HSTSOC Presents: PodPast

We're back! Tom and Beth are here to start Season 2 with a bang as Tom tells us all about the Children's Crusade of 1212.

Join James, Zain, and President Maisie for the final episode of the season to learn about the third wave of feminism and how feminism has manifested in the present day.

Join James, Zain, and Maisie to learn about second wave feminism!

Our hosts are joined by President Maisie for a 3-part series on the history of feminism!

Join us in the second half of our Cambodia series to find out what happened next!

As we near the end of the academic year, we thought we'd bring in President Maisie to pose some tricky questions to our hosts. Join us to find out their thoughts.

You may have heard of the Vietnam War, but do you know about another major geopolitical event that took place at the same time? Join our hosts to find out.

Join James and Zain for the final instalment of our History of Sport series!

Join our hosts to hear the final instalment in South Africa's apartheid history.

You thought we were done with the history of sport? Not yet! We've got two more episodes diving into the history of the USA's favourite sport, baseball!

Continuing our History of Sport series, James and Zain are here to talk to you about the sportiest of all the sporting events, the Olympics!

We know we're a bit late to the party but we couldn't resist! Join James and Zain, along with some special guests, to learn all about the history of St Patrick!

After an unintentional hiatus, our South Africa series is returning! Join James and Zain to learn about the next stage in the story in Part 3 of our 4-part series.

In this episode our hosts have been joined by next years' hosts, Beth and Tom! Join all four of them to learn about a phenomenon when people just couldn't stop dancing.

Continuing our series on sporting history, today our hosts are taking a look at cricket and it’s evolution from a local English county game to an example of cultural colonialism and finally to the global phenomenon we know today

In episode 2 of our South Africa series, our hosts look at the attempted resistance to the Apartheid government in the 1960s.

Did you know that Spain was once under Muslim rule? Join James and Zain to learn all about a time of ripe multiculturalism in medieval Spain.

Happy Easter! Whether you celebrate the religious roots of this festival or not, there's no escaping that spring has sprung and it's Easter-time! Our hosts are egg-cited to tell you all about the origins of the festival, and some other events happening across the world at this time.

Join us as we explore the origins and development of our nation's (or at least, James') favourite sport, football!

In the 2nd part of our exploration of Nazi occultism, we focus more into how the occult and influences were put into practice within the Nazi ranks, particularly in their quests for various objects of mystical power.

Today we explore the strange links between the Nazis and the occult, and the very strange ways the Nazis attempted to use occult ideas to justify their racial ideology.

Join us for a live recording as two of our committee members and their partners go head to head for the coveted PodPast trophy.

Join us for the first episode of our South Africa series; in this episode we'll be discussing the 1948 election and the start of apartheid.

You may have noticed that it's Valentine's Day today, but do you know how this day came to be? Tune in to find out!

We're taking you to China in this episode to go on a whistle-stop tour of the Chinese Revolution. This episode is the first to be recorded online, so please excuse the change in audio quality.

In our next episode on the biggest revolutions from history, we'll be discussing the Russian Revolution! Tune in to hear the story of how Russia went from Tsarist rule to becoming the largest Communist force in Europe.

In this episode, our hosts will be discussing the Haitian Revolution of the late 18th century! Listen to learn more about the first successful slave revolt in history.

In our first Whistle-Stop Tours episode, we'll be covering the French Revolution! Tune in to find out more about the birth of the French Republic.

In part 2 of our conspiracy theory discussion, we'll be looking at conspiracies from across time and space in relation to the conspiratorial atmosphere of the Cold War in the US.

Today we'll be looking back through time to discuss some of our favourite obscure conspiracy theories with a few fan favourites along the way. Stay tuned for a special guest feature! We know he's talking about medieval history, but please bear with us.

We've all heard that "Christmas came from a pagan festival", but have you heard of traditions such as Saturnalia and the Feast of Fools? Tune in to learn about these historical festivals and gain some extra fun facts to tell during your Christmas celebrations!

Join us as we put our Committee members to the test with a special Christmas quiz to see who can be crowned "Smartest on Committee".

Here's a little intro to our podcast from our brand new hosts, James and Zain! Click follow to stay up to date with our new episodes.