The Rest is History

If you have some free time this week or are searching for a new podcast to listen to on your commute to class, The Rest is History is a great option. Presenters Dominic Sandbrook and Tom Holland use their separate specialties (Holland in ancient history and Sandbrook in postwar social history) to 'interrogate' different elements of the past in this podcast, which includes episodes on themes as divergent as the 1990s and Persia. The episodes are diverse, with some being more humorous and others being more serious and intellectual.

With reviews of the James Bond film No Time to Die and two episodes on Afghanistan aired during the crisis earlier this year, episodes don't shy away from popular culture or current events, exhibiting a grasp of history's importance for the present and future. This relevance gives the podcast a down-to-earth feel, and it's certainly a nice medium in comparison to others, in that it's neither too scholarly nor too simple to make the listener feel patronized.

Link to listen:

• Apple Podcasts: https://cutt.ly/LGXDLaG
• Spotify: https://cutt.ly/sGTn5vn