That Wilbur Smith Show
Arts & Culture Podcasts
In Series 2 of our podcast series, historian and Wilbur co-writer Tom Harper and author and Wilbur fan Christopher Winn celebrate Wilbur’s extraordinary life and work, and the exhilarating world of adventure that he created and inhabited.
Together with a star-studded array of special guests, adventurers, historians, authors, academics and fans they explore the historical events that form the background to Wilbur's books, visit the places he brings so vividly to life and learn about the incredible exploits and experiences that inspired Wilbur over a life time of writing and real life adventure.
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Location:
United States
Description:
In Series 2 of our podcast series, historian and Wilbur co-writer Tom Harper and author and Wilbur fan Christopher Winn celebrate Wilbur’s extraordinary life and work, and the exhilarating world of adventure that he created and inhabited. Together with a star-studded array of special guests, adventurers, historians, authors, academics and fans they explore the historical events that form the background to Wilbur's books, visit the places he brings so vividly to life and learn about the incredible exploits and experiences that inspired Wilbur over a life time of writing and real life adventure. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Language:
English
Website:
https://www.wilbursmithbooks.com
Episodes
The East India Company with Professor David Howarth
4/25/2024
In this episode Tom and Christopher are joined by Professor David Howarth, author of ‘Adventurers The Improbable Rise of the East India Company’ ; to discuss the surprisingly humble and chaotic Tudor origins of the most celebrated and powerful global entity in history.
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Duration:01:02:18
The Indian Ocean Slave Trade with Professor Bernard Freamon
4/11/2024
In Episode 3 of That Wilbur Smith Show Tom and Christopher are joined by Professor Bernard Freamon, the world’s leading authority on the Indian Ocean Slave Trade, to explore this elusive, yet fascinating subject of which little is known and which is rarely discussed.
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Duration:00:59:26
That Wilbur Smith Show Highlights So Far
3/28/2024
Tom and Christopher look back on memorable moments from the first series, recalling some of the illuminating facts and insights they elicited from their special guests, including Egyptologist Joanne Fletcher, historian Saul David, writer of both fiction and nonfiction about the Zulu wars, Zambezi expert Marlyn Newitt, who sounds the alarm about the Victoria Falls drying up, Joost Fonteyn on the mysteries of the Great Zimbabwe, Civil Rights campaigner Adam Hochschild on the Abolition of Slavery and our remarkable adventurer, polar explorer Felicity Aston
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Duration:00:51:35
Felicity Aston - polar explorer and real-life hero
3/7/2024
For the first episode of a new series of That Wilbur Smith Show, and in honour of International Women’s Day, Tom and Christopher talk to a real life hero who might have stepped out of the pages of a Wilbur Smith book, Felicity Aston, polar explorer and the first woman to ski across Antarctica alone!
Felicity's website : http://www.felicityaston.co.uk/
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Duration:01:00:43
That Wilbur Smith Show : Series Two Trailer two
2/29/2024
Historian Tom Harper and author Christopher Winn explore the exhilarating world of legendary adventure writer Wilbur Smith with special guest and real life hero Felicity Aston, polar explorer and the first woman to ski across Antarctica alone.
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Duration:00:01:20
That Wilbur Smith Show : Series Two Trailer
2/23/2024
In That Wilbur Smith Show Wilbur co-writer historian Tom Harper and author and Wilbur fan Christopher Winn explore the exhilarating world of adventure writer Wilbur Smith, one of the greatest story tellers of all time, by talking to a star-studded array of special guests, adventurers, historians, authors, academics and fans about the exotic places and thrilling historical events that feature in Wilbur’s books.
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Duration:00:00:32
24. Birds of Prey Part 2 - Elephant Lagoon
11/17/2023
In this action packed second episode on Birds of Prey Tom and Diana describe how Hal Courtney and his companions escape from their Dutch prison in the Castle of Good Hope and travel across the wilds of Southern Africa to confront once more their mortal enemy the Buzzard at Elephant Lagoon.
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Duration:00:42:43
23. Birds of Prey Part 1 Treasure and treachery
11/10/2023
In the first of a series of episodes chronicling the Courtneys through the 17th century Tom and Diana celebrate the opening part of one of Wilbur’s most epic novels, Birds of Prey, a tale of treasure, treachery, pirates, love and betrayal set against the Anglo Dutch War and the founding of the world’s most beautiful city, Cape Town
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Duration:01:01:28
22. The Zambezi with Professor Malyn Newitt
11/3/2023
The great rivers of Africa were a constant feature in Wilbur Smith’s adventures and in this episode Tom and Diana explore the Zambezi and the majestic Victoria Falls with the expert help of Professor Malyn Newitt author of 'The Zambezi - a History’, learning about the peoples who have lived alongside, traded on and depended upon the river and how the nature and shape of the river is changing due to modern development.
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Duration:01:05:48
21. 2023 Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize
10/27/2023
In this special episode Tom and Diana look back over the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize Award ceremony at the Royal Geographical Society in London with prize winner Emma Styles and Wilbur and Niso Smith Foundation director Georgina Brown
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Duration:00:55:46
20. Slavery - the Struggle for Abolition with Adam Hochschild
10/20/2023
Tom and Diana discuss the struggle for the Abolition of Slavery with lecturer, historian and journalist Adam Hochschild, examining the circumstances that led to the emergence of the movement to ban slavery in the late 18th, early 19th centuries.
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Duration:01:01:00
19. The Great Zimbabwe
10/13/2023
Tom and Diana discuss the mysterious and misunderstood Great Zimbabwe stone settlement with Professor Joost Fontein of Johannesburg University
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Duration:00:43:16
18. The Sunbird Part 2 - The Curse of Opet
10/6/2023
In the second part of The Sunbird we see how the curse of the lost city of Opet plays out and discover the fate of those involved in ancient times and in modern times
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Duration:00:51:47
17. The Sunbird Part 1 The Search for the Lost City of Ophir
9/29/2023
The Sunbird introduces one of Wilbur Smith's most intriguing heroes, charting his search for the mysterious lost city of Ophir in deepest Africa and the extraordinary and unexpected consequences that flow from its discovery.
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Duration:00:57:48
16. Testament
9/22/2023
In episode 16 Tom and Diana take a look at Testament, coming up with plenty of tantalising teasers and good reasons why this, the latest Wilbur Smith book, is an exhilarating must read!
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Duration:00:44:24
15. Wilbur Smith Inspiring Adventures
9/15/2023
In this special episode Tom and Diana discuss the making of the documentary Wilbur Smith Inspiring Adventures with the film's director Aidan Woodward.
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Duration:01:00:05
14. A Falcon Flies Part 2 The Prophecy
9/8/2023
In Episode 14 of That Wilbur Smith Show Tom and Diana take a look at the second part of A Falcon Flies, in which Robyn and Zuga venture into the unknown Eden they have seen from the mountain top and go their separate ways, each finding ancient civilisations and treasures while meeting with adventure and adversity.
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Duration:00:55:06
13. A Falcon Flies part 1 Introducing the Ballantynes
9/1/2023
In this episode Tom and Diana take a look at A Falcon Flies, in which we are introduced to the Ballantynes, Robyn and Zuga as, against the background of the slave trade, they travel up the Zambezi into the uncharted interior of Africa in search of their father.
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Duration:00:53:20
12. Birds of Prey - End of the Dutch Golden Age
8/25/2023
Tom and Diana take a look at Birds of Prey and the End of the Dutch Golden Age. This is the earliest book chronologically in the Courtney saga, and tells the story of Sir Francis and Hal Courtney, the first of the Courtney’s to land in Africa, as they take on the might of the Dutch East India Company
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Duration:00:48:10
11. Courtney's War - The Battle of Stalingrad
8/18/2023
Tom and Diana discuss Wilbur’s book Courtney’s War with its vivid depiction of the horrors of the Battle of Stalingrad, a conflict with disturbing similarities to today’s war in Ukraine.
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Duration:00:45:47