Pedestals
What happened at Trafalgar? Who was Boudica? Was Guy Fawkes a goodie or a baddie? ’Pedestals’ is a history podcast, diving into the world of our national myths. We are surrounded by names, dates and statues, and these have often wormed their way into our make-up, for better or for worse, without us realising it. In each series, I take listeners through the events that have left us with this plaque or that lump of bronze, and attempt to tease out what forms they might have have taken in our identities. To support, please visit www.patreon.com/pedestals
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Episodes
Sunday Mar 13, 2022
Sunday Mar 13, 2022
Welcome to Pedestals, and thanks for tuning in. This is just a very short introduction to myself and the podcast. It's good to have you on board!
Sunday Mar 13, 2022
Sunday Mar 13, 2022
In this first season of Pedestals, we explore the Battle of Trafalgar, Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson, and the place they have jointly taken at the centre of both the United Kingdom's capital, and its national story. In this episode, we look at the world of Napoleonic Europe, and Nelson's life and career.
www.patreon.com/pedestals
Contact - pedestalspodcast@gmail.com
Sources
Nelson, Britannia’s God of War (2005) - Andrew D. Lambert
Nelson's Navy, the Ships, Men, and Organisation, 1793-1815 (1990) - Brian Lavery
Trafalgar, The Untold Story of the Greatest Sea Battle in History (2005) - Nicholas Best
Trafalgar, An Eyewitness History (2005) - Tom Pocock
Sunday Mar 13, 2022
Sunday Mar 13, 2022
In this episode we follow Nelson as he hunts his adversary across the Atlantic and back again, and consider what life was like aboard ship.
www.patreon.com/pedestals
Contact - pedestalspodcast@gmail.com
Sources
Nelson, Britannia’s God of War (2005) - Andrew D. Lambert
Nelson's Navy, the Ships, Men, and Organisation, 1793-1815 (1990) - Brian Lavery
Trafalgar, The Untold Story of the Greatest Sea Battle in History (2005) - Nicholas Best
Trafalgar, An Eyewitness History (2005) - Tom Pocock
Sunday Mar 13, 2022
Sunday Mar 13, 2022
In this episode, we detail the titanic clash at Trafalgar, often in the words of the sailors and officers who were present, and consider the possible motivations that could hold people together in such extreme circumstances.
www.patreon.com/pedestals
Contact - pedestalspodcast@gmail.com
Sources
Nelson, Britannia’s God of War (2005) - Andrew D. Lambert
Nelson's Navy, the Ships, Men, and Organisation, 1793-1815 (1990) - Brian Lavery
Trafalgar, The Untold Story of the Greatest Sea Battle in History (2005) - Nicholas Best
Trafalgar, An Eyewitness History (2005) - Tom Pocock
Sunday Mar 13, 2022
Sunday Mar 13, 2022
In the final episode of the first season of pedestals, we detail the aftermath of the battle of Trafalgar, and Nelson's final journey home. I also chat with listener, Ben Lydon, about how we view this man and this event now.
www.patreon.com/pedestals
Contact - pedestalspodcast@gmail.com
Sources
Nelson, Britannia’s God of War (2005) - Andrew D. Lambert
Nelson's Navy, the Ships, Men, and Organisation, 1793-1815 (1990) - Brian Lavery
Trafalgar, The Untold Story of the Greatest Sea Battle in History (2005) - Nicholas Best
Trafalgar, An Eyewitness History (2005) - Tom Pocock
Monday Apr 18, 2022
Monday Apr 18, 2022
In this second season of Pedestals, we follow the events of 60/61AD, as the Boudican revolt tore across the roman province of Britannia. In this first episode, we consider the image we have of the woman at its head, and the process of roman conquest and subjugation that set up this violent episode.
www.patreon.com/pedestals
Contact - pedestalspodcast@gmail.com
Sources
A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived (2017) - Adam Rutherford
Boudica’s Rebellion AD 60-61 (2011) - Nic Fields
Roman Britain, A New History (2013) - Guy de la Bédoyère
An Imperial Possession, Britain in the Roman Empire (2006) - David Mattingly
Under Another Sky, Journeys in Roman Britain (2013) - Charlotte Higgins
Boudica, Iron Age Warrior Queen (2005) - Richard Hingley and Christina Unwin
The Roman Who Shaped Britain (2016) - Sam Moorhead and David Stuttard
Boudica the warrior queen (2018) - Caitlin Gillespie
Wednesday Jul 06, 2022
Wednesday Jul 06, 2022
Her people raised in revolt, we follow Boudica as she cuts a swathe of destruction through roman Britannia, towards the fateful battlfield of Watling Street.
www.patreon.com/pedestals
Contact - pedestalspodcast@gmail.com
Sources
A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived (2017) - Adam Rutherford
Boudica’s Rebellion AD 60-61 (2011) - Nic Fields
Roman Britain, A New History (2013) - Guy de la Bédoyère
An Imperial Possession, Britain in the Roman Empire (2006) - David Mattingly
Under Another Sky, Journeys in Roman Britain (2013) - Charlotte Higgins
Boudica, Iron Age Warrior Queen (2005) - Richard Hingley and Christina Unwin
The Roman Who Shaped Britain (2016) - Sam Moorhead and David Stuttard
Boudica the warrior queen (2018) - Caitlin Gillespie
Monday Oct 24, 2022
Monday Oct 24, 2022
In the aftermath of the battle of Watling Street, Britannia is left to its fate. I discuss the significance of Boudica with my pal, Phoebe, and try to unpack why we continue to tell this story today.
www.patreon.com/pedestals
Contact - pedestalspodcast@gmail.com
Sources
A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived (2017) - Adam Rutherford
Boudica’s Rebellion AD 60-61 (2011) - Nic Fields
Roman Britain, A New History (2013) - Guy de la Bédoyère
An Imperial Possession, Britain in the Roman Empire (2006) - David Mattingly
Under Another Sky, Journeys in Roman Britain (2013) - Charlotte Higgins
Boudica, Iron Age Warrior Queen (2005) - Richard Hingley and Christina Unwin
The Roman Who Shaped Britain (2016) - Sam Moorhead and David Stuttard
Boudica the warrior queen (2018) - Caitlin Gillespie
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