Trapped History
Trapped History is a history reboot for all of us. Telling the stories of the forgotten – of hidden heroes who have been ignored by the history we were taught in school. We take our name from something the writer James Baldwin said: “People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.” We want to break people free from those stories. Women's history, Black history, hidden history, forgotten history – trapped history. And so we give you a history podcast for the curious, with inspiring tales of unsung heroes, people who broke the mould with their courage and defiance. Co-hosts Oswin an...
Episodes (101)
How Windrush Made a Nation: Charlene White on war, family and community
May 31, 2026
Season 7 Teaser Trailer
May 10, 2026
Hall of Fame: The Good War Criminal
Mar 8, 2026
Hall of Fame: The Martyrs of Matouba
Mar 7, 2026
Hall of Fame: The Violinist of Auschwitz
Mar 6, 2026
Hall of Fame: The Barber of the Hindoostane Coffee House
Mar 5, 2026
Hall of Fame: The Master of Memorials
Mar 4, 2026
Hall of Fame: The First Black Fighter Pilot
Mar 3, 2026
Hall of Fame: The Singer's Singer
Mar 2, 2026
Hall of Fame: The Tenacious Traveller
Mar 1, 2026
The Road to Vinh Linh: The Vietnam War and the Saving Rice Jar
Feb 22, 2026
A Touch of Genius: The Queer Poetry of Amy Levy
Feb 15, 2026
Smoke and Silk: Re-imagining London’s Very First Chinatown
Feb 8, 2026
Hall of Fame: Beer, Bailiffs and Balls
Feb 1, 2026
Kiss and Tell: The Fabulous Lives of Peg Plunkett, Dublin’s Courtesan Extraordinaire
Jan 25, 2026
Hall of Fame: Ireland's Pirate Queen
Jan 18, 2026
It's Complicated: Sathnam Sanghera on India's Controversial Independence Leader
Jan 11, 2026
Hall of Fame: Britain's First Black Sports Star
Jan 4, 2026
Halls of Fame: Art and Celebrity from Ludwig I to Donald Trump
Dec 28, 2025
Pilgrimage: A Christmas Trapped History Special
Dec 24, 2025
Hall of Fame: Ending Animal Cruelty one Bear at a Time
Dec 21, 2025
The Pride of the Peaks: Michaela Strachan on the Woman who Fought for Nature
Dec 14, 2025
Season 6 Taster: Beer, Sex, Rice and Freedom – the Very Best of Trapped History
Dec 8, 2025
It Only Takes a Minute: Vote for Trapped History Now!
Oct 3, 2025
Hall of Fame: Throwing Stones, Winning the Vote and Changing Women's History
Sep 15, 2025
The Genius Myth: Helen Lewis on Why We Fall for the Same Old Shtick Throughout History
Sep 8, 2025
Hall of Fame: The Medieval Sibyl of the Rhine
Sep 1, 2025
The Body is the Statement: Jet from Gladiators on History's Fitness Queen, Lady Lisa Lyon
Aug 25, 2025
Hall of Fame: Joshua Levine on History's Fancy Dress SAS
Aug 19, 2025
Making History Matter: A Live Debate with Joshua Levine and Oswin
Aug 11, 2025
Hall of Fame: Gwen Strauss on a Resistance Hero and Witness to History
Aug 4, 2025
Useless Mouths: Gwen Strauss on Untold Stories of Forbidden Love in the Holocaust
Jul 28, 2025
Hall of Fame: Sarah-Jane Morris Hails Music's Miss America
Jul 21, 2025
The Lost Singer-Songwriter: Sarah-Jane Morris on Connie Converse, Music's Hidden Hero
Jul 14, 2025
Hall of Fame: The Forgotten Hero of Architecture Minnette de Silva
Jul 7, 2025
The Difficult Conversation: The Real Nihal on Helen Bamber’s Mission to Bear Witness
Jul 1, 2025
Season 5 Special: It's A Continent x Trapped History on Patrice Lumumba
Jun 24, 2025
Season 5: History for the Curious
Jun 21, 2025
The Hall of Fame Special: Who Would You Like to Add?
Nov 13, 2024
Season 4 taster: From Broken Threads to the Animal King
Sep 27, 2024
The Animal King: Zippo, Frank Bostock and the Magic of Circus
Sep 20, 2024
Hall of Fame: Seventy-Five Letters
Sep 13, 2024
The Missing Holes: Clare Mulley on the Courage of Agent Zo
Sep 6, 2024
Hall of Fame: The Meaning of Memory
Aug 30, 2024
Dikki Redux: The Woman Behind the Record
Aug 25, 2024
The Amazing Randi: Patron Saint of Sceptics
Aug 22, 2024
Hall of Fame: Mark Twain and the Dishonesty of the American Flag
Jul 19, 2024
Making Sense of Murder: Kim Wagner on Massacres from Paris to the Philippines
Jul 11, 2024
Trapped History: The Statue Problem — To Raise Up Or To Tear Down?
Jul 10, 2024
Untold Lives: The Power Behind the Throne
Jun 20, 2024