🚨 NEW EPISODE🚨 The Berlin Airlift wasn’t inevitable. It was dangerous. ⚠️ In this gripping History Rage episode, Joseph Pearson explains how 1948 Berlin sat on the brink of a hot war. Shoot-to-kill borders. Aircraft over hostile territory. Nuclear stakes. We examine how the West held the line — and how propaganda shaped the story we still tell today. This is Cold War brinkmanship at its sharpest. 🎧 Listen now: pod.fo/e/42a756 #ColdWar #BerlinAirlift #Geopolitics #HistoryPodcast

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🚨 THIS WEEK🚨 At the height of the Berlin Airlift, aircraft were landing almost nonstop. ✈️⏱️ But there were only two functioning airstrips. On History Rage, Joseph Pearson explains the logistical nightmare that nearly doomed the operation — and how engineering brilliance and sheer determination turned it into a Cold War triumph. This was organised chaos in the sky. 🎧 Listen now: pod.fo/e/42a756 #BerlinAirlift #ColdWarHistory #AviationHistory #HistoryPodcast @TheHistoryPress

🚨 FESTIVAL EPISODE🚨 Forget the myth that the Black Death was “just a European story” 🌍📚 Tom Asbridge reveals how the pandemic swept through Africa, the Middle East and Asia, transforming empires and entire societies far beyond medieval Europe. Catch Tom live at @ChalkeFestival on Friday 26th June 🎟️🔥 Listen now: pod.fo/e/42d687 Tickets: chalkefestival.com/ #BlackDeath #GlobalHistory #MedievalHistory #HistoryRage #TomAsbridge

🚨 NEXT WEEK FOR SUBSCRIBERS🚨 What if history’s most infamous "vampire" was actually just the victim of a massive, politically motivated land grab? 🤯 Author Shelley Puhak joins us to completely dismantle the terrifying legend of Elizabeth Báthory. We are looking past the century-late folklore about blood baths and horror tropes to examine what the actual 17th-century archival records say. Discover how an incredibly wealthy, powerful widow became the target of a corrupt state smear campaign. 👀👇 #HistoryRage #ElizabethBathory #TrueHistory #WomenInHistory #VampireMyths ✨

🚨 NEXT WEEK🚨 Ancient Greece wasn’t a land of peaceful philosophers and marble perfection. 🏛️⚔️ In this explosive episode of History Rage, historian Adrian Goldsworthy dismantles the myths around Athens, Sparta and Greek unity. From 1,000 rival city-states to radical democracy, brutal warfare and political chaos — this is Greece as you’ve never heard it before. #AncientGreece #HistoryPodcast #AdrianGoldsworthy #Sparta #Athens #Classics

🚨 THIS WEEK ON PATREON & APPLE 🚨 One of the wildest Cold War facts you’ll hear this year 🤯☢️ Britain planned for Scotland to be governed from two CalMac ferries during nuclear war 🚢🇬🇧 @n_rh1992 uncovers the bizarre — and very real — contingency plans hidden inside Britain’s civil defence network. You genuinely couldn’t make this up 😳 Listen now: patreon.com/posts/nuclear-ci… #ColdWar #Scotland #CivilDefence #BritishHistory #NuclearWar #HistoryRage

📅 #OnThisDay 13 June 1963, Jason and the Argonauts set sail onto cinema screens ⚓🎬 — but as @officialnhaynes reveals, Greek myth isn’t nearly as male-centric as Hollywood made it. The true hero? Medea, not Jason 🔥🐍 Listen & rage! 🎧 pod.fo/e/361bb4 #History #Podcast #otd #onthisdate #GreekMythology #NatalieHaynes #Medea #Argonauts #FilmHistory

🚨 THIS WEEK🚨 During the Berlin Airlift, border guards had lethal orders. ⚠️ This wasn’t a symbolic standoff. It was a crisis where one wrong move could have sparked war. On History Rage, historian Joseph Pearson explains just how close the Cold War came to turning hot in 1948. This was brinkmanship at its most dangerous. 🎧 Listen now: pod.fo/e/42a756 #ColdWar #BerlinAirlift #ColdWarHistory #HistoryRage @TheHistoryPress

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🚨 FESTIVAL EPISODE🚨 The Black Death wasn’t over after the first wave 😳⚰️ It kept returning again and again, traumatising entire generations across Europe, Asia and Africa. Tom Asbridge uncovers the terrifying reality of living in an age where plague never truly disappeared. See Tom at @ChalkeFestival on Friday 26th June 📖🎟️ Listen now: pod.fo/e/42d687 Tickets: chalkefestival.com/ #BlackDeath #MedievalHistory #HistoryPodcast #HistoryRage #TomAsbridge

🚨 THIS WEEK TO PATREON AND APPLE 🚨 Most people only remember Protect and Survive 📖☢️ But @n_rh1992 reveals the enormous hidden world behind Britain’s Cold War civil defence planning — secret bunkers, regional governments, emergency food supplies and detailed war books in every council area 😳🇬🇧 Listen now: patreon.com/posts/nuclear-ci… #ProtectAndSurvive #ColdWar #Threads #HistoryPodcast #BritishHistory #NuclearWar

HUGE thanks to Harry Tanner for joining me to rage against one of history’s biggest misconceptions: that homophobia was invented by the Church and that Ancient Greece & Rome were some kind of LGBTQ utopia. 🏛️⚡ From Plato and Aristotle to Roman law, wealth inequality, scapegoating and the weaponisation of history, Harry dismantles the myths and asks where prejudice really comes from. We might have a contender for the Alex Churchill swearing award! Coming 10th July on Patreon & Apple Subscriptions 👇 patreon.com/historyrage #History #AncientHistory #LGBTQHistory #AncientGreece #AncientRome #HistoryPodcast #QueerHistory #Patreon

🚨 THIS WEEK🚨 A U.S. airman crashes behind Soviet lines. 🌙 He crosses fields in the dark. Locals help him. Shots are fired. In this gripping episode of History Rage, Joseph Pearson tells the story of Ken Slaker — and how one border incident could have changed the course of the Cold War. This wasn’t safe. This wasn’t inevitable. 🎧 Listen now: pod.fo/e/42a756 #ColdWar #BerlinAirlift #MilitaryHistory #HistoryPodcast @TheHistoryPress

Have you enjoyed this week’s special? 🎧✨ Support the author, and me 📚❤️ by buying a copy of "Pericles” by Paul Cartledge through the History Rage Bookshop! 📖 Order the book: uk.bookshop.org/a/10120/9781… 🎧 Listen now: pod.fo/e/428311 🎟️ See Paul at Chalke History Festival, Sunday 28 June: chalkefestival.com/

🚨 FESTIVAL EPISODE🚨 Forget everything you thought you knew about the Black Death 🌍💀 Tom Asbridge challenges the myths, reveals the global scale of the pandemic and explains how plague transformed medieval life forever. From London to Damascus, this story changed history 📖🔥 Catch Tom at @ChalkeFestival on Friday 26th June 🎟️ Listen now: pod.fo/e/42d687 Tickets: chalkefestival.com/ #GlobalHistory #BlackDeath #TomAsbridge

🚨 FESTIVAL EPISODE🚨 Even Pericles got things badly wrong sometimes ⚔️🏛️ Paul Cartledge explains why the legendary Athenian leader wasn’t some flawless political genius — and why his survival in the brutal world of Ancient Greek politics was remarkable in itself 👀 Listen now: pod.fo/e/428311 🎧 See Paul Cartledge at @ChalkeFestival on Wednesday 24th June 🎟️ chalkefestival.com/ #AncientGreece #Pericles #HistoryPodcast

🚨 FESTIVAL EPISODE🚨 The Black Death didn’t just devastate Europe — it reshaped the medieval world 🌍💀 Historian Tom Asbridge explores the staggering human cost of a pandemic that may have killed 100 million people and changed history forever. Catch Tom live at @ChalkeFestival on Friday 26th June 📚🎟️ Listen now: pod.fo/e/42d687 Tickets: chalkefestival.com/ #BlackDeath #MedievalHistory #HistoryTok #ChalkeHistoryFestival #HistoryRage #TomAsbridge

📅 On this day, 11 June 1509, Katherine of Aragon becomes Queen of England 👑 Too often dismissed as a failure, she was anything but. @ENortonHistory rages against the myths — Katherine was courageous, capable, and politically fierce 💪👑🔥 Listen now 🎧 pod.fo/e/2a52b0 #onthisday #otd #onthisdate #history #podcast #Tudor #HenryVIII

🚨 THIS WEEK TO PATREON AND APPLE SUBS🚨 Cold War civil defence wasn’t just bunkers and leaflets 📑☢️ It was about trying to hold society together after catastrophe. @n_rh1992 reveals how councils, volunteers and emergency planners prepared to manage food, shelter, policing and survival in the aftermath of nuclear attack 😳🇬🇧 Listen now: patreon.com/posts/nuclear-ci… #ColdWar #History #CivilDefence #EmergencyPlanning #BritishHistory #NuclearWar

📅 On this day, 11 June 1509, Katherine of Aragon becomes Queen of England 👑 But why do we keep pitting her against Anne Boleyn? 🤷‍♀️ @DrEstellePrnq argues they had more in common than you think… and it’s time we stopped the rivalry ⚔️ Listen now 🎧 pod.fo/e/2a41cf #onthisday #otd #onthisdate #history #podcast #Tudor #HenryVIII