Neil Oliver: News, Interviews, History

Latest Episodes:

The Largest Empire In Human History Sep 11, 2023

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Religious zealotry, factional fighting and a new kid on the block! This week we travel with Neil to the Indian city of Murshidabad as Lieutenant Colonel Robert Clive lines up his troops against the forces of the Nawab of Bengal, Siraj ud-Daulah, at the Battle of Plassey – a battle that changed the world!

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Neil Oliver History Podcasts,

Season 1: Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The British Isles

Season 2: Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The World

Available on all the usual providers

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Changing the world forever! - the Industrial Revolution Sep 04, 2023

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Invention, innovation, and entrepreneurial dynamism are at the heart of the Industrial Revolution. This week we travel with Neil to Devon in England. It’s 1712 and the brilliant engineer Tomas Newcomen is harnessing the power of steam and helping to kick start the Industrial Revolution.

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Check out Neil’s YouTube Channel

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The series Instagram account is called, ‘Neil Oliver Love Letter’

https://www.instagram.com/neiloliverloveletter

Neil Oliver History Podcasts,

Season 1: Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The British Isles

Season 2: Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The World

Available on all the usual providers

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/neil-olivers-love-letter-to-the-british-isles

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Greed, power and the plague of war! Aug 28, 2023

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A battle many regard as one of the most significant in history! This week we travel with Neil to Blenheim in Germany as the cauldron of bitter royal rivalries vying for ultimate control of Europe boils over into the Spanish War of Succession.

To help support this podcast series & get access to extra, exclusive videos every week sign up to 'Neil Oliver' on Patreon.com

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Check out Neil’s YouTube Channel

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnVR-SdKxQeTvXtUSPFCL7g

The series Instagram account is called, ‘Neil Oliver Love Letter’

https://www.instagram.com/neiloliverloveletter

Neil Oliver History Podcasts,

Season 1: Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The British Isles

Season 2: Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The World,

are available on all the usual providers

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/neil-olivers-love-letter-to-the-british-isles

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Glimpsing ‘The Meaning Of Life’! Aug 21, 2023

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A genius who changed the way we understand the Universe. In this episode we travel with Neil to Woolsthorpe Manor in Lincolnshire, England to meet Isaac Newton - the man, the mind and the greatest work of science ever written.

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The series Instagram account is called, ‘Neil Oliver Love Letter’

https://www.instagram.com/neiloliverloveletter

Neil Oliver History Podcasts,

Season 1: Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The British Isles

Season 2: Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The World,

are available on all the usual providers

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/neil-olivers-love-letter-to-the-british-isles

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A Half-plucked Chicken & The Scientific Method! Aug 14, 2023

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Ghoulish apparitions haunting a city square, and an approach to science that is still vital today. This week Neil takes us to meet Francis Bacon at the picturesque Pond Square, in Highgate, London.

To help support the making of Neil’s podcasts & get access to extra, exclusive videos every week sign up to 'Neil Oliver' on Patreon.com

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Check out Neil’s YouTube Channel

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The series Instagram account is called, ‘Neil Oliver Love Letter’

https://www.instagram.com/neiloliverloveletter

Neil Oliver History Podcasts,

Season 1: Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The British Isles

Season 2: Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The World,

are available on all the usual providers

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/neil-olivers-love-letter-to-the-british-isles

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The Best-Selling Book in the World! Aug 07, 2023

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In this episode we travel to Stationers Hall in the City of London to hear a version of this book, that has taken over seven years to research and write, being read. It’s undergoing an exhaustive year-long check as it’s team of authors check the cadences and rhythms of its language determined to ensure it sounds powerful and uplifting as it’s read up and down the country and around the world.

To help support the making of Neil’s podcasts & get access to extra, exclusive videos every week sign up to 'Neil Oliver' on Patreon.com

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The series Instagram account is called, ‘Neil Oliver Love Letter’

https://www.instagram.com/neiloliverloveletter

Neil Oliver History Podcasts,

Season 1: Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The British Isles

Season 2: Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The World,

are available on all the usual providers

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/neil-olivers-love-letter-to-the-british-isles

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John Smith, Pocahontas, Jamestown & North America Jul 31, 2023

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In this episode Neil takes us to a place that starts out as a malarial hellhole but will come to play a pivotal role in the development of North America.

To help support the making of Neil’s podcasts & get access to extra, exclusive videos every week sign up to 'Neil Oliver' on Patreon.com

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Check out Neil’s YouTube Channel

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnVR-SdKxQeTvXtUSPFCL7g

The series Instagram account is called, ‘Neil Oliver Love Letter’

https://www.instagram.com/neiloliverloveletter

Neil Oliver History Podcasts,

Season 1: Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The British Isles

Season 2: Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The World,

are available on all the usual providers

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/neil-olivers-love-letter-to-the-british-isles

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Discovering Our Place In The Universe! Jul 24, 2023

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In this episode Neil takes us across Europe to meet the man with the gold nose – one half of the inspired, but bad-tempered intellectual marriage that put us in our rightful place in the universe!

To help support the making of Neil’s podcasts & get access to extra, exclusive videos every week sign up to 'Neil Oliver' on Patreon.com

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Check out Neil’s YouTube Channel

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnVR-SdKxQeTvXtUSPFCL7g

The series Instagram account is called, ‘Neil Oliver Love Letter’

https://www.instagram.com/neiloliverloveletter

Neil Oliver History Podcasts,

Season 1: Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The British Isles

Season 2: Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The World,

are available on all the usual providers

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/neil-olivers-love-letter-to-the-british-isles

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Europe Comes To India! Jul 17, 2023

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In this episode Queen Elizabeth I of England puts in place an opening power play which in good time will transform the people of England, the Indian subcontinent and the world!

To help support the making of Neil’s podcasts & get access to extra, exclusive videos every week sign up to 'Neil Oliver' on Patreon.com

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Check out Neil’s YouTube Channel

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnVR-SdKxQeTvXtUSPFCL7g

The series Instagram account is called, ‘Neil Oliver Love Letter’

https://www.instagram.com/neiloliverloveletter

Neil Oliver History Podcasts,

Season 1: Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The British Isles

Season 2: Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The World,

are available on all the usual providers

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/neil-olivers-love-letter-to-the-british-isles

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.