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  • Episode 137: Klaeopatra with Jane Draycott

    In this weeks episode we take a look at the Egyptian Queen Klaeopatra. From the rise of The Ptollemyies to the birth of Klaeopatra, and her upbringing. To her meeting with Caesar and Anthony. All this and more this week on "Well That Aged Well".


    You can find Dr. Draynscott here:


    Personal homepage


    https://drjanedraycott.co.uk/


    Academic website:


    https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/humanities/staff/janedraycott/


    Find Dr. Drayscott on Social Media here:


    Twitter: @JLDraycott


    Instagram; jane.draycott


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    51 min
  • Episode 136: The Second World War. With Gerhard Weinberg

    This week we take a look at The Second World War. From the Japanese Attack on Machuria in 1931, to Hitlers attack on Poland in 1939, And the beginning of the war to the retreat at Dunkirk. The North African Offensive, and much, much more. This week on "Well That Aged Well", With "Erlend Hedegart"

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    2 hr 32 min
  • Episode 135: The Daughter Of The Red Tsar. With Rosemary Sullivan

    In this weeks episode we take a look at "Svetlana Stalin", known as "The Daughter Of The Red Tsar". We talk about what it was like to grow up in the Kremlin, and have Stalin as a father. How and why she defected to the United States, and her legacy. All this and more. This week on "Well That Aged Well".


    Find Professor Sullivans homepage here:


    https://rosemarysullivan.com/

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    1 hr 7 min
  • Episode 134: A History Of Seduction. With Clement Knox

    Seduction has always been around. And this week we take a look at the history Of Seduction with the Author of "Strange Antics: A History Of Seduction", where we discuss seduction history from the 17th Century until today. We take a look at seduction in the literature narrative, to the Italian peninsula. We visit seducers like Casanova, and we end with the Harvey Weinstein and the Meetoo movement. All this and more this week on "Well That Aged Well".


    Find Clement Knox on Twitter here:


    @Clement_Knox

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    1 hr 8 min
  • Episode 133: Adrian Goldsworthy Returns: Julius Caesar!

    In this weeks episode our returning guest Adrian Goldsworthy is back to talk abou Julius Caesar. A man who needs no introduction. This week we talk about his life from his upbringing to his hiding from Sulla. His capture of the pirates to his Gallic campaigns, and of course his time as a dictator. All this and more. This week on "Well That Aged Well", with "Erlend Hedegatt

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    2 hr 6 min
  • Episode 132: Sweden-Norway. 1850-1905. Part 2. With Morten Nordhagen

    In the second half of this two part series on Sweden-Norway we take a look at the second half of the 19th Century. How close were really the union? And what happened to the Kiel Treaty? And Were we really close in the dream of a Pan Scandinavia? All this and much more on this weeks episode of "Well That Aged Well", with "Erlend hedegart".


    You can find Morten Nordhagen here:


    https://www.forsvaret.no/forskning/ansatte-FHS/ottosen-morten-nordhagen



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    1 hr 54 min
  • Episode 131: Sweden-Norway. 1814-1850. Part 1. With Marthe Hommestad

    The Sweden-Norway union would last for almost a century. But this week we are taking a look at the first half of the Union. From the loss of Finland to the Kiel treaty, to The politics that dominated the Union in the early half of the 19th century, and the infamous Marcus Thrane movement that caused a great rebellion in Norway. All this and more this week on "Well That Aged Well", with "Erlend Hedegart

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    1 hr 10 min
  • Episode 130: The Vietnam War. With Mark Lawrence

    In This weeks episode we take a look at The Vietnam War. From the beginning of the french leaving it`s former colony, the Geneva Acord which split the country in two. Ho Chi Mins origin story and rise to the comunist north. The Vietnam wars beginning all the way through the end we go through everything from The beginning of the War to the Paris Acord. And what Vietnam looks like today as a consequense of the war. This week on "Well That Aged Well".

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    1 hr 31 min
  • Episode 129: Ludwig II. The Swan King. With Giles MacDonogh.

    This week we take a look at the Bavarian King Ludwig II, better known as the "Swan King". From his upbriinging to the taking over as king, (too soon?), and his lavish buildings of Castles, which he would be famous for. And also ties with Wagner, and Bismarck, are all topics for this weeks episode. All this and more, this week on "Well That Aged Well":


    Find Giles Macdongh on twitter here: @gilesMacdonogh

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    57 min
  • Episode 128: WW2: End Game. The Soviet Invation Of Berlin. With Arne Kislenko

    In this weeks episode we take a look at how civilizations rise, and fall, but how they also are able to rise again. From Ancient Rome to the middle ages, and the islamic world to the modern era. All this and more on "Well That Aged Well", with

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    1 hr 59 min

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In this podcast we interview historians about new topics every week ranging from Ancient Rome to pre historic era to modern history. I myself am not an academic but I always been fascinated by…