Duke Wilhelm IV issued what later became known as the Reinheitsgebot - the decree setting out that Bavarian beer should be made using only water, barley and hops - on 23rd April, 1516.Â
Although the famous âpurityâ clause occupies only a small part of the original document, the law helped improve drink quality, and remains in place today as a powerful marke ... Show More
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The 'Hitler Diaries' Hoax
Extracts from Adolf Hitler's long-lost diaries were brought to the worldâs attention on 22nd April, 1983, provoking an international sensation - until they were quickly exposed for being a hoax. Respected World War Two historian Hugh Trevor Roper had authenticated the diaries, le ... Show More
12m 37s
Oct 2025
Episode 638: Heinrich Himmler Part II - The Reich Stuff
<p>This week, the boys pick back up with Heinrich Himmler just after Hitlerâs failed Beer Hall Putsch, as the Nazi's most pathetic nerd stumbles through his failed-loser era. From chicken farming and occult rabbit holes to his first taste of Nazi bureaucracy, we trace how a sulki ... Show More
2h 5m
Nov 2022
Making a historical epic with actor Sophie Lowe & writer/director Petr JĂĄkl - Medieval
For this weekâs Friday special, weâve invited actor Sophie Lowe and director Petr JĂĄkl to the show. Together, they made the historical epic feature film Medieval, also starring the great Michael Caine, Ben Foster, Til Schweiger, only to name a few.
You might know Sophie from the ... Show More
53m 13s
Mar 2025
Douglas Stuart on Shuggie Bain, Storytelling, and the Human Condition (Part Two)
This event is part of Conversations at the Kiln, a new event series at Kiln Theatre programmed by Intelligence Squared. For more events with speakers from the worlds of literature, art, poetry and politics, click here.
Douglas Stuart, Booker Prize-winning author of Shuggie Bain ... Show More
33m 8s
Oct 2025
740 Mel Brooks and Other Eminent Jews (with David Denby) | War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (#13 GBOAT)
In this episode, Jacke talks to author David Denby about his new book, Eminent Jews: Bernstein, Brooks, Friedan, Mailer, a group biography (loosely inspired by Lytton Strachey's Eminent Victorians) that describes how four larger-than-life figures upended the restrained culture of ... Show More
1h 3m
Oct 2025
Episode 639: Heinrich Himmler Part III - The Dachau Spirit
<p>The boys pick back up with the story of Heinrich Himmler, as the Nazis lock down Germany following the Reichstag Fire. Himmler helps build the Nazi police state, with Dachau becoming the prototype for the Nazi concentration camps.</p>
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1h 59m
Oct 2025
743 Fairy Tales (with Jack Zipes) [RECLAIMED] | Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky (#11 GBOAT) | Chaucer News
An early encounter with one of the most famous people in the world initiated Jack Zipes into the world of fairy tales - and he never looked back. In this episode, Jacke talks to the fairy tale expert about his book Buried Treasures: The Power of Political Fairy Tales, which profi ... Show More
1h 2m
Oct 2025
Episode 637: Heinrich Himmler Part I - Nazi Number Two
<p>This week, the boys turn the page and dive into a brand new overarching series, The Mt. Rushmore of Evil! Beginning with Adolf Hitler's right-hand man, head of the SS, Heinrich Himmler, the pasty, double-chinned agriculture student turned bureaucratic ghoul who clawed his way ... Show More
2h 4m
Oct 2025
The Thick of It: 20 Years On, with Armando Iannucci, Peter Capaldi, Chris Addison and Rebecca Front (Part One)
Malcolm Tucker. Pet ASBOs. A law requiring everyone in Britain to carry around a plastic bag. Itâs been twenty years since Armando Iannucciâs The Thick of It first brought the chaos and drama of the fictitious âDepartment of Social Affairs and Citizenshipâ into our lives. First a ... Show More
37m 26s