Condensed Histories

Condensed Histories


Latest Episodes

144 - Fast 5 with Jem and Greg!! - Awards
April 21, 2017

A very special fast 5 today, as both Jem and Greg are here to tell you how you can help the podca...

143 - Special Guest: The Ancient Blogger
April 18, 2017

The Ancient Blogger (otherwise known as the Ancient History Gent, or @ancientblogger among other ...

142 - Fast 5 with Jem - History is Everywhere!
April 14, 2017

Jem speaks out to those people who say they don't like history to deliver a simple and important ...

141 - Rediscovered Languages
April 10, 2017

The written word gives us all sorts of knowledge about the past... but what happens when that kno...

140 - Fast 5 with Greg - Unexpected Consequences
April 07, 2017

Greg tells us why his 'What Ifs' are obscure, why he struggles with time travel as a plot device,...

139 - America in World War One
April 04, 2017

2017 is the one hundredth anniversary of the Americans officially entering the First World War, a...

138 - Fast 5 with Jem - Napoleon
March 31, 2017

This week's fast 5 talks about Napoloen, and perhaps a surprise perspective on Waterloo! The C...

137 - What happened when the Romans left Britain?
March 28, 2017

We are not fans of the term the 'Dark Ages' on this podcast, and so this week we look at what rea...

136 - Fast 5 with Greg - Sewing
March 24, 2017

Greg was busy sewing costumes for an upcoming event - but how far back does sewing go?

135 - With Special Guest Archaeo Duck!
March 21, 2017

Chloe Duckworth, Archeologist and presenter of the Archaeo Duck webseries on YouTube (https://www...