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Angela Barnes and John O'Farrell
We Are History
The less-than-serious history podcast with stand up comedian Angela Barnes (The News Quiz, Mock The Week and Live at The Apollo) and writer John O'Farrell (An Utterly Impartial History of Britain, Things Can Only Get Better, Spitting Image). In each podcast our two history nerds discuss, explain and laugh at interesting and quirky episodes from the olden days, such as East German Nudism, Spy Pigeons or Vlad the Impaler. Angela and John’s in-depth knowledge of world history has been described as ‘laughable’ - and now they read the history books so that you don't have to. The We Are...
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4.9 stars from 899 ratings
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“Great podcast….. just interesting stuff”
hectorvonbird via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/14/24
Brilliant!
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“I’m new to this after hearing about it on another podcast. What a breath of fresh air this is. The chemistry between Angela and John is just wonderful and the topics chosen for each episode are interesting, well researched with just the right amount of humour. History for ‘the rest of us’. What a...”Read full review »
Raniator via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
04/12/24
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“This Podcast covers all eras of history, with a great deal of information, details and a good amount of humour. I’m so glad I found it, brilliant for listening to on my daily walks. Also very pleased that they have done loads of episodes, I’m now binge listening to them all. 100% Recommended.”
StevenVacher via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
03/22/24
Recent Episodes
How travelling quacks and snobby doctors held back dentistry for centuries, while millions endured the agony of toothache and wondered why ‘smoking out the tooth worms’ didn’t seem to be working.
Reading List: An Excruciating History of Dentistry by James Wynbrand
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Published 04/23/24
Published 04/23/24
This week Angela drags John around the shops of Britain for about 200 years as we take a look at the history of how we shop. We look at why shopping moved out of town centres and ask the important questions like “Does Selfridges sell fridges?”
Reading: Back to the Shops: The High Street in...
Published 04/16/24
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