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  Chernobyl

  Chernobyl

  In today's episode, Dan is joined by Serhii Plokhii, professor at Harvard University and author of Chernobyl: The History of a Nuclear Catastrophe. They explore what caused the disaster at the plant in 1986, and the after effects of it.

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  The Medieval Dancing Plague with Elea...

  The Medieval Dancing Plague with Elea...

  When people think of Medieval diseases, hysterical dancing is not usually what first comes to mind. Yet in 14th and 15th century Germany, dozens of ordinary people claimed to be infected by the ‘dancing plague’. What was this mysterious phenomenon? What caused it? And was it even a real disease?
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  The Real Life of Gladiators in Ancien...

  The Real Life of Gladiators in Ancien...

  Tristan Hughes sits down with Alexander Mariotti, a leading speaker on gladiatorial life, combat, and weaponry as well as a historical consultant on Ridley Scott's 'Gladiator' movie (2000).

  Together they discuss what life was really like for these men entering the arenas of the Roman Empire, wh...