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History Rage Podcast @historyrage.bsky.social · 1h

🚨FESTIVAL SPECIAL🚨 In 1981, Hunger Strikes became the ultimate protest. Bobby Sands died as an MP, pushing Sinn Féin into politics. Oliver Webb-Carter explains why this was a key propaganda turning point.

🎧 Listen: pod.fo/e/3352be
🎟️ IWM Fest: www.iwm.org.uk/event...

#HungerStrikes

History Rage Podcast @historyrage.bsky.social · 9h

🚨 THIS WEEK TO PATREON AND APPLE SUBS🚨 🛩️ From exploding inner tubes to fearless flights, early women pilots had grit AND style! 💥 Hear @midgegillies.bsky.social share these wild, true tales.

🎧 Buckle up: www.patreon.com/post...

#HistoryRage #AviationHistory #WomenInHistory #Podcast

History Rage Podcast @historyrage.bsky.social · 13h

🚨 THIS WEEK🚨
Almost everything you think you know about the Wild West is wrong—from who the cowboys were to what they actually did.

@jem-duducu.bsky.social sorts fact from frontier fantasy.
🎧 Hear the truth: pod.fo/e/337a1b

#WildWest #HistoryRage #Mythbusting #History #Podcast #Victorian #USA

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History Rage Podcast @historyrage.bsky.social · 1d

Huge thanks to author of “The White Lady” 👻 Helen Fry for joining us! 🎙️ She rightly raged: Belgium 🇧🇪 is a massive player in WWII intel, not just SOE & France! 💥 Smuggling info out of V2 sites & faking dementia discussed. Early release on Patreon / Apple soon. General Release Oct 28th! 📅

History Rage Podcast @historyrage.bsky.social · 1d

🚨FESTIVAL SPECIAL🚨 Many Catholics in Northern Ireland were shut out of housing, jobs, and votes. Oliver Webb-Carter explains how these civil rights injustices fuelled protest and laid the groundwork for The Troubles.

🎧 Listen: pod.fo/e/3352be
🎟️ IWM Fest: www.iwm.org.uk/event...

History Rage Podcast @historyrage.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 THIS WEEK TO PATREON AND APPLE 🚨 🌏 No GPS. No radio. Just guts, maps & skill. 🗺️ @midgegillies.bsky.social reveals how Amy Johnson fought through sandstorms, monsoons & deserts to reach Australia solo in 1930 🚀💪.
🎧 Listen: www.patreon.com/post...
#HistoryRage #AmyJohnson #Podcast

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History Rage Podcast @historyrage.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 THIS WEEK🚨
“Cowboys vs Indians” is pure fiction. The US Army led the frontier massacres, not ranch hands with hats.
@jem-duducu.bsky.social reveals the brutal truth behind America’s westward expansion.
🎧 Tune in: pod.fo/e/337a1b

#WildWest #HistoryMatters
#History #Podcast #Victorian #USA

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History Rage Podcast @historyrage.bsky.social · 2d

🚨FESTIVAL SPECIAL🚨 The Troubles was a tangle of politics, civil rights, and trauma. Oliver Webb-Carter unravels the history: partition, Bloody Sunday, hunger strikes, and the Good Friday Agreement.

🎧 Listen: pod.fo/e/3352be
🎟️ IWM Fest: www.iwm.org.uk/event...

#TheTroubles #IrishHistory

History Rage Podcast @historyrage.bsky.social · 2d

🚨 THIS WEEK🚨
🤠💥 Did Western films ruin American history? @jem-duducu.bsky.social shares his insights on the myths of the Wild West and how they shape our understanding today. Listen to the latest episode! #HistoryRage #WildWestMyths

Listen now 🎧 pod.fo/e/337a1b
#History #Podcast #Victorian

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History Rage Podcast @historyrage.bsky.social · 2d

🚨 THIS WEEK🚨 Think cowboys were all six-shooters and bar fights? Most of them were just cattle herders. 🐄 @jem-duducu.bsky.social joins me to expose what Hollywood got wrong about the Wild West.

🎧 Listen now: pod.fo/e/337a1b

#Cowboys #WildWest #HistoryPodcast #Mythbusting
#History #Podcast

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History Rage Podcast @historyrage.bsky.social · 2d

🚨 THIS WEEK FOR SUBSCRIBERS 🚨 ✈️ Amelia Earhart was a legend — but she wasn’t alone! Historian @midgegillies.bsky.social tells the incredible stories of forgotten women aviators who risked everything to fly into history 🌍🔥

🎧 Listen now: www.patreon.com/post...

#WomenInHistory #Podcast

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History Rage Podcast @historyrage.bsky.social · 2d

🚨 NEW EPISODE 🚨 📜🎬 This week we tackle the myths of the Wild West with @jem-duducu.bsky.social ! Discover how Westerns have distorted our understanding of American history and the real stories behind the cowboys and Native Americans.

Listen now 🎧 pod.fo/e/337a1b
#History #Podcast #Victorian

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History Rage Podcast @historyrage.bsky.social · 3d

🚨FESTIVAL SPECIAL🚨 Fewer than 100 active gunmen in the Provisional IRA shook governments. Oliver Webb-Carter explains how strategy and propaganda allowed this small group to wield massive influence.

🎧 Listen: pod.fo/e/3352be
🎟️ IWM Fest: www.iwm.org.uk/event...

#IRA #TheTroubles

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History Rage Podcast @historyrage.bsky.social · 3d

🚨 NEW BOOK🚨
💪👩‍🦳 Fierce. Powerful. Preaching. In the 1600s, Quaker women were ministers from day one! @ericanela.bsky.social tells this empowering story.. 🎙️📜

🎧 pod.fo/e/333c3b
📖 Buy the book: uk.bookshop.org/a/10...

#Mythbusting #17thCentury #History #Podcast #Booklaunch

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History Rage Podcast @historyrage.bsky.social · 3d

🚨 TOMORROW FOR SUBSCRIBERS 🚨

✈️✨ We’re taking off with @midgegillies.bsky.social and the extraordinary stories of female pilots like Amy Johnson & her fearless friends from Atlantic Furies 🔥

Subscribe: www.patreon.com/historyrage
Or join on Apple subscriptions

#HistoryRage #AviationHistory

History Rage Podcast @historyrage.bsky.social · 3d

You're welcome and I do hope you'll come back

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History Rage Podcast @historyrage.bsky.social · 3d

🚨 COMING TOMORROW🚨 🤠💥 Did Western films ruin American history? Historian @jem-duducu.bsky.social shares his insights on the myths of the Wild West and how they shape our understanding today. #HistoryRage #WildWestMyths

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History Rage Podcast @historyrage.bsky.social · 3d

Have you enjoyed this week’s Patreon episode? 🎧✨ Support Adam, and me 📚❤️ by listening to The Tudor Chest Podcast !

📖 Check out the Podcast: www.thetudorchest.com
Listen now 🎧: www.patreon.com/post...

#History #Podcast #Tudor

History Rage Podcast @historyrage.bsky.social · 3d

🚨 THIS WEEK TO PATREON AND APPLE SUBS🚨 Was Jane Boleyn really the “evil wife” who betrayed Anne & George? Or a loyal woman caught in Tudor politics? Adam Pennington of The Tudor Chest Podcast digs into the evidence and rewrite her story.

🎧 Full episode: www.patreon.com/post...

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History Rage Podcast @historyrage.bsky.social · 3d

Have you enjoyed this week’s episode? 🎧✨ Support Dirk, and me 📚❤️ by listening to @hotgpod.bsky.social !

📖 Check out the Podcast: historyofthegermans.com
Listen now 🎧 pod.fo/e/3330ce

#History #Podcast #Medieval

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History Rage Podcast @historyrage.bsky.social · 3d

🚨 THIS WEEK🚨
What finally broke a millennium-old empire? Not war. Not rebellion. But a lack of cash. Dirk Hoffmann-Becking of the @hotgpod.bsky.social unpacks the real reason the Holy Roman Empire collapsed.

Listen now 🎧 pod.fo/e/3330ce
#History #Podcast #Medieval #MedievalHistory #HistoryRage

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History Rage Podcast @historyrage.bsky.social · 3d

Love comments like these... keep them coming
@hotgpod.bsky.social

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History Rage Podcast @historyrage.bsky.social · 4d

🚨FESTIVAL SPECIAL🚨 Bloody Sunday (1972): Soldiers shot unarmed marchers. Trust in the state collapsed overnight, driving support to the Provisional IRA. Oliver Webb-Carter explains this turning point.

🎧 Listen: pod.fo/e/3352be
🎟️ IWM Fest: www.iwm.org.uk/event...

#BloodySunday #IRA

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History Rage Podcast @historyrage.bsky.social · 4d

🚨 BOOK LAUNCH🚨
🤯⚖️ In a world built on hierarchy, early Quakers demanded equality for all – shocking 17th-century society. @ericanela.bsky.social unpacks this radical belief! 🎙️💡

🎧 pod.fo/e/333c3b
📖 Buy the book: uk.bookshop.org/a/10...

#17thCentury #History #Podcast #Booklaunch

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History Rage Podcast @historyrage.bsky.social · 4d

🚨 NEXT WEEK FOR SUBSCRIBERS 🚨

Ready for take-off? 🚀 @midgegillies.bsky.social shares stories about aviation’s fierce female pioneers who flew beyond Amelia Earhart’s shadow ✈️🔥

Early access: www.patreon.com/historyrage
Or join on Apple subscriptions

#HistoryRage #AviationHistory

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