In Our Time: History

Misha Glenny

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Booking Overview

A history interview panel examines major historical themes, events, and figures through conversations with multiple university historians, archaeologists, and other specialist scholars. Credible pitches would include academic experts, authors of serious history books, and researchers with distinctive expertise in a historical period or civilization, but booking is likely high difficulty because the program favors established subject-matter authorities and is a flagship BBC production.

Metrics

Episodes: 230

Frequency: Monthly

Rating: 4.5/5.0

Estimated listeners: 10k-100k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

Contact Information

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Host

Misha Glenny - British journalist, author, and broadcaster known for reporting and writing on international affairs, organized crime, and geopolitics.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high
Typical Credentials:  
University professors, senior lecturers, research fellows, and established authors with specialist expertise in a historical period, civilization, event, or figure.
Required Achievements:  
Authorship of scholarly history books or major academic publications, Senior academic appointments at recognized universities, Substantial research expertise in a clearly defined historical field

Recent Guest Discussions

Josephine Quinn - The Garamantes, Ancient North Africa, And The Relationship Between Mediterranean And Saharan Societies.

Fars Moussa - The Garamantes And The Archaeology And Cultural Heritage Of The Ancient Sahara.

David Mattingly - The Garamantes, Ancient North African Society, Saharan Archaeology, Irrigation, And Trans-saharan Trade.

Stephen Wilkinson - The Spanish-american War, US Foreign Policy, Cuba, The Philippines, And The Emergence Of The United States As A Global Power.

Mary Vincent - The Spanish-american War And Spain's Political And Imperial Crisis At The End Of The Nineteenth Century.

Recent Topics

History, Ancient History, Medieval History, Political History, Archaeology

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
In Our Time: History
:

The Welsh Marches

June 25, 2026

At the Hay Festival, Misha Glenny and guests discuss the impact of the Norman invasion on the people and land of Wales and across the modern border with England in what became known as The Welsh Marches, march being a term for a militarized borderland. Hay was one of the first Marcher lordships. Even before 1066, William the Conqueror knew that he would have to subdue the Welsh if he were to control the English and he allowed more and more Norman warlords to establish virtually their own pri...

The Levellers

June 18, 2026

Misha Glenny and guests discuss the group which came to be known as the Levellers and emerged during what would become arguably one of the bloodiest and most turbulent periods of English history. After the First English Civil War, the Levellers started calling for reforms to achieve legal and social equality. They pushed for a new constitution, extended franchise, popular sovereignty, and religious toleration. To do this, the Levellers pioneered the use of pamphlets and petitions, as well as ...

The Garamantes

June 11, 2026

Misha Glenny and guests discuss an ancient civilisation who lived over 2000 years ago in the southwest of modern-day Libya. During prehistoric times, the Sahara Desert was greener and even had large lakes, but for the last 5000 years it has been a hyperarid environment. Extreme swings of temperature and limited surface water might make the Sahara seem like an inhospitable place to live, but an ancient people in North Africa known to us as the Garamantes thrived there. Following descriptions o...

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