The HistoryExtra Podcast celebrates 150 episodes of its most popular series

Tuesday 5 May, 2023

History fans are given the chance to put their questions to leading experts in the HistoryExtra podcast series Everything You Wanted to Know About… covering a vast array of historical topics and eras from Espionage to the Egyptians, from the Mali Empire to the Maya.

Immediate Media Co’s HistoryExtra podcast reached a landmark 150 episodes of its most popular series – Everything You Wanted To Know About… this week (w/c 1 May), with the launch of the episode Everything You Wanted To Know About… the Goths.

The Everything You Wanted to Know About… series is a weekend strand, accompanying the regular weekday interviews on the HistoryExtra podcast, and features expert historians and archaeologists tackling big historical topics with the twist that the questions submitted by listeners. It started in March 2020 with historian Marc Morris answering listener questions on the Normans.

“We discovered when we started the HistoryExtra Podcast in 2007 that history and podcasting were made for each other, historians are natural storytellers, and there are endlessly fascinating and relevant topics to cover. Fifteen years on, the now globally successful HistoryExtra Podcast continues to help people pursue their passion for the past, and our Everything You Wanted To Know About… series is the perfect starting point for all history fans, whatever their level of prior knowledge.”

Dr Dave Musgrove, Content Director of HistoryExtra

Headshot of David Musgrove, Content Director, BBC History Magazine & HistoryExtra, Immediate Media Co.

Listen to all episodes of Everything You Wanted To Know About… on the HistoryExtra podcast at HistoryExtra.com