuteBookClub

Watch the video version: https://www.youtube.com/@15MinuteBook_Club

Buy [INSERT BOOK TITLE] at our Bookshop.org shop. Support authors, indie bookshops and us!
UK Link:
US Link:

Visit our Bookshop with books from all of our guests via the links below:
(UK) https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/15MinuteBookClub
(US) https://bookshop.org/shop/15MinuteBookClub
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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54min
July 08, 2024 History Hack: Bridgerton season 3
Beth is joined by Julie Tadeo and Katherine Byrne to talk about the 3rd season of Bridgerton. They discuss what is historically possible and what is pure fiction, what characters are believable and even about that carriage scene that everyone is talking about.

Enjoying our work?

Buy us a coffee: www.ko-fi.com/historyhack

Subscribe to Patreon: www.patreon.com/historyhack

Visit our new website: www.historyhack.co.uk
Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see behind the scenes and find out how the book was written. You can subscribe here: https://www.patreon.com/cw/15MinuteBookClub

Watch the video version: https://www.youtube.com/@15MinuteBook_Club

Buy [INSERT BOOK TITLE] at our Bookshop.org shop. Support authors, indie bookshops and us!
UK Link:
US Link:

Visit our Bookshop with books from all of our guests via the links below:
(UK) https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/15MinuteBookClub
(US) https://bookshop.org/shop/15MinuteBookClub
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52min
July 04, 2024 History Hack: The Battle of Naseby
Charly is joined by Mark Linnell and Duncan Orme of The Naseby Battlefield Project to discuss the delicate balance between outreach and engagement, and respectful remembrance.

Enjoying our work?

Buy us a coffee: www.ko-fi.com/historyhack

Subscribe to Patreon: www.patreon.com/historyhack

Visit our new website: www.historyhack.co.uk
Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see behind the scenes and find out how the book was written. You can subscribe here: https://www.patreon.com/cw/15MinuteBookClub

Watch the video version: https://www.youtube.com/@15MinuteBook_Club

Buy [INSERT BOOK TITLE] at our Bookshop.org shop. Support authors, indie bookshops and us!
UK Link:
US Link:

Visit our Bookshop with books from all of our guests via the links below:
(UK) https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/15MinuteBookClub
(US) https://bookshop.org/shop/15MinuteBookClub
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44min
July 01, 2024 History Hack: Mark Antony
Alex Gough joins Chris and Alina to talk about the life of Mark Antony and his new book series "Caesar's General". They only mention Cleopatra once or twice, we promise.

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Buy us a coffee: www.ko-fi.com/historyhack

Subscribe to Patreon: www.patreon.com/historyhack

Visit our new website: www.historyhack.co.uk
Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see behind the scenes and find out how the book was written. You can subscribe here: https://www.patreon.com/cw/15MinuteBookClub

Watch the video version: https://www.youtube.com/@15MinuteBook_Club

Buy [INSERT BOOK TITLE] at our Bookshop.org shop. Support authors, indie bookshops and us!
UK Link:
US Link:

Visit our Bookshop with books from all of our guests via the links below:
(UK) https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/15MinuteBookClub
(US) https://bookshop.org/shop/15MinuteBookClub
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44min
June 27, 2024 History Hack: Jerusalem
Jodi Magness joins Alina and Chris to talk about her new book "Jerusalem Through the Ages" where we geek out at various archaeological finds!

Enjoying our work?

Buy us a coffee: www.ko-fi.com/historyhack

Subscribe to Patreon: www.patreon.com/historyhack

Visit our new website: www.historyhack.co.uk
Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see behind the scenes and find out how the book was written. You can subscribe here: https://www.patreon.com/cw/15MinuteBookClub

Watch the video version: https://www.youtube.com/@15MinuteBook_Club

Buy [INSERT BOOK TITLE] at our Bookshop.org shop. Support authors, indie bookshops and us!
UK Link:
US Link:

Visit our Bookshop with books from all of our guests via the links below:
(UK) https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/15MinuteBookClub
(US) https://bookshop.org/shop/15MinuteBookClub
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43min
June 24, 2024 Pole Position: The Death of Sikorski
Peter Zablocki joins Alina to talk about Sikorski and the conspiracies surrounding his death (spoiler alert). His new book is out on June 30th about the death of Sikorski.

Enjoying our work?

Buy us a coffee: www.ko-fi.com/historyhack

Subscribe to Patreon: www.patreon.com/historyhack

Visit our new website: www.historyhack.co.uk
Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see behind the scenes and find out how the book was written. You can subscribe here: https://www.patreon.com/cw/15MinuteBookClub

Watch the video version: https://www.youtube.com/@15MinuteBook_Club

Buy [INSERT BOOK TITLE] at our Bookshop.org shop. Support authors, indie bookshops and us!
UK Link:
US Link:

Visit our Bookshop with books from all of our guests via the links below:
(UK) https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/15MinuteBookClub
(US) https://bookshop.org/shop/15MinuteBookClub
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1h 14min
June 20, 2024 History Hack: Berengaria of Navarre, Queen of England
Gabrielle Storey is back to talk to Alex and Charly all about the Medieval world. This time there is no sex but instead a badarse Queen, Berengaria of Navarre.

Enjoying our work?

Buy us a coffee: www.ko-fi.com/historyhack

Subscribe to Patreon: www.patreon.com/historyhack

Visit our new website: www.historyhack.co.uk
Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see behind the scenes and find out how the book was written. You can subscribe here: https://www.patreon.com/cw/15MinuteBookClub

Watch the video version: https://www.youtube.com/@15MinuteBook_Club

Buy [INSERT BOOK TITLE] at our Bookshop.org shop. Support authors, indie bookshops and us!
UK Link:
US Link:

Visit our Bookshop with books from all of our guests via the links below:
(UK) https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/15MinuteBookClub
(US) https://bookshop.org/shop/15MinuteBookClub
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44min
June 17, 2024 History Hack: The Man Who Fooled Hitler
Robert Hutton joins Chris and Alina to talk about his new book "The Illusionist; the Man Who Fooled Hitler". We chat away about WW2, spies and paratroopers.

Enjoying our work?

Buy us a coffee: www.ko-fi.com/historyhack

Subscribe to Patreon: www.patreon.com/historyhack

Visit our new website: www.historyhack.co.uk
Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see behind the scenes and find out how the book was written. You can subscribe here: https://www.patreon.com/cw/15MinuteBookClub

Watch the video version: https://www.youtube.com/@15MinuteBook_Club

Buy [INSERT BOOK TITLE] at our Bookshop.org shop. Support authors, indie bookshops and us!
UK Link:
US Link:

Visit our Bookshop with books from all of our guests via the links below:
(UK) https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/15MinuteBookClub
(US) https://bookshop.org/shop/15MinuteBookClub
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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45min

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How many episodes does The 15 Minute Book Club have?

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