

Tales for Wales: A Welsh History Podcast
Jack & Franks
Tales for Wales is an inaccurate Welsh history lesson brought to you by two boozy mates. New episodes every Sunday.
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Jan 26, 2025 • 30min
108. Bill Frost - The First Man to Fly
The Welsh have often been the first to achieve great feats but thanks to the multiple shoe in's we've taken as a country over the years, news of these achievements tends not to travel far. Well kiss your mammies and thank your lucky stars because Tales for Wales is here to set the record straight. Whether it's discovering tarmac, America or how to sail upon the wind, you'll find the Cymry are always pushing the envelope. You can flaunt your Welsh history prowess as well as your podcast taste by grabbing some of our merch. We've got extra content on our socials and Patreon and all you spoilt buggers.

Jan 23, 2025 • 4min
Throwback Thursday: Captain Morgan and the Ruse of Lake Maracaibo
You know the drill by now. It's a Thursday. It's a throwback. It's Throwback Thursday. This week it's our second go talking about the infamous Captain Morgan and a cheeky fast one he pulled back in the day. Naturally the clip is just Jack talking about dumb dumbs at a Jack Whitehall concert.Full episode is here for you lovelies if you fancy it.

Jan 22, 2025 • 42min
Love Revisited: Santes Dwynwen
Saint Valentine. Done to death. Commercialised. Boring. The basic bitch of love saints if we've ever heard of one. Santes Dwynwen. Celtic princess. Animal lover. Doesn't make you wait until February to celebrate the big L. We know which patron saint of the heart has ours and we thought we'd give you all another chance to educate yourselves before the big day. Click here for all your merch, socials and extra Patreon content needs.

Jan 19, 2025 • 32min
107. The Mold Riots of 1869
Working class riots and Wales, name a better duo am I right? But while the place in question shares a name with gone off bread, what's really rotten is the exploitation of Wales and her resources. Yeah that's right, a critique of capitalism using a bread analogy, God we are good. Speaking of capitalism, why don't you take part and buy our sick merch? Or just give us money for extra nuggets of content?

Jan 17, 2025 • 7min
Throwback Thursday (Friday): Welsh History Quiz
Better late than never, that's both a common saying and an excuse we're using for sending this one out 24 hours overdue. Give it a listen and enjoy a little snippet from our self imposed quiz.Full episode here for all you keenos.

Jan 12, 2025 • 44min
106. Harlech Castle
While the people of Wales can certainly be credited with spicing up the great nation's history, what is more synonymous with this green and pleasant land than a bloody good castle.And where better to start than with the banger of the 1830's that is "Men of Harlech" and the castle that inspired it. Come with us and hear why this diva of a fortress was worth singing about.Ever been called an unfashionable pig who doesn't flaunt enough Welshness? Well you can turn that around by buying our gorgeous merch. Or just check out our extra content you dogs.

Jan 9, 2025 • 6min
Throwback Thursday: Twm Siôn Cati - Fiend and Scoundrel of Wales
This week we're offering a snippet of one of our favourite episodes about a sly little bastard that seemed to be a genuine knob to all that encountered him, fair play to his PR team though. We strongly recommend you give the full episode a listen and you can do that here.

Jan 5, 2025 • 27min
105. The Return of Cambrian Chronicles
The Chronicler is back and this time he's answering our piercing questions interview style. It's the Frost/Nixon of Welsh history if literally all of the context was changed. If you haven't already, get around this guys YouTube channel and start feeding your noggins on his top quality content.From merch to more content, click here for all things Tales for Wales and start 2025 the way the Cymry of old would have wanted.

Jan 2, 2025 • 11min
Throwback Thursday: Gwenllian - Welsh Warrior Princess
Even though we've once again clipped the most unrelated part of the episode (experiences from Glastonbury if you must know), we urge you to go listen to this one as Gwenllian is one of our faves. Gwenllian in all her glory can be found here.

Dec 29, 2024 • 1h 15min
104. 2024 In Memoriam
Where does the time go, eh? Another year fades to memory as the spry chick of another hatches from its temporal egg. As New Year fast approaches we thought we'd go over some of the more significant events that happened in Wales throughout 2024 A.D. and just for a laugh we thought we'd go off topic a lot as well. Looking for a new fashion sense to ring in 2025? One that says, "yeah, I'm a history podcast buff, deal with it"? Then boy do we have the merch for you. Can't get enough of our boyish Welsh charms? Get some more on our social and our Patreon.


