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      <title>A discussion about Mein Kampf</title>
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      <title>Tibet's Secret Temple</title>
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      <title>The Profits of Slavery</title>
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      <title>Magna Carta</title>
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      <title>Murder in the Cathedral</title>
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      <title>General Sherman's Total War </title>
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      <title>The Origins of the Shroud of Turin</title>
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      <itunes:summary>Roger Moorhouse discusses the pact between Hitler and Stalin, which lasted from 1939 to 1941. </itunes:summary>
      <itunes:subtitle>Roger Moorhouse discusses the pact between Hitler and Stalin, which lasted from 1939 to 1941. </itunes:subtitle>
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      <title>The Roosevelts</title>
      <description>&lt;img src=&quot;http://assets.podomatic.net/ts/e8/89/b8/podcast18265/1400x1400_9020717.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;itunes pic&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The American filmmaker Ken Burns talks about his latest documentary, The Roosevelts: An Intimate History.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2014 12:29:20 +0000</pubDate>
      <dcterms:modified>2014-08-01</dcterms:modified>
      <dcterms:created>2014-08-01</dcterms:created>
      <link>https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/historytoday/episodes/2014-08-01T05_29_20-07_00</link>
      <dc:creator>History Today</dc:creator>
      <itunes:keywords></itunes:keywords>
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      <itunes:duration>937</itunes:duration>
      <itunes:image href="http://assets.podomatic.net/ts/e8/89/b8/podcast18265/1400x1400_9020717.jpg"/>
      <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
      <itunes:summary>The American filmmaker Ken Burns talks about his latest documentary, The Roosevelts: An Intimate History.</itunes:summary>
      <itunes:subtitle>The American filmmaker Ken Burns talks about his latest documentary, The Roosevelts: An Intimate ...</itunes:subtitle>
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    <item>
      <title>Africans in Georgian England</title>
      <description>&lt;img src=&quot;http://assets.podomatic.net/ts/e8/89/b8/podcast18265/1400x1400_9020717.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;itunes pic&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Onyeka joins us to introduce a number of aspiring Africans who made an impact on Georgian society during the 18th century. </description>
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      <comments>https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/historytoday/episodes/2014-06-27T01_43_42-07_00</comments>
      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2014 08:43:42 +0000</pubDate>
      <dcterms:modified>2014-06-27</dcterms:modified>
      <dcterms:created>2014-06-27</dcterms:created>
      <link>https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/historytoday/episodes/2014-06-27T01_43_42-07_00</link>
      <dc:creator>History Today</dc:creator>
      <itunes:keywords></itunes:keywords>
      <enclosure url="http://historytoday.podomatic.com/enclosure/2014-06-27T01_43_42-07_00.mp3" length="26502028" type="audio/mpeg"/>
      <itunes:duration>1104</itunes:duration>
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      <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
      <itunes:summary>Onyeka joins us to introduce a number of aspiring Africans who made an impact on Georgian society during the 18th century. </itunes:summary>
      <itunes:subtitle>Onyeka joins us to introduce a number of aspiring Africans who made an impact on Georgian society...</itunes:subtitle>
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      <title>The Romans in Africa</title>
      <description>&lt;img src=&quot;http://assets.podomatic.net/ts/e8/89/b8/podcast18265/1400x1400_9020717.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;itunes pic&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Raoul McLoughlin talks about Rome&#8217;s desire for an African empire, a fierce struggle for trade, land  and the search for the source of the Nile.</description>
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      <comments>https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/historytoday/episodes/2014-06-05T01_25_33-07_00</comments>
      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2014 08:25:33 +0000</pubDate>
      <dcterms:modified>2014-06-05</dcterms:modified>
      <dcterms:created>2014-06-05</dcterms:created>
      <link>https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/historytoday/episodes/2014-06-05T01_25_33-07_00</link>
      <dc:creator>History Today</dc:creator>
      <itunes:keywords></itunes:keywords>
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      <itunes:duration>838</itunes:duration>
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      <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
      <itunes:summary>Raoul McLoughlin talks about Rome&#8217;s desire for an African empire, a fierce struggle for trade, land  and the search for the source of the Nile.</itunes:summary>
      <itunes:subtitle>Raoul McLoughlin talks about Rome&#8217;s desire for an African empire, a fierce struggle for trade, la...</itunes:subtitle>
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    <item>
      <title>How the Scots Invented Britain</title>
      <description>&lt;img src=&quot;http://assets.podomatic.net/ts/e8/89/b8/podcast18265/1400x1400_9020717.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;itunes pic&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Paul Lay talks to Ian Bradley about how the Scots were the most vocal advocates of a vibrant, imperial, Protestant Great Britain. </description>
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      <comments>https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/historytoday/episodes/2014-05-02T02_06_44-07_00</comments>
      <pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2014 09:06:44 +0000</pubDate>
      <dcterms:modified>2014-05-02</dcterms:modified>
      <dcterms:created>2014-05-02</dcterms:created>
      <link>https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/historytoday/episodes/2014-05-02T02_06_44-07_00</link>
      <dc:creator>History Today</dc:creator>
      <itunes:keywords></itunes:keywords>
      <enclosure url="http://historytoday.podomatic.com/enclosure/2014-05-02T02_06_44-07_00.mp3" length="23755409" type="audio/mpeg"/>
      <itunes:duration>990</itunes:duration>
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      <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
      <itunes:summary>Paul Lay talks to Ian Bradley about how the Scots were the most vocal advocates of a vibrant, imperial, Protestant Great Britain. </itunes:summary>
      <itunes:subtitle>Paul Lay talks to Ian Bradley about how the Scots were the most vocal advocates of a vibrant, imp...</itunes:subtitle>
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    <item>
      <title>The Last Days of India's First Prime Minister</title>
      <description>&lt;img src=&quot;http://assets.podomatic.net/ts/e8/89/b8/podcast18265/1400x1400_9020717.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;itunes pic&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We speak to Gyanesh Kudaisya about the final years of Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first prime minister, who died in May 1964. </description>
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      <comments>https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/historytoday/episodes/2014-04-24T02_53_27-07_00</comments>
      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2014 09:53:27 +0000</pubDate>
      <dcterms:modified>2014-04-24</dcterms:modified>
      <dcterms:created>2014-04-24</dcterms:created>
      <link>https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/historytoday/episodes/2014-04-24T02_53_27-07_00</link>
      <dc:creator>History Today</dc:creator>
      <itunes:keywords>india,history</itunes:keywords>
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      <itunes:duration>782</itunes:duration>
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      <itunes:summary>We speak to Gyanesh Kudaisya about the final years of Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first prime minister, who died in May 1964. </itunes:summary>
      <itunes:subtitle>We speak to Gyanesh Kudaisya about the final years of Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first prime minis...</itunes:subtitle>
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    <item>
      <title>An Exorcism in Hackney</title>
      <description>&lt;img src=&quot;http://assets.podomatic.net/ts/e8/89/b8/podcast18265/1400x1400_9020717.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;itunes pic&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In this episode Charlotte Crow talks to Jessie Childs about her article in the April issue of History Today, Beware the Foul Fiends, which concerns a graphic account of an exorcism in 16th-century London and the plight of Catholics in Elizabethan England.</description>
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      <comments>https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/historytoday/episodes/2014-03-28T02_44_14-07_00</comments>
      <pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2014 09:44:14 +0000</pubDate>
      <dcterms:modified>2014-03-28</dcterms:modified>
      <dcterms:created>2014-03-28</dcterms:created>
      <link>https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/historytoday/episodes/2014-03-28T02_44_14-07_00</link>
      <dc:creator>History Today</dc:creator>
      <itunes:keywords></itunes:keywords>
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      <itunes:duration>800</itunes:duration>
      <itunes:image href="http://assets.podomatic.net/ts/e8/89/b8/podcast18265/1400x1400_9020717.jpg"/>
      <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
      <itunes:summary>In this episode Charlotte Crow talks to Jessie Childs about her article in the April issue of History Today, Beware the Foul Fiends, which concerns a graphic account of an exorcism in 16th-century London and the plight of Catholics in Elizabethan England.</itunes:summary>
      <itunes:subtitle>In this episode Charlotte Crow talks to Jessie Childs about her article in the April issue of His...</itunes:subtitle>
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      <title>British Intelligence and the Cold War</title>
      <description>&lt;img src=&quot;http://assets.podomatic.net/ts/e8/89/b8/podcast18265/1400x1400_9020717.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;itunes pic&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We speak to Calder Walton, the author of Empire of Secrets: British Intelligence, the Cold War and the Twilight of Empire, which won the Longman-History Today Book of the Year prize. </description>
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      <comments>https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/historytoday/episodes/2014-02-25T07_39_04-08_00</comments>
      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Feb 2014 15:39:04 +0000</pubDate>
      <dcterms:modified>2014-02-25</dcterms:modified>
      <dcterms:created>2014-02-25</dcterms:created>
      <link>https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/historytoday/episodes/2014-02-25T07_39_04-08_00</link>
      <dc:creator>History Today</dc:creator>
      <itunes:keywords></itunes:keywords>
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      <itunes:duration>862</itunes:duration>
      <itunes:image href="http://assets.podomatic.net/ts/e8/89/b8/podcast18265/1400x1400_9020717.jpg"/>
      <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
      <itunes:summary>We speak to Calder Walton, the author of Empire of Secrets: British Intelligence, the Cold War and the Twilight of Empire, which won the Longman-History Today Book of the Year prize. </itunes:summary>
      <itunes:subtitle>We speak to Calder Walton, the author of Empire of Secrets: British Intelligence, the Cold War an...</itunes:subtitle>
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      <title>Don't Mention the Civil Wars</title>
      <description>&lt;img src=&quot;http://assets.podomatic.net/ts/e8/89/b8/podcast18265/1400x1400_9020717.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;itunes pic&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Richard Weight joins us to discuss Britain's reluctant regicides, and why the country is embarrassed by its revolutionary past. </description>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://historytoday.podomatic.com/entry/2014-01-21T02_08_30-08_00</guid>
      <comments>https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/historytoday/episodes/2014-01-21T02_08_30-08_00</comments>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jan 2014 10:08:30 +0000</pubDate>
      <dcterms:modified>2014-01-21</dcterms:modified>
      <dcterms:created>2014-01-21</dcterms:created>
      <link>https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/historytoday/episodes/2014-01-21T02_08_30-08_00</link>
      <dc:creator>History Today</dc:creator>
      <itunes:keywords>history,revolution</itunes:keywords>
      <enclosure url="http://historytoday.podomatic.com/enclosure/2014-01-21T02_08_30-08_00.mp3" length="14263512" type="audio/mpeg"/>
      <itunes:duration>891</itunes:duration>
      <itunes:image href="http://assets.podomatic.net/ts/e8/89/b8/podcast18265/1400x1400_9020717.jpg"/>
      <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
      <itunes:summary>Richard Weight joins us to discuss Britain's reluctant regicides, and why the country is embarrassed by its revolutionary past. </itunes:summary>
      <itunes:subtitle>Richard Weight joins us to discuss Britain's reluctant regicides, and why the country is embarras...</itunes:subtitle>
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      <title>The Inspiration for Tolkien's Ring</title>
      <description>&lt;img src=&quot;http://assets.podomatic.net/ts/e8/89/b8/podcast18265/1400x1400_9020717.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;itunes pic&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark Horton tells the story of an archaeological dig that may have fuelled the fantasies of J.R.R. Tolkien.</description>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://historytoday.podomatic.com/entry/2013-12-18T02_15_54-08_00</guid>
      <comments>https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/historytoday/episodes/2013-12-18T02_15_54-08_00</comments>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Dec 2013 10:15:54 +0000</pubDate>
      <dcterms:modified>2013-12-18</dcterms:modified>
      <dcterms:created>2013-12-18</dcterms:created>
      <link>https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/historytoday/episodes/2013-12-18T02_15_54-08_00</link>
      <dc:creator>History Today</dc:creator>
      <itunes:keywords>tolkien,history</itunes:keywords>
      <enclosure url="http://historytoday.podomatic.com/enclosure/2013-12-18T02_15_54-08_00.mp3" length="6602627" type="audio/mpeg"/>
      <itunes:duration>825</itunes:duration>
      <itunes:image href="http://assets.podomatic.net/ts/e8/89/b8/podcast18265/1400x1400_9020717.jpg"/>
      <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
      <itunes:summary>Mark Horton tells the story of an archaeological dig that may have fuelled the fantasies of J.R.R. Tolkien.</itunes:summary>
      <itunes:subtitle>Mark Horton tells the story of an archaeological dig that may have fuelled the fantasies of J.R.R...</itunes:subtitle>
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      <title>Bethlehem: The global history of a little town</title>
      <description>&lt;img src=&quot;http://assets.podomatic.net/ts/e8/89/b8/podcast18265/1400x1400_9020717.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;itunes pic&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In this episode, Jacob Norris discusses the real history of Bethlehem.</description>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://historytoday.podomatic.com/entry/2013-12-11T02_33_22-08_00</guid>
      <comments>https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/historytoday/episodes/2013-12-11T02_33_22-08_00</comments>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2013 10:33:22 +0000</pubDate>
      <dcterms:modified>2013-12-11</dcterms:modified>
      <dcterms:created>2013-12-11</dcterms:created>
      <link>https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/historytoday/episodes/2013-12-11T02_33_22-08_00</link>
      <dc:creator>History Today</dc:creator>
      <itunes:keywords>bethlehem,history</itunes:keywords>
      <enclosure url="http://historytoday.podomatic.com/enclosure/2013-12-11T02_33_22-08_00.mp3" length="11390858" type="audio/mpeg"/>
      <itunes:duration>712</itunes:duration>
      <itunes:image href="http://assets.podomatic.net/ts/e8/89/b8/podcast18265/1400x1400_9020717.jpg"/>
      <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
      <itunes:summary>In this episode, Jacob Norris discusses the real history of Bethlehem.</itunes:summary>
      <itunes:subtitle>In this episode, Jacob Norris discusses the real history of Bethlehem.</itunes:subtitle>
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      <title>Churchill's plan to win the First World War</title>
      <description>&lt;img src=&quot;http://assets.podomatic.net/ts/e8/89/b8/podcast18265/1400x1400_7963509.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;itunes pic&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Allan Mallinson joins us to discuss a 'lost' memo penned by Winston Churchill in 1911 concerning the prospect of a European war, a missive that, had its recommendations been implemented, may have brought the conflict to an early end.</description>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://historytoday.podomatic.com/entry/2013-11-25T01_29_09-08_00</guid>
      <comments>https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/historytoday/episodes/2013-11-25T01_29_09-08_00</comments>
      <pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2013 09:29:09 +0000</pubDate>
      <dcterms:modified>2013-12-09</dcterms:modified>
      <dcterms:created>2013-12-09</dcterms:created>
      <link>https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/historytoday/episodes/2013-11-25T01_29_09-08_00</link>
      <dc:creator>History Today</dc:creator>
      <itunes:keywords>churchill,ww1</itunes:keywords>
      <enclosure url="http://historytoday.podomatic.com/enclosure/2013-11-25T01_29_09-08_00.mp3" length="19142345" type="audio/mpeg"/>
      <itunes:duration>1197</itunes:duration>
      <itunes:image href="http://assets.podomatic.net/ts/e8/89/b8/podcast18265/1400x1400_7963509.jpg"/>
      <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
      <itunes:summary>Allan Mallinson joins us to discuss a 'lost' memo penned by Winston Churchill in 1911 concerning the prospect of a European war, a missive that, had its recommendations been implemented, may have brought the conflict to an early end.</itunes:summary>
      <itunes:subtitle>Allan Mallinson joins us to discuss a 'lost' memo penned by Winston Churchill in 1911 concerning ...</itunes:subtitle>
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      <title>Housing in London during the First World War</title>
      <description>&lt;img src=&quot;http://assets.podomatic.net/ts/e8/89/b8/podcast18265/1400x1400_7963509.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;itunes pic&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jerry White discusses the housing crisis that afflicted London during the First World War, one that had a profound affect on living conditions in the capital. </description>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://historytoday.podomatic.com/entry/2013-11-13T03_27_31-08_00</guid>
      <comments>https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/historytoday/episodes/2013-11-13T03_27_31-08_00</comments>
      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Nov 2013 11:27:31 +0000</pubDate>
      <dcterms:modified>2013-12-12</dcterms:modified>
      <dcterms:created>2013-12-12</dcterms:created>
      <link>https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/historytoday/episodes/2013-11-13T03_27_31-08_00</link>
      <dc:creator>History Today</dc:creator>
      <itunes:keywords>london,housing,history</itunes:keywords>
      <enclosure url="http://historytoday.podomatic.com/enclosure/2013-11-13T03_27_31-08_00.mp3" length="17358910" type="audio/mpeg"/>
      <itunes:duration>1085</itunes:duration>
      <itunes:image href="http://assets.podomatic.net/ts/e8/89/b8/podcast18265/1400x1400_7963509.jpg"/>
      <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
      <itunes:summary>Jerry White discusses the housing crisis that afflicted London during the First World War, one that had a profound affect on living conditions in the capital. </itunes:summary>
      <itunes:subtitle>Jerry White discusses the housing crisis that afflicted London during the First World War, one th...</itunes:subtitle>
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      <title>Building the Ideal City</title>
      <description>&lt;img src=&quot;http://assets.podomatic.net/ts/e8/89/b8/podcast18265/1400x1400_7963509.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;itunes pic&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In this episode, Alexander Lee discusses historical notions of the ideal city. This podcast replaces a previous one in which the audio was too quiet. </description>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://historytoday.podomatic.com/entry/2013-11-01T04_39_10-07_00</guid>
      <comments>https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/historytoday/episodes/2013-11-01T04_39_10-07_00</comments>
      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Nov 2013 11:39:10 +0000</pubDate>
      <dcterms:modified>2013-12-12</dcterms:modified>
      <dcterms:created>2013-12-12</dcterms:created>
      <link>https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/historytoday/episodes/2013-11-01T04_39_10-07_00</link>
      <dc:creator>History Today</dc:creator>
      <itunes:keywords>history</itunes:keywords>
      <enclosure url="http://historytoday.podomatic.com/enclosure/2013-11-01T04_39_10-07_00.mp3" length="22096597" type="audio/mpeg"/>
      <itunes:duration>1380</itunes:duration>
      <itunes:image href="http://assets.podomatic.net/ts/e8/89/b8/podcast18265/1400x1400_7963509.jpg"/>
      <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
      <itunes:summary>In this episode, Alexander Lee discusses historical notions of the ideal city. This podcast replaces a previous one in which the audio was too quiet. </itunes:summary>
      <itunes:subtitle>In this episode, Alexander Lee discusses historical notions of the ideal city. This podcast repla...</itunes:subtitle>
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    <item>
      <title>The Future's Bright, the Future's Russian</title>
      <description>&lt;img src=&quot;http://assets.podomatic.net/ts/e8/89/b8/podcast18265/1400x1400_7963509.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;itunes pic&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In this episode, Charles Emmerson discusses Russia on the eve of the First World War and argues that, had it not been for the conflict, the country's fortunes would have taken a different turn. </description>
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      <comments>https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/historytoday/episodes/2013-10-04T02_04_55-07_00</comments>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Oct 2013 09:04:55 +0000</pubDate>
      <dcterms:modified>2013-12-11</dcterms:modified>
      <dcterms:created>2013-12-11</dcterms:created>
      <link>https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/historytoday/episodes/2013-10-04T02_04_55-07_00</link>
      <dc:creator>History Today</dc:creator>
      <itunes:keywords>ww1,russia</itunes:keywords>
      <enclosure url="http://historytoday.podomatic.com/enclosure/2013-10-04T02_04_55-07_00.mp3" length="11486151" type="audio/mpeg"/>
      <itunes:duration>718</itunes:duration>
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      <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
      <itunes:summary>In this episode, Charles Emmerson discusses Russia on the eve of the First World War and argues that, had it not been for the conflict, the country's fortunes would have taken a different turn. </itunes:summary>
      <itunes:subtitle>In this episode, Charles Emmerson discusses Russia on the eve of the First World War and argues t...</itunes:subtitle>
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    <item>
      <title>Tom Holland on Herodotus</title>
      <description>&lt;img src=&quot;http://assets.podomatic.net/ts/e8/89/b8/podcast18265/1400x1400_7963509.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;itunes pic&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The History Today Podcast is back from a summer hiatus. In this episode, Tom Holland discusses his new translation of The Histories, by Herodotus. </description>
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      <comments>https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/historytoday/episodes/2013-09-25T01_56_36-07_00</comments>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2013 08:56:36 +0000</pubDate>
      <dcterms:modified>2013-12-11</dcterms:modified>
      <dcterms:created>2013-12-11</dcterms:created>
      <link>https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/historytoday/episodes/2013-09-25T01_56_36-07_00</link>
      <dc:creator>History Today</dc:creator>
      <itunes:keywords>history,herodotus</itunes:keywords>
      <enclosure url="http://historytoday.podomatic.com/enclosure/2013-09-25T01_56_36-07_00.mp3" length="12651012" type="audio/mpeg"/>
      <itunes:duration>790</itunes:duration>
      <itunes:image href="http://assets.podomatic.net/ts/e8/89/b8/podcast18265/1400x1400_7963509.jpg"/>
      <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
      <itunes:summary>The History Today Podcast is back from a summer hiatus. In this episode, Tom Holland discusses his new translation of The Histories, by Herodotus. </itunes:summary>
      <itunes:subtitle>The History Today Podcast is back from a summer hiatus. In this episode, Tom Holland discusses hi...</itunes:subtitle>
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    <item>
      <title>Syria and the West</title>
      <description>&lt;img src=&quot;http://assets.podomatic.net/ts/e8/89/b8/podcast18265/1400x1400_7963509.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;itunes pic&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;John McHugo discusses Syria's troubled relationship with the West, particularly as it was during the Cold War, in light of its current crisis. </description>
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      <comments>https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/historytoday/episodes/2013-07-04T01_12_44-07_00</comments>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jul 2013 08:12:44 +0000</pubDate>
      <dcterms:modified>2013-12-11</dcterms:modified>
      <dcterms:created>2013-12-11</dcterms:created>
      <link>https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/historytoday/episodes/2013-07-04T01_12_44-07_00</link>
      <dc:creator>History Today</dc:creator>
      <itunes:keywords></itunes:keywords>
      <enclosure url="http://historytoday.podomatic.com/enclosure/2013-07-04T01_12_44-07_00.mp3" length="17374359" type="audio/mpeg"/>
      <itunes:duration>1085</itunes:duration>
      <itunes:image href="http://assets.podomatic.net/ts/e8/89/b8/podcast18265/1400x1400_7963509.jpg"/>
      <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
      <itunes:summary>John McHugo discusses Syria's troubled relationship with the West, particularly as it was during the Cold War, in light of its current crisis. </itunes:summary>
      <itunes:subtitle>John McHugo discusses Syria's troubled relationship with the West, particularly as it was during ...</itunes:subtitle>
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    <item>
      <title>The Politics of Wine</title>
      <description>&lt;img src=&quot;http://assets.podomatic.net/ts/e8/89/b8/podcast18265/1400x1400_7963509.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;itunes pic&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Charles Ludington on how a taste for fine wine became a marker of wealth and power in 18th-century England. </description>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://historytoday.podomatic.com/entry/2013-06-25T02_15_49-07_00</guid>
      <comments>https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/historytoday/episodes/2013-06-25T02_15_49-07_00</comments>
      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Jun 2013 09:15:49 +0000</pubDate>
      <dcterms:modified>2013-12-11</dcterms:modified>
      <dcterms:created>2013-12-11</dcterms:created>
      <link>https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/historytoday/episodes/2013-06-25T02_15_49-07_00</link>
      <dc:creator>History Today</dc:creator>
      <itunes:keywords></itunes:keywords>
      <enclosure url="http://historytoday.podomatic.com/enclosure/2013-06-25T02_15_49-07_00.mp3" length="11160141" type="audio/mpeg"/>
      <itunes:duration>697</itunes:duration>
      <itunes:image href="http://assets.podomatic.net/ts/e8/89/b8/podcast18265/1400x1400_7963509.jpg"/>
      <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
      <itunes:summary>Charles Ludington on how a taste for fine wine became a marker of wealth and power in 18th-century England. </itunes:summary>
      <itunes:subtitle>Charles Ludington on how a taste for fine wine became a marker of wealth and power in 18th-centur...</itunes:subtitle>
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    <item>
      <title>The Edwardian Postcard</title>
      <description>&lt;img src=&quot;http://assets.podomatic.net/ts/e8/89/b8/podcast18265/1400x1400_7963509.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;itunes pic&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Guy Atkins on the postcard mania of the Edwardian period which, with its brevity and speed of reply, was the social media of its day. </description>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://historytoday.podomatic.com/entry/2013-06-05T00_33_13-07_00</guid>
      <comments>https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/historytoday/episodes/2013-06-05T00_33_13-07_00</comments>
      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 07:33:13 +0000</pubDate>
      <dcterms:modified>2013-12-11</dcterms:modified>
      <dcterms:created>2013-12-11</dcterms:created>
      <link>https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/historytoday/episodes/2013-06-05T00_33_13-07_00</link>
      <dc:creator>History Today</dc:creator>
      <itunes:keywords>postcards</itunes:keywords>
      <enclosure url="http://historytoday.podomatic.com/enclosure/2013-06-05T00_33_13-07_00.mp3" length="13102824" type="audio/mpeg"/>
      <itunes:duration>818</itunes:duration>
      <itunes:image href="http://assets.podomatic.net/ts/e8/89/b8/podcast18265/1400x1400_7963509.jpg"/>
      <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
      <itunes:summary>Guy Atkins on the postcard mania of the Edwardian period which, with its brevity and speed of reply, was the social media of its day. </itunes:summary>
      <itunes:subtitle>Guy Atkins on the postcard mania of the Edwardian period which, with its brevity and speed of rep...</itunes:subtitle>
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    <item>
      <title>John Maynard Keynes</title>
      <description>&lt;img src=&quot;http://assets.podomatic.net/ts/e8/89/b8/podcast18265/1400x1400_7963509.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;itunes pic&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In this podcast, Benn Steil considers John Maynard Keynes' role at Bretton Woods. Pick up our June issue and read Benn's article, The Dunkirk Diplomat.</description>
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      <comments>https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/historytoday/episodes/2013-05-22T05_02_54-07_00</comments>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 12:02:54 +0000</pubDate>
      <dcterms:modified>2013-12-10</dcterms:modified>
      <dcterms:created>2013-12-10</dcterms:created>
      <link>https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/historytoday/episodes/2013-05-22T05_02_54-07_00</link>
      <dc:creator>History Today</dc:creator>
      <itunes:keywords></itunes:keywords>
      <enclosure url="http://historytoday.podomatic.com/enclosure/2013-05-22T05_02_54-07_00.mp3" length="13388101" type="audio/mpeg"/>
      <itunes:duration>836</itunes:duration>
      <itunes:image href="http://assets.podomatic.net/ts/e8/89/b8/podcast18265/1400x1400_7963509.jpg"/>
      <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
      <itunes:summary>In this podcast, Benn Steil considers John Maynard Keynes' role at Bretton Woods. Pick up our June issue and read Benn's article, The Dunkirk Diplomat.</itunes:summary>
      <itunes:subtitle>In this podcast, Benn Steil considers John Maynard Keynes' role at Bretton Woods. Pick up our Jun...</itunes:subtitle>
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    <item>
      <title>The Man Who Predicted The First World War</title>
      <description>&lt;img src=&quot;http://assets.podomatic.net/ts/e8/89/b8/podcast18265/1400x1400_7963509.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;itunes pic&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Paul Reynolds discusses the life of Jan Bloch, a little known Polish-born financier who, in 1901, lectured the British military establishment on the likely carnage that would be the outcome of a war in Europe. 

You can read Paul Reynolds article about Jan Bloch in the May issue of History Today, which is out now. </description>
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      <comments>https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/historytoday/episodes/2013-04-22T01_01_17-07_00</comments>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 08:01:17 +0000</pubDate>
      <dcterms:modified>2013-12-11</dcterms:modified>
      <dcterms:created>2013-12-11</dcterms:created>
      <link>https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/historytoday/episodes/2013-04-22T01_01_17-07_00</link>
      <dc:creator>History Today</dc:creator>
      <itunes:keywords>ww1,history</itunes:keywords>
      <enclosure url="http://historytoday.podomatic.com/enclosure/2013-04-22T01_01_17-07_00.mp3" length="11010933" type="audio/mpeg"/>
      <itunes:duration>688</itunes:duration>
      <itunes:image href="http://assets.podomatic.net/ts/e8/89/b8/podcast18265/1400x1400_7963509.jpg"/>
      <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
      <itunes:summary>Paul Reynolds discusses the life of Jan Bloch, a little known Polish-born financier who, in 1901, lectured the British military establishment on the likely carnage that would be the outcome of a war in Europe. 

You can read Paul Reynolds article about Jan Bloch in the May issue of History Today, which is out now. </itunes:summary>
      <itunes:subtitle>Paul Reynolds discusses the life of Jan Bloch, a little known Polish-born financier who, in 1901,...</itunes:subtitle>
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    <item>
      <title>Making Sense of the Maya</title>
      <description>&lt;img src=&quot;http://assets.podomatic.net/ts/e8/89/b8/podcast18265/1400x1400_7963509.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;itunes pic&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nigel Richardson discusses how European explorers in the 19th century began to solve the mystery of who the Maya were, and how they established their remarkable civilisation. </description>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://historytoday.podomatic.com/entry/2013-04-15T01_55_25-07_00</guid>
      <comments>https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/historytoday/episodes/2013-04-15T01_55_25-07_00</comments>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 08:55:25 +0000</pubDate>
      <dcterms:modified>2013-12-11</dcterms:modified>
      <dcterms:created>2013-12-11</dcterms:created>
      <link>https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/historytoday/episodes/2013-04-15T01_55_25-07_00</link>
      <dc:creator>History Today</dc:creator>
      <itunes:keywords>maya,history</itunes:keywords>
      <enclosure url="http://historytoday.podomatic.com/enclosure/2013-04-15T01_55_25-07_00.mp3" length="11700566" type="audio/mpeg"/>
      <itunes:duration>731</itunes:duration>
      <itunes:image href="http://assets.podomatic.net/ts/e8/89/b8/podcast18265/1400x1400_7963509.jpg"/>
      <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
      <itunes:summary>Nigel Richardson discusses how European explorers in the 19th century began to solve the mystery of who the Maya were, and how they established their remarkable civilisation. </itunes:summary>
      <itunes:subtitle>Nigel Richardson discusses how European explorers in the 19th century began to solve the mystery ...</itunes:subtitle>
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    <item>
      <title>Henry Tudor: The Wilderness Years</title>
      <description>&lt;img src=&quot;http://assets.podomatic.net/ts/e8/89/b8/podcast18265/1400x1400_7963509.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;itunes pic&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Derek Wilson discusses the future Henry VII's years in exile, and how this influenced his exercise of power after he seized the English throne. </description>
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      <comments>https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/historytoday/episodes/2013-03-18T04_46_10-07_00</comments>
      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 11:46:10 +0000</pubDate>
      <dcterms:modified>2013-12-11</dcterms:modified>
      <dcterms:created>2013-12-11</dcterms:created>
      <link>https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/historytoday/episodes/2013-03-18T04_46_10-07_00</link>
      <dc:creator>History Today</dc:creator>
      <itunes:keywords>tudors,history</itunes:keywords>
      <enclosure url="http://historytoday.podomatic.com/enclosure/2013-03-18T04_46_10-07_00.mp3" length="11700572" type="audio/mpeg"/>
      <itunes:duration>731</itunes:duration>
      <itunes:image href="http://assets.podomatic.net/ts/e8/89/b8/podcast18265/1400x1400_7963509.jpg"/>
      <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
      <itunes:summary>Derek Wilson discusses the future Henry VII's years in exile, and how this influenced his exercise of power after he seized the English throne. </itunes:summary>
      <itunes:subtitle>Derek Wilson discusses the future Henry VII's years in exile, and how this influenced his exercis...</itunes:subtitle>
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    <item>
      <title>The Asia Century</title>
      <description>&lt;img src=&quot;http://assets.podomatic.net/ts/e8/89/b8/podcast18265/1400x1400_7963509.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;itunes pic&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thomas DuBois discusses how the coming 'Asian century' might not be so different from the global order of the 19th century. </description>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://historytoday.podomatic.com/entry/2013-03-11T02_38_53-07_00</guid>
      <comments>https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/historytoday/episodes/2013-03-11T02_38_53-07_00</comments>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 09:38:53 +0000</pubDate>
      <dcterms:modified>2013-12-11</dcterms:modified>
      <dcterms:created>2013-12-11</dcterms:created>
      <link>https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/historytoday/episodes/2013-03-11T02_38_53-07_00</link>
      <dc:creator>History Today</dc:creator>
      <itunes:keywords>asia,history</itunes:keywords>
      <enclosure url="http://historytoday.podomatic.com/enclosure/2013-03-11T02_38_53-07_00.mp3" length="18262945" type="audio/mpeg"/>
      <itunes:duration>1141</itunes:duration>
      <itunes:image href="http://assets.podomatic.net/ts/e8/89/b8/podcast18265/1400x1400_7963509.jpg"/>
      <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
      <itunes:summary>Thomas DuBois discusses how the coming 'Asian century' might not be so different from the global order of the 19th century. </itunes:summary>
      <itunes:subtitle>Thomas DuBois discusses how the coming 'Asian century' might not be so different from the global ...</itunes:subtitle>
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    <item>
      <title>Normans and Slavery</title>
      <description>&lt;img src=&quot;http://assets.podomatic.net/ts/e8/89/b8/podcast18265/1400x1400_5098339.png&quot; alt=&quot;itunes pic&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In this episode, Marc Morris argues that, contrary to received wisdom, the Normans did not enslave England's Anglo-Saxon population, but were in fact their liberators. 

Read 'Breaking the Bonds', Marc's article on the subject, in the March issue of History Today, which is out now. </description>
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      <comments>https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/historytoday/episodes/2013-02-27T01_19_37-08_00</comments>
      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 09:19:37 +0000</pubDate>
      <dcterms:modified>2013-12-11</dcterms:modified>
      <dcterms:created>2013-12-11</dcterms:created>
      <link>https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/historytoday/episodes/2013-02-27T01_19_37-08_00</link>
      <dc:creator>History Today</dc:creator>
      <itunes:keywords>normans,slavery,history</itunes:keywords>
      <enclosure url="http://historytoday.podomatic.com/enclosure/2013-02-27T01_19_37-08_00.mp3" length="12247262" type="audio/mpeg"/>
      <itunes:duration>765</itunes:duration>
      <itunes:image href="http://assets.podomatic.net/ts/e8/89/b8/podcast18265/1400x1400_5098339.png"/>
      <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
      <itunes:summary>In this episode, Marc Morris argues that, contrary to received wisdom, the Normans did not enslave England's Anglo-Saxon population, but were in fact their liberators. 

Read 'Breaking the Bonds', Marc's article on the subject, in the March issue of History Today, which is out now. </itunes:summary>
      <itunes:subtitle>In this episode, Marc Morris argues that, contrary to received wisdom, the Normans did not enslav...</itunes:subtitle>
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    <item>
      <title>The Uncatchable Lizard</title>
      <description>&lt;img src=&quot;http://assets.podomatic.net/ts/e8/89/b8/podcast18265/1400x1400_5098339.png&quot; alt=&quot;itunes pic&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In this episode, Dan Whitaker discusses the life of Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, considered one of Germany's great war heroes for his guerrilla campaign during the First World War. </description>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://historytoday.podomatic.com/entry/2013-02-12T01_30_07-08_00</guid>
      <comments>https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/historytoday/episodes/2013-02-12T01_30_07-08_00</comments>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 09:30:07 +0000</pubDate>
      <dcterms:modified>2013-12-11</dcterms:modified>
      <dcterms:created>2013-12-11</dcterms:created>
      <link>https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/historytoday/episodes/2013-02-12T01_30_07-08_00</link>
      <dc:creator>History Today</dc:creator>
      <itunes:keywords>germany,ww1,history</itunes:keywords>
      <enclosure url="http://historytoday.podomatic.com/enclosure/2013-02-12T01_30_07-08_00.mp3" length="16088953" type="audio/mpeg"/>
      <itunes:duration>1005</itunes:duration>
      <itunes:image href="http://assets.podomatic.net/ts/e8/89/b8/podcast18265/1400x1400_5098339.png"/>
      <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
      <itunes:summary>In this episode, Dan Whitaker discusses the life of Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, considered one of Germany's great war heroes for his guerrilla campaign during the First World War. </itunes:summary>
      <itunes:subtitle>In this episode, Dan Whitaker discusses the life of Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, considered one of Ge...</itunes:subtitle>
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    <item>
      <title>Christians and Muslims: Best of Enemies</title>
      <description>&lt;img src=&quot;http://assets.podomatic.net/ts/e8/89/b8/podcast18265/1400x1400_5098339.png&quot; alt=&quot;itunes pic&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jonathan Harris examines the relationship between the Byzantine Empire and the Muslim Abbasid caliphate, and discovers that, in spite of being at war for nearly three centuries, they shared several common bonds. </description>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://historytoday.podomatic.com/entry/2013-02-01T06_06_43-08_00</guid>
      <comments>https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/historytoday/episodes/2013-02-01T06_06_43-08_00</comments>
      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 14:06:43 +0000</pubDate>
      <dcterms:modified>2013-12-11</dcterms:modified>
      <dcterms:created>2013-12-11</dcterms:created>
      <link>https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/historytoday/episodes/2013-02-01T06_06_43-08_00</link>
      <dc:creator>History Today</dc:creator>
      <itunes:keywords>history,islam,christianity</itunes:keywords>
      <enclosure url="http://historytoday.podomatic.com/enclosure/2013-02-01T06_06_43-08_00.mp3" length="12151967" type="audio/mpeg"/>
      <itunes:duration>759</itunes:duration>
      <itunes:image href="http://assets.podomatic.net/ts/e8/89/b8/podcast18265/1400x1400_5098339.png"/>
      <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
      <itunes:summary>Jonathan Harris examines the relationship between the Byzantine Empire and the Muslim Abbasid caliphate, and discovers that, in spite of being at war for nearly three centuries, they shared several common bonds. </itunes:summary>
      <itunes:subtitle>Jonathan Harris examines the relationship between the Byzantine Empire and the Muslim Abbasid cal...</itunes:subtitle>
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    <item>
      <title>The Real Life of Captain Kidd</title>
      <description>&lt;img src=&quot;http://assets.podomatic.net/ts/e8/89/b8/podcast18265/1400x1400_5098339.png&quot; alt=&quot;itunes pic&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In this episode, Tom Wareham discusses the life of the legendary pirate, and reveals that Kidd is a very different character from the one normally portrayed. </description>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://historytoday.podomatic.com/entry/2013-01-15T02_06_55-08_00</guid>
      <comments>https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/historytoday/episodes/2013-01-15T02_06_55-08_00</comments>
      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 10:06:55 +0000</pubDate>
      <dcterms:modified>2013-12-06</dcterms:modified>
      <dcterms:created>2013-12-06</dcterms:created>
      <link>https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/historytoday/episodes/2013-01-15T02_06_55-08_00</link>
      <dc:creator>History Today</dc:creator>
      <itunes:keywords></itunes:keywords>
      <enclosure url="http://historytoday.podomatic.com/enclosure/2013-01-15T02_06_55-08_00.mp3" length="12770548" type="audio/mpeg"/>
      <itunes:duration>798</itunes:duration>
      <itunes:image href="http://assets.podomatic.net/ts/e8/89/b8/podcast18265/1400x1400_5098339.png"/>
      <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
      <itunes:summary>In this episode, Tom Wareham discusses the life of the legendary pirate, and reveals that Kidd is a very different character from the one normally portrayed. </itunes:summary>
      <itunes:subtitle>In this episode, Tom Wareham discusses the life of the legendary pirate, and reveals that Kidd is...</itunes:subtitle>
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      <title>The Puzzle of Proto-Elamite</title>
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      <title>The Russian Mrs Beeton</title>
      <description>&lt;img src=&quot;http://assets.podomatic.net/ts/e8/89/b8/podcast18265/1400x1400_5098339.png&quot; alt=&quot;itunes pic&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In this episode, Helen Szamuely discusses the life and work of Yelena Molokhovets, a Russian housewife whose household manual, first published in 1861, had a significant impact on culinary and domestic habits in the decades leading up to the Bolshevik Revolution. </description>
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      <itunes:subtitle>In this episode, Helen Szamuely discusses the life and work of Yelena Molokhovets, a Russian hous...</itunes:subtitle>
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    <item>
      <title>Punishment in the First World War</title>
      <description>&lt;img src=&quot;http://assets.podomatic.net/ts/e8/89/b8/podcast18265/1400x1400_5098339.png&quot; alt=&quot;itunes pic&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In this episode, Clive Emsley discusses Field Punishment No.1, a 'Hun-like torture' used by the British army against its own soldiers in the Great War.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 09:19:16 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>The American Nuclear Family</title>
      <description>&lt;img src=&quot;http://assets.podomatic.net/ts/e8/89/b8/podcast18265/1400x1400_5098339.png&quot; alt=&quot;itunes pic&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In this episode, Tim Stanley discusses how sitcoms have reflected the changing nature of American family values.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2012 13:18:26 +0000</pubDate>
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      <itunes:duration>783</itunes:duration>
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      <title>A Mystery in the Bayeux Tapestry</title>
      <description>&lt;img src=&quot;http://assets.podomatic.net/ts/e8/89/b8/podcast18265/1400x1400_5098339.png&quot; alt=&quot;itunes pic&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Bayeux Tapestry is among the most celebrated medieval objects, yet it still retains its mysteries. J.L. Laynesmith discusses one of the most intriguing of them. </description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2012 09:28:23 +0000</pubDate>
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      <itunes:duration>713</itunes:duration>
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      <itunes:summary>The Bayeux Tapestry is among the most celebrated medieval objects, yet it still retains its mysteries. J.L. Laynesmith discusses one of the most intriguing of them. </itunes:summary>
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      <title>How Big and How Bad was the British Empire?</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2012 08:53:12 +0000</pubDate>
      <dcterms:modified>2013-12-07</dcterms:modified>
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      <dc:creator>History Today</dc:creator>
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      <itunes:duration>833</itunes:duration>
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      <title>Civil War Turncoats</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2012 08:26:02 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>How Oil Became King</title>
      <description>&lt;img src=&quot;http://assets.podomatic.net/ts/e8/89/b8/podcast18265/1400x1400_5098339.png&quot; alt=&quot;itunes pic&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In this edition of the podcast, Richard Rhodes discusses the history of power, and how changing fuel sources has affected human civilisation in different ways. </description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2012 08:12:42 +0000</pubDate>
      <dcterms:modified>2013-12-11</dcterms:modified>
      <dcterms:created>2013-12-11</dcterms:created>
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      <itunes:duration>885</itunes:duration>
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      <title>The Tower of London</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jul 2012 20:02:29 +0000</pubDate>
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      <dcterms:created>2013-12-11</dcterms:created>
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      <dc:creator>History Today</dc:creator>
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      <itunes:duration>1214</itunes:duration>
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      <itunes:summary>In this episode, Nigel Jones discusses the surprising history of the Tower of London, and Anthony Hornyold recalls his time in revolution-torn Iraq. </itunes:summary>
      <itunes:subtitle>In this episode, Nigel Jones discusses the surprising history of the Tower of London, and Anthony...</itunes:subtitle>
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      <title>Algeria's Jewish Question</title>
      <description>&lt;img src=&quot;http://assets.podomatic.net/ts/e8/89/b8/podcast18265/1400x1400_5098339.png&quot; alt=&quot;itunes pic&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In this episode, Martin Evans discusses the Jews of French Algeria, and the challenges they faced as the struggle for Algerian independence gathered momentum. </description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2012 09:05:08 +0000</pubDate>
      <dcterms:modified>2013-12-11</dcterms:modified>
      <dcterms:created>2013-12-11</dcterms:created>
      <link>https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/historytoday/episodes/2012-06-19T02_05_08-07_00</link>
      <dc:creator>History Today</dc:creator>
      <itunes:keywords>algeria,france,history,africa</itunes:keywords>
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      <itunes:duration>734</itunes:duration>
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      <itunes:summary>In this episode, Martin Evans discusses the Jews of French Algeria, and the challenges they faced as the struggle for Algerian independence gathered momentum. </itunes:summary>
      <itunes:subtitle>In this episode, Martin Evans discusses the Jews of French Algeria, and the challenges they faced...</itunes:subtitle>
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      <title>The Opium Wars</title>
      <description>&lt;img src=&quot;http://assets.podomatic.net/ts/e8/89/b8/podcast18265/1400x1400_5098339.png&quot; alt=&quot;itunes pic&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Julia Lovell discusses the legacy of the Opium Wars in both China and Britain. </description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2012 10:23:33 +0000</pubDate>
      <dcterms:modified>2013-12-11</dcterms:modified>
      <dcterms:created>2013-12-11</dcterms:created>
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      <dc:creator>History Today</dc:creator>
      <itunes:keywords>history,china,opium</itunes:keywords>
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      <itunes:duration>684</itunes:duration>
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      <itunes:summary>Julia Lovell discusses the legacy of the Opium Wars in both China and Britain. </itunes:summary>
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      <title>&quot;I Was Hitler's Neighbour&quot;</title>
      <description>&lt;img src=&quot;http://assets.podomatic.net/ts/e8/89/b8/podcast18265/1400x1400_5098339.png&quot; alt=&quot;itunes pic&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;An interview with Edgar Feuchtwanger, who as a boy growing up in Munich witnessed the rise of Adolf Hitler at extraordinarily close range.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 03:55:31 +0000</pubDate>
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      <dcterms:created>2013-12-10</dcterms:created>
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      <dc:creator>History Today</dc:creator>
      <itunes:keywords>hitler,ww2,munich</itunes:keywords>
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      <itunes:duration>804</itunes:duration>
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      <itunes:subtitle>An interview with Edgar Feuchtwanger, who as a boy growing up in Munich witnessed the rise of Ado...</itunes:subtitle>
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      <title>Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens</title>
      <description>&lt;img src=&quot;http://assets.podomatic.net/ts/e8/89/b8/podcast18265/1400x1400_5098339.png&quot; alt=&quot;itunes pic&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In this episode, David Coke describes life at Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens, and recounts how the artist William Hogarth helped it survive during a period when its future seemed uncertain. </description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 09:26:18 +0000</pubDate>
      <dcterms:modified>2013-12-10</dcterms:modified>
      <dcterms:created>2013-12-10</dcterms:created>
      <link>https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/historytoday/episodes/2012-05-08T02_26_18-07_00</link>
      <dc:creator>History Today</dc:creator>
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      <title>The Origins of Islam</title>
      <description>&lt;img src=&quot;http://assets.podomatic.net/ts/e8/89/b8/podcast18265/1400x1400_5098339.png&quot; alt=&quot;itunes pic&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In this episode we talk to Tom Holland, author of the cover story in the May issue of History Today, about his research into Islam's beginnings. </description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 10:47:33 +0000</pubDate>
      <dcterms:modified>2013-12-10</dcterms:modified>
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      <dc:creator>History Today</dc:creator>
      <itunes:keywords>islam,history</itunes:keywords>
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      <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
      <itunes:summary>In this episode we talk to Tom Holland, author of the cover story in the May issue of History Today, about his research into Islam's beginnings. </itunes:summary>
      <itunes:subtitle>In this episode we talk to Tom Holland, author of the cover story in the May issue of History Tod...</itunes:subtitle>
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      <title>The History Today Podcast: April 2012</title>
      <description>&lt;img src=&quot;http://assets.podomatic.net/ts/e8/89/b8/podcast18265/1400x1400_5098339.png&quot; alt=&quot;itunes pic&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In this month's episode:

- Who killed Alexander the Great? James Romm discusses new evidence about the mysterious death of the revered Macedonian ruler in 323 BC;

- John Guy reappraises the relationship between Thomas Becket and Henry II;

- and Patrick Bishop recalls his time with the British Task Force sent to reclaim the Falkland islands in 1982. 

We welcome your comments and suggestions about any topic discussed in this episode; go to http://historytoday.com/podcast for more.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 09:38:12 +0000</pubDate>
      <dcterms:modified>2013-12-10</dcterms:modified>
      <dcterms:created>2013-12-10</dcterms:created>
      <link>https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/historytoday/episodes/2012-04-05T02_38_12-07_00</link>
      <dc:creator>History Today</dc:creator>
      <itunes:keywords>history,alexander,macedonia,falklands</itunes:keywords>
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      <itunes:duration>2489</itunes:duration>
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      <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
      <itunes:summary>In this month's episode:

- Who killed Alexander the Great? James Romm discusses new evidence about the mysterious death of the revered Macedonian ruler in 323 BC;

- John Guy reappraises the relationship between Thomas Becket and Henry II;

- and Patrick Bishop recalls his time with the British Task Force sent to reclaim the Falkland islands in 1982. 

We welcome your comments and suggestions about any topic discussed in this episode; go to http://historytoday.com/podcast for more.</itunes:summary>
      <itunes:subtitle>In this month's episode:

- Who killed Alexander the Great? James Romm discusses new evidence a...</itunes:subtitle>
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      <title>The History Today Podcast: March 2012</title>
      <description>&lt;img src=&quot;http://assets.podomatic.net/ts/e8/89/b8/podcast18265/1400x1400_5098339.png&quot; alt=&quot;itunes pic&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In this month's episode: 

- Roger Moorhouse on Germania, Hitler's plan to rebuild Berlin as the capital of a thousand-year Reich;

- Patrick Bishop on Winston Churchill's obsession with sinking the Nazi battleship 'Tirpitz';

- and Craig Koslofsky on the history of the night.

We welcome your comments and suggestions about any topic discussed in this episode; go to http://historytoday.com/podcast for more.</description>
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      <comments>https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/historytoday/episodes/2012-03-06T23_39_00-08_00</comments>
      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 07:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <dcterms:modified>2013-12-09</dcterms:modified>
      <dcterms:created>2013-12-09</dcterms:created>
      <link>https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/historytoday/episodes/2012-03-06T23_39_00-08_00</link>
      <dc:creator>History Today</dc:creator>
      <itunes:keywords>germania,ww2,history,churchill,night</itunes:keywords>
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      <itunes:duration>2351</itunes:duration>
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      <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
      <itunes:summary>In this month's episode: 

- Roger Moorhouse on Germania, Hitler's plan to rebuild Berlin as the capital of a thousand-year Reich;

- Patrick Bishop on Winston Churchill's obsession with sinking the Nazi battleship 'Tirpitz';

- and Craig Koslofsky on the history of the night.

We welcome your comments and suggestions about any topic discussed in this episode; go to http://historytoday.com/podcast for more.</itunes:summary>
      <itunes:subtitle>In this month's episode: 

- Roger Moorhouse on Germania, Hitler's plan to rebuild Berlin as th...</itunes:subtitle>
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      <title>The History Today Podcast: February 2012</title>
      <description>&lt;img src=&quot;http://assets.podomatic.net/ts/e8/89/b8/podcast18265/1400x1400_5098339.png&quot; alt=&quot;itunes pic&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In this month's episode:

- Hugh Purcell talks about the Battle of Jarama in the Spanish Civil War, and the doomed love affair between an English captain and an American journalist;

- Keith Howe discusses how Britain treated Germany after the Second World War, and describes how life was for the average German citizen following the fall of the Third Reich;

- Sam Moorhead and David Stuttard introduce their new book, 'The Romans Who Shaped Britain'.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:54:25 +0000</pubDate>
      <dcterms:modified>2013-12-09</dcterms:modified>
      <dcterms:created>2013-12-09</dcterms:created>
      <link>https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/historytoday/episodes/2012-02-05T07_54_25-08_00</link>
      <dc:creator>History Today</dc:creator>
      <itunes:keywords>ww2,history,romans</itunes:keywords>
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      <itunes:duration>2235</itunes:duration>
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      <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
      <itunes:summary>In this month's episode:

- Hugh Purcell talks about the Battle of Jarama in the Spanish Civil War, and the doomed love affair between an English captain and an American journalist;

- Keith Howe discusses how Britain treated Germany after the Second World War, and describes how life was for the average German citizen following the fall of the Third Reich;

- Sam Moorhead and David Stuttard introduce their new book, 'The Romans Who Shaped Britain'.</itunes:summary>
      <itunes:subtitle>In this month's episode:

- Hugh Purcell talks about the Battle of Jarama in the Spanish Civil ...</itunes:subtitle>
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      <title>The History Today Podcast: January 2012</title>
      <description>&lt;img src=&quot;http://assets.podomatic.net/ts/e8/89/b8/podcast18265/1400x1400_5098339.png&quot; alt=&quot;itunes pic&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In this month's edition:

- Antony Lentin, who wrote about the Treaty of Versailles in the cover story of our January issue, talks about the reasons behind the treaty's difficult legacy, and about the enduring legacy of The Economic Consequences of the Peace, JM Keynes' definitive book on the peace conference.

- Nicholas Mee discusses Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, the medieval poem whose benefactor, and the place in which it was set, remain unknown. He explains how he went about researching the poem's mysterious origins, a subject he expands on at lenght in Patron's Place, also in the January issue.

We welcome your comments and suggestions about any topic discussed in this episode; go to http://historytoday.com/podcast for more.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 17:16:09 +0000</pubDate>
      <dcterms:modified>2013-12-07</dcterms:modified>
      <dcterms:created>2013-12-07</dcterms:created>
      <link>https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/historytoday/episodes/2012-01-08T09_16_09-08_00</link>
      <dc:creator>History Today</dc:creator>
      <itunes:keywords>ww1,history,poetry,versailles</itunes:keywords>
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      <itunes:duration>1438</itunes:duration>
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      <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
      <itunes:summary>In this month's edition:

- Antony Lentin, who wrote about the Treaty of Versailles in the cover story of our January issue, talks about the reasons behind the treaty's difficult legacy, and about the enduring legacy of The Economic Consequences of the Peace, JM Keynes' definitive book on the peace conference.

- Nicholas Mee discusses Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, the medieval poem whose benefactor, and the place in which it was set, remain unknown. He explains how he went about researching the poem's mysterious origins, a subject he expands on at lenght in Patron's Place, also in the January issue.

We welcome your comments and suggestions about any topic discussed in this episode; go to http://historytoday.com/podcast for more.</itunes:summary>
      <itunes:subtitle>In this month's edition:

- Antony Lentin, who wrote about the Treaty of Versailles in the cove...</itunes:subtitle>
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      <title>The History Today Podcast: December 2011</title>
      <description>&lt;img src=&quot;http://assets.podomatic.net/ts/e8/89/b8/podcast18265/1400x1400_5098339.png&quot; alt=&quot;itunes pic&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In this edition:

- Former editor Gordon Marsden talks about the Second World War origins of History Today and the adverts that helped to fund its publication in the 1950s and 1960s;

- Greg Carleton explains how the US and the Soviet Union transformed their disastrous military defeats at Pearl Harbour and Brest Fortress in 1941 into positive national narratives.

- Martin Evans discusses his latest book Algeria: An Undeclared War.

We welcome your comments and suggestions about any topic discussed in this episode; go to http://historytoday.com/podcast for more.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:10:41 +0000</pubDate>
      <dcterms:modified>2013-12-07</dcterms:modified>
      <dcterms:created>2013-12-07</dcterms:created>
      <link>https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/historytoday/episodes/2011-12-01T07_10_41-08_00</link>
      <dc:creator>History Today</dc:creator>
      <itunes:keywords>history,ww2,advertising</itunes:keywords>
      <enclosure url="http://historytoday.podomatic.com/enclosure/2011-12-01T07_10_41-08_00.mp3" length="38665855" type="audio/mpeg"/>
      <itunes:duration>2416</itunes:duration>
      <itunes:image href="http://assets.podomatic.net/ts/e8/89/b8/podcast18265/1400x1400_5098339.png"/>
      <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
      <itunes:summary>In this edition:

- Former editor Gordon Marsden talks about the Second World War origins of History Today and the adverts that helped to fund its publication in the 1950s and 1960s;

- Greg Carleton explains how the US and the Soviet Union transformed their disastrous military defeats at Pearl Harbour and Brest Fortress in 1941 into positive national narratives.

- Martin Evans discusses his latest book Algeria: An Undeclared War.

We welcome your comments and suggestions about any topic discussed in this episode; go to http://historytoday.com/podcast for more.</itunes:summary>
      <itunes:subtitle>In this edition:

- Former editor Gordon Marsden talks about the Second World War origins of Hi...</itunes:subtitle>
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      <title>The History Today Podcast: November 2011</title>
      <description>&lt;img src=&quot;http://assets.podomatic.net/ts/e8/89/b8/podcast18265/1400x1400_5098339.png&quot; alt=&quot;itunes pic&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In this month's edition:

- Colin Jones on previously unpublished caricatures of Madame de Pompadour, Louis XV's favourite mistress;

- David Wilson on the photographs taken during Captain Scott's expedition to the Antarctic;

- and Tim Grady on the Jewish soldiers who fought for Germany during the First World War.

We welcome your comments and suggestions about any topic discussed in this episode; go to http://historytoday.com/podcast for more.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 09:39:37 +0000</pubDate>
      <dcterms:modified>2013-12-07</dcterms:modified>
      <dcterms:created>2013-12-07</dcterms:created>
      <link>https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/historytoday/episodes/2011-10-26T02_39_37-07_00</link>
      <dc:creator>History Today</dc:creator>
      <itunes:keywords>history</itunes:keywords>
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      <itunes:duration>2367</itunes:duration>
      <itunes:image href="http://assets.podomatic.net/ts/e8/89/b8/podcast18265/1400x1400_5098339.png"/>
      <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
      <itunes:summary>In this month's edition:

- Colin Jones on previously unpublished caricatures of Madame de Pompadour, Louis XV's favourite mistress;

- David Wilson on the photographs taken during Captain Scott's expedition to the Antarctic;

- and Tim Grady on the Jewish soldiers who fought for Germany during the First World War.

We welcome your comments and suggestions about any topic discussed in this episode; go to http://historytoday.com/podcast for more.</itunes:summary>
      <itunes:subtitle>In this month's edition:

- Colin Jones on previously unpublished caricatures of Madame de Pomp...</itunes:subtitle>
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      <title>The History Today Podcast: October 2011</title>
      <description>&lt;img src=&quot;http://assets.podomatic.net/ts/e8/89/b8/podcast18265/1400x1400_5098339.png&quot; alt=&quot;itunes pic&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In this month's edition:

- Jonathan Fenby on China's 1911 revolution;

- Nigel Jones on the Tower of London;

- Helen and William Bynum on their new book about the history of medicine

We've re-launched the podcast in a new, longer format, with more interviews and features on each episode. 

We welcome your comments and suggestions about any topic discussed in this episode; go to http://historytoday.com/podcast for more.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 09:44:48 +0000</pubDate>
      <dcterms:modified>2013-12-07</dcterms:modified>
      <dcterms:created>2013-12-07</dcterms:created>
      <link>https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/historytoday/episodes/2011-09-29T02_44_48-07_00</link>
      <dc:creator>History Today</dc:creator>
      <itunes:keywords>history,china,medicine,health,historical,revolution,1911</itunes:keywords>
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      <itunes:duration>2424</itunes:duration>
      <itunes:image href="http://assets.podomatic.net/ts/e8/89/b8/podcast18265/1400x1400_5098339.png"/>
      <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
      <itunes:summary>In this month's edition:

- Jonathan Fenby on China's 1911 revolution;

- Nigel Jones on the Tower of London;

- Helen and William Bynum on their new book about the history of medicine

We've re-launched the podcast in a new, longer format, with more interviews and features on each episode. 

We welcome your comments and suggestions about any topic discussed in this episode; go to http://historytoday.com/podcast for more.</itunes:summary>
      <itunes:subtitle>In this month's edition:

- Jonathan Fenby on China's 1911 revolution;

- Nigel Jones on the ...</itunes:subtitle>
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    <item>
      <title>David Boyle interview</title>
      <description>&lt;img src=&quot;http://assets.podomatic.net/ts/e8/89/b8/podcast18265/1400x1400_5019243.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;itunes pic&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;David Boyle discusses his book Voyages of Discovery, which charts key voyages of discovery from the 1490s to James Cook in the 1770s and focuses, for the first time, on the views of those who were 'discovered'. But to what extent was this possible given that the vast majority of historic sources are written by the European explorers? </description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:20:37 +0000</pubDate>
      <dcterms:modified>2013-12-07</dcterms:modified>
      <dcterms:created>2013-12-07</dcterms:created>
      <link>https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/historytoday/episodes/2011-09-12T05_20_37-07_00</link>
      <dc:creator>History Today</dc:creator>
      <itunes:keywords>history,podcast,david,boyle,voyage,discovery</itunes:keywords>
      <enclosure url="http://historytoday.podomatic.com/enclosure/2011-09-12T05_20_37-07_00.mp3" length="10450913" type="audio/mpeg"/>
      <itunes:duration>653</itunes:duration>
      <itunes:image href="http://assets.podomatic.net/ts/e8/89/b8/podcast18265/1400x1400_5019243.jpg"/>
      <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
      <itunes:summary>David Boyle discusses his book Voyages of Discovery, which charts key voyages of discovery from the 1490s to James Cook in the 1770s and focuses, for the first time, on the views of those who were 'discovered'. But to what extent was this possible given that the vast majority of historic sources are written by the European explorers? </itunes:summary>
      <itunes:subtitle>David Boyle discusses his book Voyages of Discovery, which charts key voyages of discovery from t...</itunes:subtitle>
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    <item>
      <title>Caroline Moorehead Interview</title>
      <description>&lt;img src=&quot;http://assets.podomatic.net/ts/e8/89/b8/podcast18265/1400x1400_4936782.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;itunes pic&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Caroline Moorehead talks about her latest book, A Train in Winter, which tells the story, for the first time, of 230 French women resisters who were deported to Auschwitz from Gestapo detention camps in France. Why has their story been forgotten? Why were they sent to Auschwitz? How do the few survivors who are still alive remember the horror of their experiences? </description>
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      <comments>https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/historytoday/episodes/2011-08-24T09_00_52-07_00</comments>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 16:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
      <dcterms:modified>2013-12-07</dcterms:modified>
      <dcterms:created>2013-12-07</dcterms:created>
      <link>https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/historytoday/episodes/2011-08-24T09_00_52-07_00</link>
      <dc:creator>History Today</dc:creator>
      <itunes:keywords>podcast,history,audio,caroline,moorehead,interview,women,france,resistance</itunes:keywords>
      <enclosure url="http://historytoday.podomatic.com/enclosure/2011-08-24T09_00_52-07_00.mp3" length="14767602" type="audio/mpeg"/>
      <itunes:duration>922</itunes:duration>
      <itunes:image href="http://assets.podomatic.net/ts/e8/89/b8/podcast18265/1400x1400_4936782.jpg"/>
      <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
      <itunes:summary>Caroline Moorehead talks about her latest book, A Train in Winter, which tells the story, for the first time, of 230 French women resisters who were deported to Auschwitz from Gestapo detention camps in France. Why has their story been forgotten? Why were they sent to Auschwitz? How do the few survivors who are still alive remember the horror of their experiences? </itunes:summary>
      <itunes:subtitle>Caroline Moorehead talks about her latest book, A Train in Winter, which tells the story, for the...</itunes:subtitle>
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      <title>Interview: Roger Moorhouse</title>
      <description>&lt;img src=&quot;http://assets.podomatic.net/ts/e8/89/b8/podcast18265/1400x1400_4846590.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;itunes pic&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;History Today editor Paul Lay interviews Roger Moorhouse, author of Berlin At War: Life and Death in Hitler's Capital.</description>
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      <comments>https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/historytoday/episodes/2011-08-05T01_16_15-07_00</comments>
      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 08:16:15 +0000</pubDate>
      <dcterms:modified>2013-12-07</dcterms:modified>
      <dcterms:created>2013-12-07</dcterms:created>
      <link>https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/historytoday/episodes/2011-08-05T01_16_15-07_00</link>
      <dc:creator>History Today</dc:creator>
      <itunes:keywords>podcast,hitler,berlin,ww2</itunes:keywords>
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      <itunes:duration>738</itunes:duration>
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      <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
      <itunes:summary>History Today editor Paul Lay interviews Roger Moorhouse, author of Berlin At War: Life and Death in Hitler's Capital.</itunes:summary>
      <itunes:subtitle>History Today editor Paul Lay interviews Roger Moorhouse, author of Berlin At War: Life and Death...</itunes:subtitle>
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    <item>
      <title>Angie Butler: The Quest for Frank Wild</title>
      <description>&lt;img src=&quot;http://assets.podomatic.net/ts/e8/89/b8/podcast18265/1400x1400_4829791.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;itunes pic&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Angie Butler talks to Kathryn Hadley about her seven year long journey to research the last years of Frank Wild's life in South Africa, her breakthrough discovery of his ashes in Johannesburg, and her expedition to South Georgia to rebury the ashes alongside those of Wild's 'Boss' Sir Ernest Shackleton.  </description>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://historytoday.podomatic.com/entry/2011-08-01T05_08_21-07_00</guid>
      <comments>https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/historytoday/episodes/2011-08-01T05_08_21-07_00</comments>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 12:08:21 +0000</pubDate>
      <dcterms:modified>2013-12-06</dcterms:modified>
      <dcterms:created>2013-12-06</dcterms:created>
      <link>https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/historytoday/episodes/2011-08-01T05_08_21-07_00</link>
      <dc:creator>History Today</dc:creator>
      <itunes:keywords>polar,history,interview,frank,wild,shackleton,podcast</itunes:keywords>
      <enclosure url="http://historytoday.podomatic.com/enclosure/2011-08-01T05_08_21-07_00.mp3" length="12082815" type="audio/mpeg"/>
      <itunes:duration>755</itunes:duration>
      <itunes:image href="http://assets.podomatic.net/ts/e8/89/b8/podcast18265/1400x1400_4829791.jpg"/>
      <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
      <itunes:summary>Angie Butler talks to Kathryn Hadley about her seven year long journey to research the last years of Frank Wild's life in South Africa, her breakthrough discovery of his ashes in Johannesburg, and her expedition to South Georgia to rebury the ashes alongside those of Wild's 'Boss' Sir Ernest Shackleton.  </itunes:summary>
      <itunes:subtitle>Angie Butler talks to Kathryn Hadley about her seven year long journey to research the last years...</itunes:subtitle>
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