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Explaining History

Explaining History

Nick Shepley

The Explaining History Podcast has been exploring the 20th Century in weekly chapters for the past 10 years, helping students and enthusiasts engage with the past. With the help of expert guests, your host Nick Shepley navigates competing debates around the key events and processes of the past century.

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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Explaining History episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Explaining History for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Explaining History episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

Explaining History - Prisoner's experiences in pre war Nazi camps 1933-39
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09/24/18 • 25 min

As the 1930s progressed, the experience of life for prisoners in the camps became ever more regimented and focused on back breaking manual labour.

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Explaining History - Saving the Jews of Budapest

Saving the Jews of Budapest

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07/29/18 • 21 min

When the Nazis occupied Hungary in 1944 and began mass deportations to Auschwitz, two unlikely saviours, a diplomat from Franco's Spain and a businessman from Mussolini's Italy, worked to save over 5,000 Jews from the Nazis and their Hungarian Arrow Cross accomplices.


Explaining History is funded through advertising and donations. For more content, journalism and ideas, visit the Explaining History Patreon page here: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=763386

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Explaining History - The Politics of Stalinism Part Two
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10/15/17 • 24 min

More on the inner workings of the Soviet Communist Party after 1928

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Explaining History - Book Review: The Winchester - legend of the west
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06/09/17 • 10 min

Review of Laura Trevelyan's biography of the Winchester repeating rifle

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Explaining History - The Counterculture and the 1960s
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04/11/16 • 30 min

In the 1960s a diverse movement of protest and activism closely associated (but not limited to) the hippy movement developed in the USA. The politicised parts of the counterculture demanded the overthow of capitalism but did not look to the USSR as a possible replacement - Soviet communism had long since been discredited.Webinar Links (discount code: WF0009023)Modern Britain: http://www.hoddereducation.co.uk/Event/562Germany 1945-91: http://www.hoddereducation.co.uk/Event/561Nazi Germanyhttp://www.hoddereducation.co.uk/Event/563Soviet Russiahttp://www.hoddereducation.co.uk/Event/564Also, if you can spare a dime towards the hosting, I'd be ever so grateful: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/help-fund-the-explaining-history-podcast/x/13613771#/

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Explaining History - Neoliberalism VS National Liberation Movements 1945-79
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03/08/24 • 0 min

In this episode of the Explaining History Podcast, we delve into the complex and often overlooked intersection of Neoliberalism and National Liberation Movements during the pivotal decades of the 1940s, 50s, and 60s. Drawing insights from Quinn Slobodian's insightful book "Globalists," we unravel the ideological and practical challenges that the process of decolonization presented to neoliberal thinkers of the era.


As countries across Asia, Africa, and Latin America broke free from colonial rule, the foundational principles of neoliberalism—marked by the advocacy for open markets, free trade, and minimal state intervention—were put to the test. The episode explores the fascinating debate around the feasibility of establishing extraterritorial property rights for corporations in these newly independent nations. Could the neoliberal dream of a global free market withstand the rise of nationalistic aspirations and the desire for economic sovereignty among the newly liberated countries?


Through detailed analysis, we examine how figures within the neoliberal camp responded to this challenge, and how the neoliberals themselves had little time for the aspirations of newly decolonised peoples. This episode sheds light on a critical chapter in global history, revealing the intricate dynamics between economic ideologies and the fight for national self-determination. Join us as we navigate the legacies of these historical debates and their implications for our understanding of global economic policies today.

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Explaining History - Comintern agents between the wars
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09/30/19 • 24 min

During the 1920s and 1930s, communist parties across Europe and beyond fell under the control, often voluntarily, of Comintern, the Soviet body dedicated to foreign subversion. This podcast explores the prominence that Comintern agents rose to in Eastern Europe after the Second World War how non 'Moscow Communists' were viewed with suspicion by Moscow.

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Explaining History - American air doctrine and the B-17a bomber
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06/23/19 • 24 min

The development of air power in the USA from 1938 onwards in the shape of the B-17a four engine bomber was not matched by an official air doctrine, but a belief in the importance of mass bombing of industrial areas was emerging from planners, air force generals and junior officers throughout the decade.

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Explaining History - The Berlin Wall 1961

The Berlin Wall 1961

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09/04/15 • 26 min

In August 1961 East German and Soviet forces created a wall around West Berlin, preventing East Germans from fleeing to the west. The failures of Soviet Communism and the attractions of a prosperous west had led a fifth of the population to migrate. This podcast explores the crisis and how the wall led to a gradual stabilisation in the Cold War in Europe.

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Explaining History - Social conflict in Spain 1933
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06/14/19 • 25 min

After two short years of social reform under the socialist PSOE party in Spain a new right wing government came to power led by the conservative party CEDA. In the following two years poverty, hunger and violence tore apart the modest gains made by Spain's peasants and workers

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How many episodes does Explaining History have?

Explaining History currently has 682 episodes available.

What topics does Explaining History cover?

The podcast is about Empire, History, Courses, Podcasts, America and Education.

What is the most popular episode on Explaining History?

The episode title 'The British Communist Party, Popular Fronts and Spain 1932-36' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Explaining History?

The average episode length on Explaining History is 27 minutes.

How often are episodes of Explaining History released?

Episodes of Explaining History are typically released every 5 days.

When was the first episode of Explaining History?

The first episode of Explaining History was released on Dec 11, 2012.

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