History

“People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them”

James Baldwin

Our Episodes

You can find every episode from Seasons 1-4 here, plus our specials — Dikki Redux, Jeremy Corbyn Redux and our Eurovision Special. If you want more, subscribe!

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Each episode, our guests nominate someone for the Trapped History Hall of Fame.

Someone we should all have heard of but haven’t.

Who do you think should join them?

The Hall of Fame

Gabrielle Petit, Thembi Nobadula and Charles Dukes

Dorothy Field and Mollie Evershed

Elizabeth Loftus

Mark Twain

Fatima Jinnah

David Gilmour

Margaret Busby

Paolo Conte

Elly Beinhorn

Stanley Rother

Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

Jonathan Elwes

Sophie Germain

Agent Zo

The Martyrs of Guadeloupe

Dean Mahomed

Hilde Grünbaum

Yuasa Ken

Charles Jagger MC

Robbie Clarke

Mabel Mercer

Mick Gurmin

Elizabeth Bisland