http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/podcasts/podcasts.xml Past Masters is an eclectic mix of historical investigations by our team of researchers and actors alongside lectures from top academics recorded live for the National Archives in London. We'll tackle a different topic each month using often unseen documents from our vast collections which span a thousand years and just about every part of the planet. Welcome to the sound of history. en-gb Copyright: (C) The National Archives, see http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/legal/copyright.htm for terms and conditions of reuse webmaster@nationalarchives.gov.uk (webmaster) Tue, 20 May 2008 10:00:00 EST Past Masters is an eclectic mix of historical investigations by our team of researchers and actors alongside lectures from top academics recorded live for the National Archives in London. We'll tackle a different topic each month using often unseen documents from our vast collections which span a thousand years and just about every part of the planet. Welcome to the sound of history. The National Archives No history, archives, teaching, science, military, government, Britain, education, records, information, documents The National Archives education@nationalarchives.gov.uk http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/images/global/logo-podcast.jpg http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/rss/podcasts.xml http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/podcasts/audio/henryv.mp3?pod=rss The Past Masters team go once more unto to the breach and try and cover the Hundred Years War in thirty minutes. Was Troyes Henry V's greatest victory or a millstone around England's neck? Past Masters Thu, 26 Mar 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/podcasts/audio/henryv.mp3 29:09 war, medieval, middle ages, France, hundred, king, queen, Henry, Agincourt, Treaty, Troyes, peace, dauphin, battle http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/podcasts/audio/degeneration.mp3?pod=rss Dr. John Shaw discusses Victorian attitudes to poverty in the 19th century from the charity of the faithful to the sinister uses of evolutionary science. Dr. John Shaw Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/podcasts/audio/degeneration.mp3 43:25 poverty, victorian, science, faith, religion, charity, galton, darwin http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/podcasts/audio/truthinhere.mp3?pod=rss From ghost rockets in Scandinavia to mysterious spheres tracked over Eritrea, the Past Masters team look at the records of Unidentified Flying Objects held at The National Archives and ask, is the truth in here? Past Masters Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/podcasts/audio/truthinhere.mp3 34:47 UFO, Unidentified Flying Object, alien, extraterrestrial, government, x-files http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/podcasts/audio/richardII.mp3?pod=rss Terry Jones, 'Python', historian, broadcaster, actor, director and comedian has called King Richard II a victim of spin. Here he sets out to rescue his reputation and lift the lid on the turbulent world of 14th century politics. Terry Jones Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/podcasts/audio/richardII.mp3 01:00:55 history, medieval, Henry IV, Lancaster, Lancastrian, Plantagenet, depose, tyranny, tyrant, kingship, monarchy, throne, crown, middle ages http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/podcasts/audio/appease2.mp3?pod=rss In the second part of this series on appeasement, Geoff Stewart, Chief Examiner at Edexcel, looks at how historians have grappled with the policy for 60 years and how students should tackle it today. Geoff Stewart Wed, 14 May 2008 09:00:00 GMT http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/podcasts/audio/appease2.mp3 39:35 A-level, WWII, World War 2, WW2, Hitler, Mussolini, Italy, Germany, Chamberlain, politics, appeasement http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/podcasts/audio/appease1.mp3?pod=rss In the first part of this series on appeasement, Professor David Stephenson of LSE explains how the British government and British public opinion responded differently to the rise of Fascism in Europe. Prof. David Stephenson Wed, 14 May 2008 08:00:00 GMT http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/podcasts/audio/appease1.mp3 44:37 A-level, WWII, World War 2, WW2, Hitler, Mussolini, Italy, Germany, Chamberlain, politics, appeasement http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/podcasts/audio/howtoduel.mp3?pod=rss Pistols at the ready: the Past Masters team investigate the history of duelling and they don't plan on finishing second. The National Archives Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:30:00 GMT http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/podcasts/audio/howtoduel.mp3 25:35 swords, pistols, fighting, death, murder, military, 18th century, 19th century, victorian, violence, samuel johnson, richard steele, law, crime http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/podcasts/audio/darwin.mp3?pod=rss The Past Masters team look at Charles Darwin's extraordinary 'gap year' aboard HMS Beagle, using the original ship's logs to try and understand the influence of the voyage on Darwin and its enormous effect on the history of science. The National Archives Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:30:00 GMT http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/podcasts/audio/darwin.mp3 22:27 Charles, Darwin, biology, ocean, sea, voyage, ship, Galapagos, evolution, sailing, natural, geology, science, Fitzroy, navy http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/podcasts/audio/stalinist-state-part-2.mp3?pod=rss In the second part of her lecture Dr Jane McDermid continues her discussion of the purges and the terror at the dark heart of Stalin's Russia. Dr Jane McDermid Thu, 29 Nov 2007 08:00:00 GMT http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/podcasts/audio/stalinist-state-part-2.mp3 32:30 stalin, russia, WWII, world war two, totalitarian, lenin, moscow, purges, communism, terror http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/podcasts/audio/stalinist-state-part-1.mp3?pod=rss Dr Jane McDermid explores the purges and the terror that followed Joseph Stalins 1928 revolution from above. Dr Jane McDermid Thu, 22 Nov 2007 08:00:00 GMT http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/podcasts/audio/stalinist-state-part-1.mp3 19:34 A-level, stalin, russia, WWII, world war two, totalitarian, lenin, moscow, communism, terror, purges http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/podcasts/audio/barry-coward.mp3?pod=rss Professor Barry Coward, President of the Historical Association and the Cromwell Association discusses the nature of the republican government of Britain's most controversial head of state. Professor Barry Coward Mon, 27 Nov 2006 09:00:00 GMT http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/podcasts/barry-coward.mp3 52:37 Cromwell, Oliver, A-level, history, civil war, roundheads, parliament