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Trapped History is a history reboot for the curious – sharing hidden stories of the unsung heroes we weren't taught about in school. An award-winning show with great guests from the worlds of entertainment, sport, politics, TV and radio, we tell inspiring tales of forgotten men and women who broke the mould with their courage and defiance. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram, and subscribe to Trapped History at our website for our newsletter, bonus episodes and more: www.facebook.com/trappedhistory www.instagram.com/trappedhistory www.trappedhistory.com Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href=
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Signup to Generate a PitchTrapped History is a history reboot for the curious, sharing hidden stories of the unsung heroes we weren't taught about in school. An award-winning show with great guests from the worlds of entertainment, sport, politics, TV and radio, we tell inspiring tales of forgotten men and women who broke the mould with their courage and defiance.
Recent episodes include "Hall of Fame: Capitalism and Slavery" (16 August 2026, 5 minutes), "My Family Owned Slaves" (9 August 2026, 45 minutes), and "Hall of Fame: The Man Who Designed Bond" (2 August 2026, 6 minutes).
Trapped History publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 22 minutes across 89 episodes.
Booking probability for Trapped History is 34%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Trapped History requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Trapped History's contact route on record: verified email.
Trapped History is a history show with 89 episodes published.
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Eric Williams was Trinidad and Tobago's first Prime Minister after independence. Pretty consequential stuff. But for us, and for this week's guest Alex Renton, Eric was so much more. Because in the 1940s, he became the...
Episode #6
As we close out Season 7, Trapped History takes a long dark walk down one of the most uncomfortable roads in history, going deep into the story of one British family which owned and traded in slaves. We are joined by...
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After pulling the curtain away from James Bond, writer Mark O'Connell chose Bond's book designer for his Hall of Fame nominee. Richard Chopping was Ian Fleming's choice too, and he created the template for Bond which we...
Episode #5
He's the man's man, the lady's man, the pinnacle of heterosexual hyper-masculinity. His name is Bond. But you know what? Maybe James Bond is not as straight as you think. Because the origin story of 007 is a very queer...
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This week, we've got a special Trapped History short for you. It felt wrong to ask Jocelyn to nominate someone for the Hall of Fame (Vera Rubin, anyone?) and so today we've got some choice gems which didn't make it into...
Episode #4
In its 120 year history, nearly 1,000 people have won a Nobel Prize. And we're going to ask you a simple question: how many of those Nobel laureates are women? What, half of them maybe? Or perhaps more realistically...
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For this week's Hall of Fame, the author Joe Dunthorne presents the writer's writer: Heinrich von Kleist. A contemporary of Goethe, Byron and Shelley he was perhaps even more jaded, world-weary and downright depressed...
Episode #3
Wouldn't it be nice if the stories we're told were all true, were all heroic and inspiring? But that's not always the case. Because more often than not, family histories – all our family histories – are messy...
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<p>On this week's Hall of Fame, prepare to bask in the glorious Provençal sunshine, as you sit under grapevines, drinking Rosé and tucking into the most delicious goat's cheese salad. </p><br><p>This is the world of...
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On this week's Hall of Fame, prepare to bask in the glorious Provençal sunshine, as you sit under grapevines, drinking Rosé and tucking into the most delicious goat's cheese salad. This is the world of Richard Olney...
Episode #2
Rationing . It's a word which sends shivers down the spine. A word which conjures up Spam and powdered eggs, potato peel pie and cabbage. Endless cabbage. But it wasn't all doom and gloom. And today we celebrate the...
Episode #2
<p>Rationing. It's a word which sends shivers down the spine. A word which conjures up Spam and powdered eggs, potato peel pie and cabbage. Endless cabbage. But it wasn't all doom and gloom. And today we celebrate the...
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In Charlene White's Hall of Fame, we're introduced to a mould-breaking community activist, Sybil Phoenix. She fostered children, founded a youth centre and set up a foundation for young homeless women. Wow. She's been...
Trapped History
<p>In Charlene White's Hall of Fame, we're introduced to a mould-breaking community activist, Sybil Phoenix. She fostered children, founded a youth centre and set up a foundation for young homeless women. Wow. She's...
Episode #1
<p>Welcome back to Season 7 of Trapped History! And have we got a season for you, full to bursting with stories of unexpected heroes and uncharted histories which will inspire you, make you laugh and make you...
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<p>We are just busting to tell you about Trapped History's new season – packed with hidden stories about people we weren't taught about in school.</p><br><p>Tune in to hear Charlene White talk about Windrush, Joe...
Trapped History
<p>Keith Lowe is one of our greatest historians of the Second World War and its aftermath. He joined us to share the story of Ben Ferencz, one of the Nuremberg prosecutors who made it his life's work to fight for peace...
Trapped History
<p>Joris Lechene joined us to understand the life and afterlife of the great John La Rose, one of the leading lights of Black British cultural life from the 1960s to the 1980s. And a few years ago, he was in the news...
Trapped History
<p>Anne Sebba breathed life into the story of the women of the French Resistance, in the brilliant The Women who Ran the Resistance: Anne Sebba on the Forgotten Heroines.</p><br><p>And in this Hall of Fame nomination...
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<p>Sathnam Sanghera joined us to find out all about Cornelia Sorabji, the first woman to graduate from an Indian university, the first woman anywhere to get a law degree – from Oxford at that – and the first woman to...
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