Unknown History with Giles Milton

Macmillan Podcasts

Unknown History provides you with surprising, quirky, and remarkable tales from the past, so you can pretend you paid attention in history class. Hosted by renowned author Giles Milton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episodes

An Excerpt From You Have to Be Prepared to Die Before You Can Begin to Live

An Excerpt from The Women of Rothschild

A Conversation On Queer History: Rasheed Newson, Jack Lowery, and Bill Goldstein on Act Up!, AIDS Activism, and 80s NYC.

An Excerpt from American Demon

How has Britain become butler to the world?

The untold story of Nixon and CIA Director Richard Helms

The Iconic Speeches We Never Heard

Is the mafia really that violent?

Bonus: The Cold War Superagent and the Ruthless Head of the CIA

The Broken Constitution: Lincoln's Transformation

The Broken Constitution: Lincoln's Choice

The Broken Constitution: The American Compromise

Coming Soon: The Broken Constitution

The Dramatic Conclusion of the Berlin Blockade

To Save a City

Launching the Airlift

The Siege: Could the Berlin Airlift Save Berlin?

The Strangling of Berlin

A Battle of Wits in Post-War Berlin

A Battle of Wits in Post-War Berlin