A massive thank you to Emily Hauser for an unforgettable @gloshistfest special! 🏺 We tackled why there's no "real" Greek myth, ghost Helens 👻, and why Odysseus wasn't always the hero! ⚔️ 🎧 13 Aug or early at www.patreon.com/historyrage #HistoryRage #GreekMythology

🚨 BONUS EPISODE🚨 Imagine risking it all for a stranger 🤝. @karenfarrington.bsky.social shares how poor Italian farmers hid, fed, and saved thousands of escaped Allied POWs after the 1943 Armistice! 🎧 Listen now: pod.fo/e/4ef9ca #WW2History #HistoryRage #Humanity

🚨 COMING TOMORROW🚨 Think the medieval Middle East was just Crusader wars? Think again! @nicmorton.bsky.social reveals a rich world of massive empires, Silk Road trade, and cross-faith diplomacy. 📜 Catch Nic at Gloucester History Festival (12th–20th Sept) 🎟️ www.gloucesterhistor...

🚨 FESTIVAL EPISODE🚨 🏷️❌ Losing a war doesn’t make an army useless. Russia and Austria-Hungary kept going for years. @pikegrey1418.bsky.social wants us to look beyond the label of “loser”. ⚔️ 🎧 : pod.fo/e/4d8726 📍 @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social Conference, 9–11 October, Royal Armouries Leeds

🚨 THIS WEEK TO PATREON AND APPLE SUBS🚨Was Kim Philby really the mastermind behind everything? 🤔 Stephen Long challenges one of Cold War history's biggest assumptions. 🎧 Listen now: www.patreon.com/hist... 🎧 #KimPhilby #ColdWar #MI6 #CIA #HistoryRage

🚨 BONUS EPISODE🚨 Why was one of WWII’s biggest escape stories forgotten 📜? @karenfarrington.bsky.social reveals how Italian civilians & partisans faced horrific reprisals to save Allied POWs in 1943🕯️. 🎧 Listen now: pod.fo/e/4ef9ca #WW2 #ForgottenHistory #WWII

Thank you, that genuinely means a lot. One of the best things about doing History Rage is helping historians challenge lazy myths like these. @karenfarrington.bsky.social did exactly that. Hope you enjoy her book! Listen here: pod.fo/e/4ef9ca

🚨 FESTIVAL EPISODE🚨 ⚔️🇷🇺🇦🇹 Russia and Austria-Hungary weren’t amateur armies. They were great-power . @pikegrey1418.bsky.social wants the stereotypes retired. 💥 🎧 : pod.fo/e/4d8726 @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social Conference, 9–11 October, Royal Armouries Leeds #WW1 #HistoryRage

🎙️ #TeaserTuesday … the countdown begins. Who’s our next guest, and what history myth are we about to rage against? 👀 Drop your guesses ⬇️ Full reveal this Saturday. Episode drops Monday. 🔥 #PodcastTeaser #PodcastPreview

🚨 BONUS EPISODE🚨 Think you know WWII? 🇮🇹 @karenfarrington.bsky.social is here to challenge the unfair stereotype of Italian forces! Supply shortages & poor gear ruined their fight, but the real story is so much deeper. 🎧 Listen now: pod.fo/e/4ef9ca #WW2 #HistoryRage #WWII

🚨 THIS WEEK TO PATREON AND APPLE 🚨 A tiny country outsmarting Western intelligence? 🇦🇱🕵️ Stephen Long tells the remarkable story of Albania's Cold War deception. Listen now: www.patreon.com/hist... 🎧 #ColdWar #CIA #MI6 #Espionage #HistoryRage

📅 #OnThisDay 4 August 1892 🩸 Andrew & Abby Borden are found murdered in Fall River. But did Lizzie really strike the blows—or ever give “40 whacks”? 🪓 @rmccarthyjames.bsky.social rages against the myth. 🎧 Listen 👉 pod.fo/e/353f3e #History #Podcast #otd #TrueCrime #LizzieBorden

🚨 BONUS EPISODE🚨 When 50k Allied POWs broke out in 1943, ordinary Italians risked everything to hide them 🤝! @karenfarrington.bsky.social shares thrilling tales of civilian bravery & secret escape lines! 🇮🇹 🎧 Listen now: pod.fo/e/4ef9ca #WW2History #TrueStory #WWII

🚨 COMING TOMORROW🚨 Rethink everything you know about WWII Italy 🇮🇹! @karenfarrington.bsky.social smashes the myth of "Italian cowardice," revealing the brutal realities of Stalingrad, secure POW camps, and 50,000 escaped Allied soldiers! 🪖✨ #WW2 #HistoryBuff #WWII

🇷🇺💥 Tannenberg was a humiliating defeat. But one battle does not define an entire army — Russia was winning victories. @pikegrey1418.bsky.social wants us to look beyond the headline. ⚔️ 🎧: pod.fo/e/4d8726 📍 @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social Conference, 9–11 Oct, Royal Armouries Leeds 🎟️

🚨 THIS WEEK🚨 Byzantium wasn’t separate from Rome—it was Rome. 🏛️ Laura Bolick explains why Constantinople’s fall was really the final chapter of the Roman story. 🎧 Listen now: pod.fo/e/4ea035 #HistoryPodcast #RomanEmpire #Byzantium ⚔️

🚨 THIS WEEK🚨 What if the fall of Constantinople almost didn’t happen? 🤯 Laura Bolick explores the astonishing moment when Ottoman leaders nearly walked away from the siege. History wasn’t inevitable—it hung by a thread. ⚔️ 🎧 Listen now: pod.fo/e/4ea035 #History #Byzantium #Constantinople

🚨 THIS WEEK FOR SUBSCRIBERS 🚨 The CIA's first covert adventures were anything but smooth. 😬 Stephen Long explains how costly mistakes shaped Cold War intelligence forever. 🕵️‍♂️📻 Listen now: www.patreon.com/hist... 🎧 #ColdWar #CIA #History #Espionage #HistoryRage

📅 #onthisday 3 Aug 1945 Manny Shinwell became Minister of Fuel and Power. Soon after, open-cast mining transformed the grounds of #WentworthWoodhouse . @brushingboots.bsky.social reveals the clash between government need and aristocratic estates. 🎧 Listen : pod.fo/e/3a194b #History #Podcast #otd

📅 #onthisday 3 Aug 1553: Mary I enters London in triumph 👑🎉 Jane’s thirteen-day (not nine) reign is over — but as @drjoannepaul.bsky.social shows, its failure wasn’t inevitable. Hindsight made it look simple. It never was. 🎧 Listen 👉 pod.fo/e/378cfd #otd #onthisdate #history #podcast

🚨 NEW EPISODE🚨 Constantinople didn’t fall in isolation. 🌍 Laura Bolick explains how politics and hesitation across Europe played a huge role in Byzantium’s final chapter. 🎧 Listen now: pod.fo/e/4ea035 #HistoryPodcast #MedievalHistory #Byzantium ⚔️

🚨 FESTIVAL EPISODE🚨 🤦‍♂️🇩🇪 Lost a war? Blame somebody else! … @pikegrey1418.bsky.social takes aim at the myths that turned Germany’s defeat into somebody else’s fault. ⚔️🔥 🎧 : pod.fo/e/4d8726 📍 Nicolai speaks at the @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social Conference, 9–11 Oct, Royal Armouries Leeds

🚨 TOMORROW FOR SUBSCRIBERS🚨 Declassified files tell a very different Cold War story. 📂🕵️ Stephen Long separates fact from fiction in communist Albania. #History #ColdWar #CIA #MI6 #Espionage

🚨 COMING TOMORROW🚨 What if just a few different decisions had saved Constantinople? ⚔️ Laura Bolick explores the fragile turning points that shaped one of history’s most famous sieges. #HistoryPodcast #ByzantineEmpire #History ⚔️

Enjoyed this week’s Patreon episode? 🎧✨ Support the author, and me 📚❤️ by buying a copy of "Much Ado About Cooking” by @mrssbilton.bsky.social through the History Rage Bookshop! 📖 Buy the book: uk.bookshop.org/a/10... Listen here: www.patreon.com/hist... #History #Podcast

🚨 THIS WEEK TO PATREON AND APPLE SUBS🚨👩‍🍳 We haven't just invented new recipes—we've forgotten countless old ones too. @mrssbilton.bsky.social explores how generations of cooking knowledge disappeared. 🎧 Listen now: www.patreon.com/hist... #History #FoodHistory #HistoryRage

Have you enjoyed this week’s episode? 🎧✨ Why not get further enjoyment by checking Will’s YouTube Channel? 📖 Check it out here: www.youtube.com/@Har... Listen to Will’s episode : pod.fo/e/4bf62c #History #Podcast @lordhardthrasher.bsky.social

🚨 THIS WEEK🚨 Even famous aircraft had flaws that didn’t always get discussed. 🤫✈️ Hear Will Carver aka @lordhardthrasher.bsky.social uncover the overlooked limitations of the B-17 in this revealing History Rage episode. 🎧 👉 Listen now: pod.fo/e/4bf62c #HistoryRage #WW2 #Podcast

🚨FESTIVAL EPISODE🚨 Austria-Hungary’s collapse was followed almost immediately by Germany’s defeat. @pikegrey1418.bsky.social asks what that tells us about the importance of the Habsburg Empire. ⚔️ 🎧 : pod.fo/e/4d8726 📍 @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social Conference, 9–11 Oct Royal Armouries Leeds 🎟️

🚨 NEXT WEEK FOR SUBSCRIBERS🚨 Cold War history is far messier than the myths suggest. 🕵️‍♂️ Stephen Long reveals the real story behind the CIA and MI6's secret war in Albania. #ColdWar #CIA #MI6 #History #Espionage