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Hijacked Histories

By: Dominic Sandbrook
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We've all heard of fake news, but what about fake history?

Dominic Sandbrook explores two and a half millennia of human history, traveling from the American Deep South to the air raid shelters of wartime Britain, to discover how the past has constantly been manipulated, rewritten and reshaped.

It turns out that when it comes to history, separating fact from fiction isn't always easy. Many of the widely held beliefs about our past are based on a web of lies.

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Episodes
  • Ep. 1: The Horse That Ruled Rome

    Ep. 1: The Horse That Ruled Rome
    Jun 22 2020

    Roman emperors Nero and Caligula are remembered as some of history’s greatest monsters, but the truth about these “depraved” rulers is very different.
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    32 mins
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  • Ep. 2: England's First Socialists

    Ep. 2: England's First Socialists
    Jun 22 2020

    How did a group of 17th Century rebels become the radical heroes for activists on both the left and right wings of modern British politics?
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    37 mins
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  • Ep. 3: The Storming of the Winter Palace

    Ep. 3: The Storming of the Winter Palace
    Jun 22 2020

    This is the story of how Stalin used movies to spread myths and rewrite history, fuelling his attempt to build a Communist utopia.
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Some of the episodes were better than others. Interesting and detailed enough. Well worth a listen

overall good

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interesting easily digestible series gives you a new perspective on events. would recommend to anyone

interesting

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Great series about how history isn't all that we've been lead to believe. Well presented and narrated, full of interesting facts and surprising stories.

Superb podcast series

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Very informative and worth a listen, though I'm not too sure it is teaching you much you didn't know about skewing of history.

Excellent

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Excellent content and narration...please more episodes.
..for some odd reason I need to write 15 words,,,else my review cannot be submitted..so this is a filler

Brilliant

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Looks beneath the surface of history in an objective way. In particular Northern Macedonia had a real identity crisis when I was there in 2002. They didn't even accept their own currency.

Well produced and easy to listen to

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Loved it, well researched (or was it) well presented and a throughly easy binge listen. Intrigued by the similarities between WWII shelters and where we find ourselves now working from home.

Brilliant

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I have enjoyed this but I wasn't really in the mood for this type of book so I dipped in and out of it and wasn't too fussed if I forgot to press 'pause'.
Well made and enjoyable though.

Interesting

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Great listen. Want more. I think it's great when authors narrate their own story. They don't just read, they relive.

Very enlightening

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As valuable a set of lessons about our collective relationships with history. If you're considering listening to an isolated episode out of sequence, it'll be perfectly legible. However, the best thing about this podcast is how it ties these narratives together to develop a common, non-repetitive theme. Strongly recommend to people of all ages and levels of education.

Well presented, well researched

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