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History Rage

Think history is boring? That’s because you’ve only ever heard the fake version.

On History Rage, professional historians come in swinging — smashing the myths, clichés, and half-truths that keep getting recycled in classrooms, documentaries, and TikToks. Vikings with horned helmets? Nope. Britain standing alone in 1940? Wrong. Medieval people never bathed? Rubbish.

Why listen? Because the truth is way more exciting. You’ll leave every episode with jaw-dropping stories, killer facts to shut down pub bores, and the smug satisfaction of knowing what really happened.

🎧 Episodes drop every Monday.

📲 Follow now and get the history they don’t teach you — raw, raging, and real.

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Copyright: © 2023 Paul Bavill & Kyle Glover

Latest Episodes:

34. Canada was NOT born at Vimy Ridge with Brad St. Croix Oct 17, 2022

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This week we welcome Canadian Military Historian, and YouTuber, Brad St.Croix who joins us to rage that Canada was not born in the First World War.
He talks to Paul and Kyle about how Vimy Ridge is misplaced as the defining moment in Canadian National Identity and how there were riots as a result of this battle.
If you'd like to know more about this subject then you can subscribe the Brad's YouTube channel OTD In Canadian Military History.
You can follow Brad on Twitter @OTDCanMilHis
You can follow History Rage on Twitter @HistoryRage and let us know what you wish people would just stop believing using the Hashtag #HistoryRage.
Please support the show on Patreon. In return for your subscription you can set questions for our future guests. Get early release episodes and get your own History Rage mug.
Subscribe at www.patreon.com/historyrage

Support the show

You can follow History Rage on Twitter @HistoryRage and let us know what you wish people would just stop believing using the Hashtag #HistoryRage.

You can join our 'Angry Mob' on Patreon as well. £5 per month gets you episodes 3 months early, the invite to choose questions, entry into our prize draws and the coveted History Rage mug. Subscribe at www.patreon.com/historyrage

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33. David Stirling is not the Phantom Major but a Phoney Major with Gavin Mortimer Oct 10, 2022

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This week we welcome Historian, Broadcaster and author of "The Phoney Major", Gavin Mortimer who joins us to rage that David Stirling is not the 'father of the S.A.S'.
He talks to Paul and Kyle about how David Stirling took advantage of the death of Paddy Mayne to recast his own history.
If you'd like to know more about this subject then why not buy a copy of ''David Stirling - The Phoney Major' from the History Rage Bookshop. This helps Gavin, us and independent booksellers.
You can follow Gavin on Twitter @PhoneyMajor
You can follow History Rage on Twitter @HistoryRage and let us know what you wish people would just stop believing using the Hashtag #HistoryRage.
Please support the show on Patreon. In return for your subscription you can set questions for our future guests. Get early release episodes and get your own History Rage mug.
Subscribe at www.patreon.com/historyrage

Support the show

You can follow History Rage on Twitter @HistoryRage and let us know what you wish people would just stop believing using the Hashtag #HistoryRage.

You can join our 'Angry Mob' on Patreon as well. £5 per month gets you episodes 3 months early, the invite to choose questions, entry into our prize draws and the coveted History Rage mug. Subscribe at www.patreon.com/historyrage

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32. Britain Had a HUGE Nuclear Program with Paris Agar Oct 06, 2022

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We have a bonus episode for you to kick off Season Four. We are joined by head of Cold War and Late 20th Century Conflict from Imperial War Museums Duxford, Paris Agar. Paris is here, at the 70th anniversary week of the start of British nuclear testing to rage that the world has detonated far more unclear weapons than Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Paris talks about how Britain was involved in nuclear weapons right from the start of the Manhattan Project. She talks about the US splitting and severing ties with Britain leading Britain to develop her own and what the impact of our own nuclear tests have been.
You can find out more about this fascinating era by searching the online oral histories though IWM Collections online and you can get information on all the Imperial War Museums at their here.
Further to this, anyone who wishes to engage with, or support, the work of the British Nuclear Test Veterans Association can do so at their website here.
You can follow History Rage on Twitter @HistoryRage and let us know what you wish people would just stop believing using the Hashtag #HistoryRage.
You can join our 'Angry Mob' on Patreon as well. £5 per month gets you episodes 3 months in advance, the invite to put questions to future guests, and the coveted History Rage mug. Subscribe at www.patreon.com/historyrage

Support the show

You can follow History Rage on Twitter @HistoryRage and let us know what you wish people would just stop believing using the Hashtag #HistoryRage.

You can join our 'Angry Mob' on Patreon as well. £5 per month gets you episodes 3 months early, the invite to choose questions, entry into our prize draws and the coveted History Rage mug. Subscribe at www.patreon.com/historyrage

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31. Medieval People Did NOT think the Earth was Flat with Kit Chapman Oct 03, 2022

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This week we welcome Science Historian, Lecturer at Falmouth University and author of "Racing Green: How Motorsport Science can Save the World", Dr. Kit Chapman who joins us to rage that people in the Middle Ages knew the earth was spherical.
He talks to Paul and Kyle about how this was worked out over 2,000 years ago, how the church is not a barrier to science in Western Europe, how alchemy has already been achieved and a man that keeps 2,000 litres of his own urine in his cellar.
If you'd like to know more about this subject then why not buy a copy of "Racing Green" from the History Rage Bookshop . This helps Kit, us and independent booksellers.
You can follow Kit on Twitter @ChemistryKit
You can follow History Rage on Twitter @HistoryRage and let us know what you wish people would just stop believing using the Hashtag #HistoryRage.
Please support the show on Patreon. In return for your subscription you can set questions for our future guests. Get early release episodes and get your own History Rage mug.
Subscribe at www.patreon.com/historyrage

Support the show

You can follow History Rage on Twitter @HistoryRage and let us know what you wish people would just stop believing using the Hashtag #HistoryRage.

You can join our 'Angry Mob' on Patreon as well. £5 per month gets you episodes 3 months early, the invite to choose questions, entry into our prize draws and the coveted History Rage mug. Subscribe at www.patreon.com/historyrage

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30. Clockwise Spiral Staircases are NOT for Defence with James Wright Sep 19, 2022

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This week we welcome Buildings Archaeologist and Heritage Consultant Dr. James Wright who joins us to rage about the favourite myth of the tour guide, the idea that spiral staircases all go clockwise.
He talks Paul and Kyle about the actual history of this myth, how many castles have anti-clockwise newells, and how when battle reaches the stairs the game is up.
If you'd like to know more then you can check out James' excellent mythbusting blog at triskeleheritage.com and you can follow James on Twitter @jpwarchaeology
You can follow History Rage on Twitter @HistoryRage and let us know what you wish people would just stop believing using the Hashtag #HistoryRage.
Please support the show on Patreon. In return for your subscription you can set questions for our future guests. Get early release episodes and get your own History Rage mug.
Subscribe at www.patreon.com/historyrage

Support the show

You can follow History Rage on Twitter @HistoryRage and let us know what you wish people would just stop believing using the Hashtag #HistoryRage.

You can join our 'Angry Mob' on Patreon as well. £5 per month gets you episodes 3 months early, the invite to choose questions, entry into our prize draws and the coveted History Rage mug. Subscribe at www.patreon.com/historyrage

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29. There is a MASSIVE Indian Contribution to the Far East with Rob Lyman Sep 12, 2022

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This week we welcome WW2 historian, Research Fellow at Oxford University and author of "A War of Empires" Dr. Rob Lyman who joins us to rage that we overlook and misunderstand the contribution of India and her people to the fight against the Japanese.
He talks Paul and Kyle about how they didn't fight for Britain, how they were completely seperate from the British Army and why India herself got into this fight.
If you'd like to know more about this subject then why not buy a copy of "A War of Empires" from the History Rage Bookshop . This helps Rob, us and independent booksellers.
You can follow Rob on Twitter @robert_lyman
You can follow History Rage on Twitter @HistoryRage and let us know what you wish people would just stop believing using the Hashtag #HistoryRage.
Please support the show on Patreon. In return for your subscription you can set questions for our future guests. Get early release episodes and get your own History Rage mug.
Subscribe at www.patreon.com/historyrage

Support the show

You can follow History Rage on Twitter @HistoryRage and let us know what you wish people would just stop believing using the Hashtag #HistoryRage.

You can join our 'Angry Mob' on Patreon as well. £5 per month gets you episodes 3 months early, the invite to choose questions, entry into our prize draws and the coveted History Rage mug. Subscribe at www.patreon.com/historyrage

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28. There Are Men in SOE As Well with Kate Vigurs Sep 05, 2022

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This week we welcome SOE historian, event professional and author Dr. Kate Vigurs who, after a long time studying SOE in France wants to rage that there are men in SOE as well. A lot of them, and they're getting overshadowed.
She talks Paul and Kyle about how SOE set up the BBC radio codes, how SOE managed to get the co-operation of French businessmen to blow up their own factories and how they shared the grisly fate that we remember the women for.
If you'd like to know more about this subject then why not buy a copy of "Mission France: The True History of the Women of SOE" from the History Rage Bookshop . This helps Kate, us and independent booksellers.
You can follow Kate on Twitter @historical_kate and see where you can see her demonstrate and perform by checking out www.historysmaid.co.uk
You can follow History Rage on Twitter @HistoryRage and let us know what you wish people would just stop believing using the Hashtag #HistoryRage.
Please support the show on Patreon. In return for your subscription you can set questions for our future guests. Get early release episodes and get your own History Rage mug.
Subscribe at www.patreon.com/historyrage

Support the show

You can follow History Rage on Twitter @HistoryRage and let us know what you wish people would just stop believing using the Hashtag #HistoryRage.

You can join our 'Angry Mob' on Patreon as well. £5 per month gets you episodes 3 months early, the invite to choose questions, entry into our prize draws and the coveted History Rage mug. Subscribe at www.patreon.com/historyrage

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27. Wellington was NOT a Defensive General with Marcus Cribb Aug 29, 2022

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This week we welcome historian, podcaster, blogger and co-founder of the Napoleonic and Revolutionary War Graves Chairty Marcus Cribb who wants to take apart the idea that Arthur Wellesley, the 1st Duke of Wellington is a defensive General who fights the easy way..
He talks about his spectacular attacks at Assaye and Salamanca, about his intelligence networks and how he faced down King George IV.
You can follow Marcus on Twitter @mcribbhistory and read his many blogs and articles at www.dukeofwellington.org
You can follow History Rage on Twitter @HistoryRage and let us know what you wish people would just stop believing using the Hashtag #HistoryRage.

Support the show

You can follow History Rage on Twitter @HistoryRage and let us know what you wish people would just stop believing using the Hashtag #HistoryRage.

You can join our 'Angry Mob' on Patreon as well. £5 per month gets you episodes 3 months early, the invite to choose questions, entry into our prize draws and the coveted History Rage mug. Subscribe at www.patreon.com/historyrage

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26. There is No Clean Wehrmacht with Waitman Beorn Aug 22, 2022

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This week we welcome historian, author and lecturer in Holocaust and Genocide Studies at the University of Northumbria Dr. Waitman Beorn who joins Paul and Kyle to discuss Wehrmacht war crimes, how the Wehrmacht is up to its neck in the atrocities across occupied territory and how those who choose to re-enact SS really need to explain some things.
You can follow Waitman on Twitter @waitmanb
You can follow History Rage on Twitter @HistoryRage and let us know what you wish people would just stop believing using the Hashtag #HistoryRage.

Support the show

You can follow History Rage on Twitter @HistoryRage and let us know what you wish people would just stop believing using the Hashtag #HistoryRage.

You can join our 'Angry Mob' on Patreon as well. £5 per month gets you episodes 3 months early, the invite to choose questions, entry into our prize draws and the coveted History Rage mug. Subscribe at www.patreon.com/historyrage

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25. WWI Cavalry Was Not Obsolete with Lucy Betteridge-Dyson Aug 15, 2022

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This week we welcome historian and broadcaster Lucy Betteridge-Dyson who wants to take apart the war horse, the cavalry and their role and reputation in the First World War.
She talks to us about how the cavalry are far from an outdated institution, that they are vital, and that animal sacrifice was never forgotten.
You can follow Lucy on Twitter @LMBD1418 and read her many blogs and articles at www.lucybetteridgedyson.com.
You can follow History Rage on Twitter @HistoryRage and let us know what you wish people would just stop believing using the Hashtag #HistoryRage.

Support the show

You can follow History Rage on Twitter @HistoryRage and let us know what you wish people would just stop believing using the Hashtag #HistoryRage.

You can join our 'Angry Mob' on Patreon as well. £5 per month gets you episodes 3 months early, the invite to choose questions, entry into our prize draws and the coveted History Rage mug. Subscribe at www.patreon.com/historyrage

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