The History Syndicate Podcast

A huge thank you to all those who have contributed to the History Syndicate this year 🙏 46 eps in having started in Feb 25, it has been an honour to interview all the guests about their fab historical work All the best for 2026! See you there for more History Syndicate @VCGCOnline @1642Author @richard_duckett @MattTay74784525 @SalinaBBaker @frankpleszak @robert_lyman @ShephardSimon @HistoryBowsh @wendholden @Stu_Lyle @MikeHistorian @kbenson355 @bridgemanauthor @NathenAmin @GraemeCallister @1815fletcher @JonCresswell1 @historian1914 @DrSteveTibble @Dozibugger @AlessioCavatore @franquinn @Dr_Brightshirt @NicholasMorto11 @BattlefieldBen @KRIX60 @rupertsbc

The Temptation of Elizabeth Tudor is coming to Audible in the UK as part of @HoZ_Books Great Lives series. Available to listen from 26 May #temptationofelizabethtudor #elizabethi #thomasseymour #tudor #tudors

Today concludes 18 days of touring across France and Belgium with @LegerBattleTour Commando Operations of the Second World War, France under the Jack Boot and Battle of the Bulge. A great few weeks away and so good to see many guests who have toured with me before over previous years. Now looking forward to a little rest ahead of D-Day 82 commemorations.

@JimElliott95607 @17thCenturyLady @1642Author Haha - great stuff!

@HistSyndicate @17thCenturyLady @1642Author Pirate - such a judgmental term! Private enterprise privateer?

I’ve been chatting with @1642Author about Charles I today for an ep in a few weeks time Last year we previously did an ep on Prince Rupert of the Rhine, which dispels some of the popular interpretations of the man and even talks about his life as a pirate! Most enjoyable!

@ENortonHistory @VictorStater Looks awesome! Can’t wait as Jane is an oft overlooked of HVIIIs wives. Congrats.

Coming out in July. The first full length academic study of Jane Seymour’s life and queenship. Based on extensive archival research, meet a Jane who was far from meek and mild. #livesofroyalwomen #janeseymour #queenjaneseymour #tudor #tudors

@MikeHistorian @HistSyndicate Great Podcast. Glider pilots trained at Ringway (Manchester) Airport and one of our volunteers llived at the side of the airfield in the 1940s and remembers a glider crashing into his farm when he was child. youtu.be/XIrwIyDqUAs

@frankpleszak @MikeHistorian That’s awesome Frank - what a great recollection captured on film! Thanks for sharing

The Glider Pilot Regiment and Sicily - the podcast with Mark Martin is now live on the @HistSyndicate, grab a coffee, and give it a listen. open.spotify.com/episode/27HNkc…

Op Ladbroke gave many lessons to be learned during Op HUSKY - did you know that most of the British gliders were towed by US DC-3s but they were not Dakotas leading to many being shot down? @MikeHistorian is the expert and loves discussing glider ops - this ep leads nicely into ‘Glider Pilots in Sicily’

Just heading off to visit Oradour-sur-Glane for the first time, a location I have wanted to visit for a long time. ‘Down this road on a summer day in 1944, the soldiers came. Nobody lives here now. They stayed only a few hours. When they had gone, the community, which had lived for a thousand years, was dead. This is Oradour-sur-Glane, in France.’

Expert @MikeHistorian discusses the development of gliders in WW2 with a focus upon Sicily this week Way back on Ep 19 we discussed Op Granite and their assault on Eben Emael, find out how it went in Sicily for the British (and US) on Op Ladbroke Out Wed Recorded via Async

🎙️NEW PODCAST EPISODE🎙️ This new episode explores the life of Edward Massie, the man who conducted the defence of Gloucester in 1643. Richard Graham joins the show to discuss Massie's life and political journey from parliamentarian to royalist. * Was Massie really prepared to hand Gloucester over to the king in 1643? * Apart from his famous defence of Gloucester, what were Massie's other military achievements? * This year marks the 375th anniversary of the 1651 Battle of Worcester - we discuss Massie's role and his failing at Upton Bridge. From Richard's childhood Cavalier King Charles Spaniel - called Crispin - and some political parallels to modern times (Brexit for one) do join us in a canter through the civil wars from Edward Massie's point of view! Listen👂 buzzsprout.com/1194917 #CavalierCast #KingCharles #17thCentury #podcast @GlosHistFest

Super to have recorded a pod ep today with @DrHelenFry on ‘Nuremberg: The Translator’s Tale’ all about Howard Triest. A fascinating insight from a different first-hand perspective Likely out at the end of the May Recorded on Async

It's been a long time coming, but here it is. The latest podcast from @Mighty8thPod - listen in here. open.spotify.com/episode/4Rv3eg…

@MikeHistorian @penswordbooks @GPRSociety @museum74813 @opsnormal1957 Great to have a chat. You’re such a fantastic and knowledgeable guest. It will be Out next Wed.

Last night, I had an enjoyable podcast session with super knowledgeable host Mark Martin on the @HistSyndicate. We talked about the Glider Pilot Regiment's role in the Sicily landings. The podcast should be out next week.

There will be a delay on the Battle of Towton Episode - many apologies but it will be release soon.

This week - I’m going to be talking about my recent visit to the battlefield of Towton, where on 29 March 1461 Edward IV sought revenge for his father and brothers deaths and gained the Yorkist’s control of England during the Wars of the Roses Out weds

‘Women Who Ruled The World: 5000 Years of Female Monarchy’ by @ENortonHistory was superb and opened my eyes to so many rulers and what they did! It is truly global in scope and a superb breadth of research had to go into this. Beth and I discuss this in depth on the pod this week