🎧 History Legends: Michael Wood
Latest Podcast Episodes 🎧 • 37m
Michael Wood joined me on the podcast to talk about his career as a historian.
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🎧 How The Victorians Took Us To The Moon
If a Victorian met Elon Musk they would completely get him. The world’s richest man, determined to use technology that doesn’t yet exist to colonise Mars. Classic Victorian thinking.
The Victorians didn’t really take us to the moon. But what they did do was give us a way of thinking about the fu...
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🎧 History of China with Michael Wood
Michael Wood joined me on the podcast to talk about his new history of China. He takes a fresh look at Chinese history in the light of the current massive changes inside the country, and how its people and leaders see their place in the world, and its place on the world stage.
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🎧 Nur Jahan - Empress of Mughal India
In 1611, the daughter of a Persian nobleman and widow of a subversive official, became the 20th and favourite wife of the Mughal Emperor Jahangir. Unique and outstanding for the age in which she lived, Nur Jahan rose to become an astute politician, issuing imperial orders and appearing on coins. ...
