Talking History with Patrick Geoghegan

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Subscribers: 746
Reviews: 2
Episodes: 155

Chris
 Mar 9, 2022
I take it back. none of your episodes work now.

Chris
 Oct 18, 2020
the actual episodes are good, covering a wide variety of topics. true faith is a little heavy coming into it though.

Description

This unique and lively history show delves into some of the world's most important political, social and cultural events and the intriguing personalities behind them. Presented by Dr Patrick Geoghegan of Trinity College Dublin, Talking History unravels the gritty, sometimes uncomfortable, side of our past, and what we can learn from it.

Episode Date
The History of Fianna Fáil
Apr 28, 2024
100 Years of Surrealism
Apr 21, 2024
April Books Special
Apr 14, 2024
Abba: 50 Years Since Eurovision
Apr 07, 2024
The Creation of the Irish Courts
Mar 31, 2024
March Books Special: WWII
Mar 24, 2024
The Taoisigh Visits To White House For St Patrick's Day
Mar 17, 2024
The Oscars: The Trailblazers and Terrors
Mar 10, 2024
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mar 03, 2024
The Beatles
Feb 25, 2024
Building Stormont
Feb 18, 2024
Daniel O'Connell
Feb 11, 2024
The Golden Age of the Roman Empire
Feb 04, 2024
The Bluestockings
Jan 28, 2024
Gladstone and Ireland
Jan 21, 2024
The Abdication Crisis
Jan 14, 2024
January Books Special
Jan 07, 2024
Mozart
Dec 31, 2023
Christmas At The White House
Dec 24, 2023
Newgrange
Dec 17, 2023
Wolfe Tone
Dec 10, 2023
December Books Special
Dec 03, 2023
Ireland and Imperialism
Nov 26, 2023
Napoleon
Nov 19, 2023
1700s Landscape Design
Nov 12, 2023
The Exploration of Space
Nov 05, 2023
The Irish Origins of Halloween
Oct 29, 2023
Sarah Purser
Oct 22, 2023
The National Archives
Oct 15, 2023
Ireland's History with Slavery
Oct 08, 2023
October Books Special
Oct 01, 2023
The History of the GAA
Sep 24, 2023
King David
Sep 17, 2023
September Books Special
Sep 10, 2023
J.R.R. Tolkien
Sep 03, 2023
August Books Special
Aug 27, 2023
Medieval Dublin
Aug 20, 2023
Kylemore Abbey
Aug 13, 2023
Renaissance Cosmetics
Aug 06, 2023
The History of Belfast
Jul 30, 2023
Bill Clinton & Liberalism
Jul 23, 2023
Spike Island
Jul 16, 2023
Marsh's Library
Jul 09, 2023
July Books Special
Jul 02, 2023
Bank of Ireland marks 240 years
Jun 25, 2023
Irish Wakes: Our Historical Relationship with Death
Jun 18, 2023
The life and legacy of Katherine Mansfield
Jun 11, 2023
The 1798 Rebellion
Jun 04, 2023
Ireland's Space Explorations
May 28, 2023
The Last Viking
May 21, 2023
The Untold Story of Joseph Bologne
May 14, 2023
King Charles I
May 07, 2023
The History of the City of Rome
Apr 30, 2023
Shakespeare's Macbeth
Apr 23, 2023
Books Special: The History of Marriage
Apr 16, 2023
Margaret Thatcher
Apr 09, 2023
Hitler
Apr 02, 2023
The Tudors
Mar 26, 2023
March Books Special
Mar 19, 2023
The Oscars
Mar 12, 2023
Stalin
Mar 05, 2023
February Books Special
Feb 26, 2023
As I Remember It: Bertie Ahern & The Good Friday Agreement
Feb 23, 2023
Modern Ukraine
Feb 19, 2023
The History of Hairdressing
Feb 12, 2023
St Brigid
Feb 05, 2023
WB Yeats
Jan 29, 2023
The History of Clerys
Jan 22, 2023
Eoin MacNeill: His Life and Legacy
Jan 15, 2023
Irish Sporting Lives
Jan 08, 2023
Ireland's 50-Year Membership of the EU
Jan 01, 2023
Christmas Special
Dec 25, 2022
The Armada
Dec 18, 2022
Dublin Castle
Dec 11, 2022
The History of The World Cup
Dec 04, 2022
The History of the Foundation of The Irish State
Nov 27, 2022
The Life & Death of Lord Castlereagh
Nov 13, 2022
Inside the Crime: The Charles Self Murder
Nov 08, 2022
Mussolini and Fascist Italy
Nov 06, 2022
The Great Irish Famine
Oct 30, 2022
Agatha Christie: Her Life and Legacy, featuring Lucy Worsley
Oct 23, 2022
Pioneering Dublin Women and The History of Mapping Ireland
Oct 16, 2022
The GPO
Oct 09, 2022
The Irish Civil War: How It Impacted Kerry
Oct 02, 2022
Oliver Cromwell
Sep 25, 2022
The Forgotten Radical Irish Theatre Entrepreneur, The Celts, and How Russia Views Its History
Sep 18, 2022
9/11: A History
Sep 11, 2022
Queen Elizabeth II Special
Sep 09, 2022
Best of September Books
Sep 04, 2022
The Four Courts Fire
Aug 28, 2022
Michael Collins: 100th Anniversary
Aug 21, 2022
Best of August Books: The Assassination of Henry Wilson, and Maria Theresa: The Habsburg Empress
Aug 14, 2022
The History of the CIA
Aug 07, 2022
Peig Sayers: The Untold Story
Jul 31, 2022
Classical Music and Art: Bach, Schumann and Van Gogh
Jul 24, 2022
Irish Artefacts
Jul 17, 2022
The Scariff Martyrs, Kerry's Famine Poor and Dublin 1910-1940
Jul 10, 2022
Ireland's Middle Kingdom
Jul 03, 2022
JFK's Visit To Ireland
Jun 26, 2022
The Irish Civil War
Jun 19, 2022
Anne Frank and World War Two
Jun 12, 2022
Queen Elizabeth II: 70 years on the throne
Jun 05, 2022
The Life and Legacy of Tutankhamun
May 29, 2022
Best of May Books II
May 22, 2022
Best of May Books
May 15, 2022
Best Of: Epicurus
May 08, 2022
Fionn Mac Cumhaill Special
May 01, 2022
Best of April Books
Apr 24, 2022
110th Anniversary of the Titanic Sinking
Apr 17, 2022
Frederick Douglass
Apr 12, 2022
Best of March Books - Part Two
Mar 20, 2022
Best of March Books - Part One
Mar 13, 2022
The Impact Of Maimonides
Mar 08, 2022
Best of February Books - Part Two
Feb 27, 2022
The Life & Times Of Cnut The Great
Feb 20, 2022
Best of February Books - Part One
Feb 13, 2022
Best of January Books - Part 3
Jan 30, 2022
Best of January Books - Part Two
Jan 23, 2022
Fionn Mac Cumhaill: A History of a Legend
Jan 16, 2022
Best of January Books - Part 1
Jan 09, 2022
Best of December Books - Part Two
Dec 19, 2021
Frederick the Great: A Life
Dec 12, 2021
Best of December Books - Part 1
Dec 05, 2021
Scipio Africanus: A Life
Nov 28, 2021
EXCLUSIVE first listen for Talking History listeners: 'Inside the Crime'
Nov 22, 2021
Best of November - Books Two
Nov 21, 2021
The Centenary of Northern Ireland & Partition
Nov 14, 2021
Best of November Books - Part One
Nov 07, 2021
Best of October Books - Part Three
Oct 31, 2021
Best of October Books - Part Two
Oct 17, 2021
Samuel Taylor Coleridge: A Life
Oct 10, 2021
Best of October Books - Part One
Oct 03, 2021
The Mexican-American War
Sep 26, 2021
Best of September Books - Part 2
Sep 19, 2021
Epicurus: A Life
Sep 12, 2021
Best of September Books - Part 1
Sep 05, 2021
Paris: A History of a City
Aug 29, 2021
Best of August Books - Part Two
Aug 15, 2021
Best of August Books - Part One
Aug 08, 2021
Best of July Books - Part Two
Jul 25, 2021
Hadrian's Wall: A History
Jul 18, 2021
Best of July Books - Part One
Jul 11, 2021
John Steinbeck: A Life
Jul 04, 2021
Best of June Books - Part Two
Jun 27, 2021
Cezanne: A Life
Jun 20, 2021
Best of June Books - Part One
Jun 13, 2021
The Battle of Verdun
May 30, 2021
Best of May Books - Part Two
May 23, 2021
Best of May Books - Part One
May 09, 2021
Best of April Books - Part 2
Apr 25, 2021
Best of April Books - Part 1
Apr 18, 2021
The life and legacy of Sitting Bull
Apr 11, 2021
Best of March Books - Part 2
Mar 28, 2021
Alexander Pushkin: A Life
Mar 14, 2021
Best of March Books - Part 1
Mar 07, 2021