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Talking History with Patrick Geoghegan — 248 episodes

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1

Proust & His Irish Connections

2

Samurai: the legendary Japanese warriors

3

Rasputin

4

Mary, Queen of Scots

5

Emily Brontë and Wuthering Heights

6

What Did Anne Boleyn Look Like?

7

Steinbeck's Life and Times

8

De Valera And His Time In America

9

Michael Davitt, Land League Founder

10

Best of February Books

11

America's Infamous Traitor, Benedict Arnold

12

The Plough And The Stars: 100 Years On

13

Ancient Egypt's Innovation

14

David Bowie

15

1066 and The Norman Conquest

16

Best of January Books

17

Celebrating Jane Austen at 250

18

The Anglo-Irish Agreement: 40 Years On

19

Best of November Books

20

Plato

21

Best of October Books

22

Orson Welles

23

Nelson and The Battle of Trafalgar

24

Ireland and the American Revolution

25

Irish STEM Lives

26

Best of September Books

27

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

28

Interrogating Historical Interpretation

29

Iconic Irish Presidential Elections: 1990 and 1997

30

Thomas More

31

Best of August Books

32

Ellen Hutchins

33

Limerick and the British & Irish Lions

34

Thomas Cromwell: His Final Years

35

The Irish Lumières

36

Daniel O'Connell: 250 Years On

37

How The Free State Won The Irish Civil War

38

Best of June Books

39

Jane Austen: 250 Years On

40

Early Medieval Manuscripts

41

From That Small Island: The Story of the Irish

42

85 Years On: Operation Dynamo and the Battle of Dunkirk

43

Celebrating 10 Years of Marriage Equality in Ireland

44

Best of May Books

45

The Most Unusual Conclaves

46

Best of April Books

47

JMW Turner: 250 Years On

48

Anne Frank's Annex Recreated

49

The Great Gatsby's Centenary

50

Best of March Books

51

King James VI and I: His Life and Loves

52

Arthur Guinness

53

Ireland & The Death Penalty

54

The Oscars: The Early Days

55

40 Years On: Contraceptives Legalised In Ireland

56

Peter The Great

57

The Princes In The Tower

58

Churchill: His Life and Legacy

59

JMW Turner

60

Elvis at 90

61

Gustav Mahler

62

Newgrange

63

Best of December Books

64

Notre Dame

65

Roman Emperor Septimius Severus

66

Oscar Wilde: His Rise And Fall

67

The History of Gladiators

68

The Fall Of The Berlin Wall

69

Best of November Books

70

Bram Stoker and The Petty Sessions

71

Best of October Books

72

The History of Modern Sinn Féin

73

The Most Iconic US Presidential Debates

74

Oliver Cromwell and Ireland

75

Berthe Morisot and the Impressionists

76

Alexander Hamilton

77

Best of September Books

78

Ireland and World War Two

79

The History of Fine Gael

80

Best of August Books

81

50 Years On: Nixon's Resignation

82

Six Lives: Henry VIII's Queens

83

Best of July Books

84

Presidential Shootings

85

The Early History of the Olympics

86

The Yeats Sisters

87

Women and the Irish State

88

100 Years of the Leaving Cert

89

D-Day: 80 Years On

90

William The Conqueror

91

Best of May Books

92

Tchaikovsky

93

The Library of Alexandria

94

The History of Fianna Fáil

95

100 Years of Surrealism

96

April Books Special

97

Abba: 50 Years Since Eurovision

98

The Creation of the Irish Courts

99

March Books Special: WWII

100

The Taoisigh Visits To White House For St Patrick's Day

101

The Oscars: The Trailblazers and Terrors

102

Franklin D. Roosevelt

103

The Beatles

104

Building Stormont

105

Daniel O'Connell

106

The Golden Age of the Roman Empire

107

The Bluestockings

108

Gladstone and Ireland

109

The Abdication Crisis

110

January Books Special

111

Mozart

112

Christmas At The White House

113

Newgrange

114

Wolfe Tone

115

December Books Special

116

Ireland and Imperialism

117

Napoleon

118

1700s Landscape Design

119

The Exploration of Space

120

The Irish Origins of Halloween

121

Sarah Purser

122

The National Archives

123

Ireland's History with Slavery

124

October Books Special

125

The History of the GAA

126

King David

127

September Books Special

128

J.R.R. Tolkien

129

August Books Special

130

Medieval Dublin

131

Kylemore Abbey

132

Renaissance Cosmetics

133

The History of Belfast

134

Bill Clinton & Liberalism

135

Spike Island

136

Marsh's Library

137

July Books Special

138

Bank of Ireland marks 240 years

139

Irish Wakes: Our Historical Relationship with Death

140

The life and legacy of Katherine Mansfield

141

The 1798 Rebellion

142

Ireland's Space Explorations

143

The Last Viking

144

The Untold Story of Joseph Bologne

145

King Charles I

146

The History of the City of Rome

147

Shakespeare's Macbeth

148

Books Special: The History of Marriage

149

Margaret Thatcher

150

Hitler

151

The Tudors

152

March Books Special

153

The Oscars

154

Stalin

155

February Books Special

156

As I Remember It: Bertie Ahern & The Good Friday Agreement

157

Modern Ukraine

158

The History of Hairdressing

159

St Brigid

160

WB Yeats

161

The History of Clerys

162

Eoin MacNeill: His Life and Legacy

163

Irish Sporting Lives

164

Ireland's 50-Year Membership of the EU

165

Christmas Special

166

The Armada

167

Dublin Castle

168

The History of The World Cup

169

The History of the Foundation of The Irish State

170

The Life & Death of Lord Castlereagh

171

Inside the Crime: The Charles Self Murder

172

Mussolini and Fascist Italy

173

The Great Irish Famine

174

Agatha Christie: Her Life and Legacy, featuring Lucy Worsley

175

Pioneering Dublin Women and The History of Mapping Ireland

176

The GPO

177

The Irish Civil War: How It Impacted Kerry

178

Oliver Cromwell: His Rise And Fall

179

The Forgotten Radical Irish Theatre Entrepreneur, The Celts, and How Russia Views Its History

180

9/11: A History

181

Queen Elizabeth II Special

182

Best of September Books

183

The Four Courts Fire

184

Michael Collins: 100th Anniversary

185

Best of August Books: The Assassination of Henry Wilson, and Maria Theresa: The Habsburg Empress

186

The History of the CIA

187

Peig Sayers: The Untold Story

188

Classical Music and Art: Bach, Schumann and Van Gogh

189

Irish Artefacts

190

The Scariff Martyrs, Kerry's Famine Poor and Dublin 1910-1940

191

Ireland's Middle Kingdom

192

JFK's Visit To Ireland

193

The Irish Civil War

194

Anne Frank and World War Two

195

Queen Elizabeth II: 70 years on the throne

196

The Life and Legacy of Tutankhamun

197

Best of May Books II

198

Best of May Books

199

Best Of: Epicurus

200

Fionn Mac Cumhaill Special

201

Best of April Books

202

110th Anniversary of the Titanic Sinking

203

Frederick Douglass

204

Best of March Books - Part Two

205

Best of March Books - Part One

206

The Impact Of Maimonides

207

Best of February Books - Part Two

208

The Life & Times Of Cnut The Great

209

Best of February Books - Part One

210

Best of January Books - Part 3

211

Best of January Books - Part Two

212

Fionn Mac Cumhaill: A History of a Legend

213

Best of January Books - Part 1

214

Best of December Books - Part Two

215

Frederick the Great: A Life

216

Best of December Books - Part 1

217

Scipio Africanus: A Life

218

EXCLUSIVE first listen for Talking History listeners: 'Inside the Crime'

219

Best of November - Books Two

220

The Centenary of Northern Ireland & Partition

221

Best of November Books - Part One

222

Best of October Books - Part Three

223

Best of October Books - Part Two

224

Samuel Taylor Coleridge: A Life

225

Best of October Books - Part One

226

The Mexican-American War

227

Best of September Books - Part 2

228

Epicurus: A Life

229

Best of September Books - Part 1

230

Paris: A History of a City

231

Best of August Books - Part Two

232

Best of August Books - Part One

233

Best of July Books - Part Two

234

Hadrian's Wall: A History

235

Best of July Books - Part One

236

John Steinbeck: A Life

237

Best of June Books - Part Two

238

Cezanne: A Life

239

Best of June Books - Part One

240

The Battle of Verdun

241

Best of May Books - Part Two

242

Best of May Books - Part One

243

Best of April Books - Part 2

244

Best of April Books - Part 1

245

The life and legacy of Sitting Bull

246

Best of March Books - Part 2

247

Alexander Pushkin: A Life

248

Best of March Books - Part 1