

We Are History
Angela Barnes and John O'Farrell
The less-than-serious history podcast with stand up comedian Angela Barnes (The News Quiz, Mock The Week and Live at The Apollo) and writer John O'Farrell (An Utterly Impartial History of Britain, Things Can Only Get Better, Spitting Image). In each podcast our two history nerds discuss, explain and laugh at interesting and quirky episodes from the olden days, such as East German Nudism, Spy Pigeons or Vlad the Impaler. Angela and John’s in-depth knowledge of world history has been described as ‘laughable’ - and now they read the history books so that you don't have to. The We Are History podcast - not as world-changing as the Black Death, but slightly funnier.
Top mentioned books
Here are the most frequently recommended books on the We Are History podcast:

#1 Mentioned in 1 episodes
B4 Battle for Spain
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#2 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Titus Andronicus

#3 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Sapiens
A Brief History of Humankind

#4 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Lord of the Flies

#5 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Homage to Catalonia

#6 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Respectable sins

#7 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Humankind
A Hopeful History
#8 Mentioned in 1 episodes
A Concise History of the Spanish Civil War
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#9 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Battle of Maldon
#10 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Tanks in the Spanish Civil War
#11 Mentioned in 1 episodes
An Imperial Possession, Britain in the Roman Empire
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#12 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Asterix in Britain

#13 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Æthelred
The Unready
#14 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Alky Truth
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#15 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Estates

#16 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Opium War
Drugs, Dreams and the Making of China

#17 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Opium War, 1840-1842

#18 Mentioned in 1 episodes
For Whom the Bell Tolls
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#19 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Richard II
#20 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Roman Britain, A New History
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