Name: Episode #36 - China, Dynasty by Dynasty, Part 1 by History Is Sexy
Duration: 1 h 4 min 47 s
Description: It's our most ambitious episode ever, can we fit thousands of years of Chinese history into just two hours? We'll certainly give it a try! Strap in for a whistle-stop tour of Chinese history, as told by Emma and Janina.

How did the various states that've existed on the British Isles/North Atlantic Archipelago coalesce, fracture, and coalesce over and over until it became the country we know today? A thousand years of history, all in just over an hour!

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Episode #77 - Why Is The UK "United"?

Janina's on a bit of a break, but history never sleeps, so Emma is joined by acclaimed podcaster HR Owen for a deep dive into perhaps one of the most dramatic families in history, the Ptolemys.

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Episode #78 - The Ptrouble With Ptolemys, Part 1 (feat. HR Owen)

Emma is joined by HR Owen once again to discuss the most dramatic family in Classical Egypt!

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Episode #79  - The Ptrouble With Ptolemys - Part 2! (Feat. HR Owen)

Willkommen in Österreich! Emma is joined by History Is Sexy producer and Austria Correspondent Oliver to have a look at a story that's captured Austrian hearts for a hundred years, the life of Empress Elisabeth.

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Episode #80 - What's The Deal With Empress Elisabeth?

Graham and Ali from Rex Factor are here and we're talking about England's most consequential Queen Consorts, and all the skulduggery she got up to!

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Episode #81 - History is Rexy! Anne Boleyn (feat. Rex Factor)

... and were they really so dark?

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Episode #82 - What Makes The Dark Ages "Dark"?

The most devious, murderous cut-throat family of renaissance Italy.. or misunderstood victims of slanderous propaganda? Emma and Janina take a look at one of Italy's most infamous families, their rise, and fall.

Episode #83 - The Borgias

Who are some of the most badass saints? What were their lives like? What's a "desert father"? Find out all of this and more!

Episode #84 - Badass Saints

Dormice? Sow's Uterus? What on earth did the Romans eat? Join Emma and Janina for a culinary odyssey through the world of Roman Food.

Episode #85 - What Did The Romans Eat?

How big of a dickhead was Napoleon III, anyway? 

Episode #86 - Napoleon III

It's our most ambitious episode ever, can we fit thousands of years of Chinese history into just two hours? We'll certainly give it a try! Strap in for a whistle-stop tour of Chinese history, as told by Emma and Janina.

Episode #36 - China, Dynasty by Dynasty, Part 1

History is Sexy is a podcast presented by historian Dr Emma Southon and writer Janina Matthewson answering listener questions about history. What did the Romans do for us? Where did marrying for love come from? What was world war one all about? Produced and edited by Oliver Kealey. Theme music by Ketsa.

Episode #36 - China, Dynasty by Dynasty, Part 1

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