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Today In History with The Retrospectors

Curious, funny, surprising daily history - with Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina and Arion McNicoll.From the invention of the Game Boy to the Mancunian beer-poisoning of 1900, from Julius Caesar's invasion of Britain to America's Nazi summer schools... each day we uncover an unexpected story for the ages. In just ten minutes!Best Daily Podcast (British Podcast Awards 2023 nominee).Get early access and ad-free listening at Patreon.com/Retrospectors or subscribe on Apple Podcasts.

Yes, We Have Bananas

12 mins; April 09, 2024

Charles and Camilla's Wedding

12 mins; April 08, 2024

The Nudge Revolution

11 mins; April 07, 2024

The Battle on the Ice

11 mins; April 04, 2024

Chinese Restaurant Syndrome

11 mins; April 03, 2024

The First Motorbike

11 mins; April 02, 2024

When Tarzan Went To Hollywood

11 mins; April 01, 2024

The World's Strongest Man

12 mins; March 27, 2024

Cleopatra ❤️ Caesar

12 mins; March 26, 2024

Knights Gone Wild

12 mins; March 25, 2024

Flour Power: The Tichborne Dole and the Biddenden Maids

12 mins; March 24, 2024

Welcome To Sea World

12 mins; March 21, 2024

Last Days of Alcatraz

11 mins; March 20, 2024

What Caused The Black Death?

12 mins; March 19, 2024

Gaudí's Magnum Opus

12 mins; March 18, 2024

Braille For Your Feet

11 mins; March 17, 2024

The Woman Who Made van Gogh

11 mins; March 14, 2024

Finger Lickin' Lawsuit

11 mins; March 13, 2024

Fall of the Maya

11 mins; March 12, 2024

Dennis The Menace(s)

12 mins; March 11, 2024

Meet The Luddites

12 mins; March 10, 2024

The Marx Brothers Bow Out

12 mins; March 07, 2024

Constantine's Sunday Sabbath

10 mins; March 06, 2024

Shutting Down Napster

11 mins; March 05, 2024

Che In The Sky With Jacket

11 mins; March 04, 2024

John Lennon's Jesus Controversy

12 mins; March 03, 2024

I Want My MTV

12 mins; February 29, 2024

Salem's Witchcraft Epidemic

12 mins; February 28, 2024

Dord: The Ghost Word

11 mins; February 27, 2024

Unmasking Mardi Gras

12 mins; February 26, 2024

Woodrow Wilson and the Grand Canyon

11 mins; February 25, 2024

The Plot To Kill The Cabinet

12 mins; February 22, 2024

The Most Famous Sheep in the World

11 mins; February 21, 2024

When Polaroid Changed Photography

11 mins; February 20, 2024

Let's Colonise Florida

12 mins; February 19, 2024

When Jarvis Met Jacko

12 mins; February 18, 2024

The Monk Who Met The Mongols

12 mins; February 15, 2024

The Delia Backlash

11 mins; February 14, 2024

Hollywood's Gossip Queens

12 mins; February 14, 2024

The Jamaican Bobsled Team

12 mins; February 12, 2024

Death of the 9 Day Queen

12 mins; February 11, 2024

Will vs Gareth

12 mins; February 08, 2024

Inventing The Credit Card

11 mins; February 07, 2024

Chaplin: Birth of The Tramp

12 mins; February 06, 2024

I Am Anastasia

12 mins; February 05, 2024

The Plastic That Changed The World

12 mins; February 04, 2024

The First Groundhog Day

11 mins; February 02, 2024

The First Groundhog Day

11 mins; February 01, 2024

The Hashish Club

11 mins; January 31, 2024

TV's First Soap Opera

11 mins; January 30, 2024

Bring Me The Head of Oliver Cromwell

12 mins; January 29, 2024

Bush, Frum and the Axis of Evil

12 mins; January 28, 2024

The Man Who Sold The Wind

12 mins; January 25, 2024

Soundtracking the Royal Wedding

11 mins; January 24, 2024

I've Struck Gold!

12 mins; January 23, 2024

The Elephants of War

11 mins; January 22, 2024

Bjorn Borg's Retirement Bombshell

12 mins; January 21, 2024

I Impregnated Lucy

11 mins; January 18, 2024

Arriving At Botany Bay

11 mins; January 17, 2024

Ireland's First Divorce

11 mins; January 16, 2024

Shooting 'Dr. No'

11 mins; January 15, 2024

Wikipedia: Hello World

12 mins; January 14, 2024

Motown Begins

11 mins; January 11, 2024

England's First Lottery

11 mins; January 10, 2024

Opening Up University

11 mins; January 09, 2024

Let's Bury Nelson

12 mins; January 08, 2024

Can You Smell Eggs?

12 mins; January 07, 2024

Meet Jekyll and Hyde

11 mins; January 04, 2024

Dawn of the Hit Parade

12 mins; January 03, 2024

The Siege of Sidney Street

12 mins; January 02, 2024

Ronald Reagan: Hollywood's Governor

12 mins; January 01, 2024

Inside Barnum's Museum

11 mins; December 31, 2023

Best of 2023: Captain Kidd: Pirate or Privateer?

14 mins; December 28, 2023

Best of 2023: Richard I's Awkward Wedding Night

13 mins; December 27, 2023

Best of 2023: The Counterfeit Queen of Soul

14 mins; December 26, 2023

Retrospectors Quiz Of The Year 2023

24 mins; December 21, 2023

Mariah's Christmas Hit

12 mins; December 20, 2023

Panto's Greatest Dame

12 mins; December 19, 2023

The War on Christmas

11 mins; December 18, 2023

Introducing The Nutcracker

11 mins; December 17, 2023

Spice World!

12 mins; December 14, 2023

Dubya Dodges A Shoeing

12 mins; December 13, 2023

The ‘Pop Goes The Weasel’ Craze

12 mins; December 12, 2023

Is That Mary Magdalene?

12 mins; December 11, 2023

The Man Who Sold The Eiffel Tower

11 mins; December 10, 2023

Let Them Drink Curry

12 mins; December 07, 2023

Morcambe, Wise and Mr Preview

11 mins; December 06, 2023

The Real Santa Claus

12 mins; December 05, 2023

Who Needs A Switchboard?

12 mins; December 04, 2023

Elvis, Jerry Lee, Johnny & Carl

11 mins; December 03, 2023

When Gnomes Took Over The World

11 mins; November 30, 2023

Football's First International

10 mins; November 29, 2023

Marriage of the Moonies

12 mins; November 28, 2023

The Sound of Luxury

11 mins; November 27, 2023

The Berners St Hoax

11 mins; November 26, 2023

QVC's First Day

11 mins; November 23, 2023

The Tamagotchi Effect

11 mins; November 22, 2023

Fall of the Knights Templar

10 mins; November 21, 2023

The First Hanukkah

11 mins; November 20, 2023

The Real Moby Dick

12 mins; November 19, 2023

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