Dan Snow's HISTORY HIT

Rapper and intellectual Akala talks to Dan about the way historical narratives are created, maintained and then broken down. He discusses slavery and abolitionism, the need for Britain to do more to acknowledge its imperial history, and how his own experiences growing up were shaped by these narratives. For ad free versions of our entire podcast archive and hundreds of hours of history documentaries, interviews and films, signup to 

In 1943, Grimsby was hit by a new type of weapon: butterfly bombs, also know as cluster bombs. James Rogers tells Dan about the terrifying experience of being attacked by cluster bombs, and how they've been used around the world since. For ad free versions of our entire podcast archive and hundreds of hours of history documentaries, interviews and films, signup to 

Dan explores the HMS Caroline, the last ship that survived the Battle of Jutland and remains afloat. The team from the museum of the HMS Caroline and the man in charge of much of its restoration and maintenance take him around. For a related documentary, check out the