David Olusoga
Appearances
The Rest Is History
549. The Road to 1066: Revenge of the Vikings (Part 2)
I'm David Olusoga, historian and broadcaster.
The Rest Is History
549. The Road to 1066: Revenge of the Vikings (Part 2)
And together we are hosts of Goldhanger's latest podcast, Journey Through Time.
The Rest Is History
549. The Road to 1066: Revenge of the Vikings (Part 2)
Asking what it was like to have lived through prohibition or to have been there on the ground during the Great Fire of London. We'll be uncovering all of that.
The Rest Is History
549. The Road to 1066: Revenge of the Vikings (Part 2)
This week, we're looking at a terror attack that shocked New York, that cost American lives, caused millions of dollars of damage to buildings across Manhattan, that led to the establishment of new security agencies, and that helped push the United States towards war.
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549. The Road to 1066: Revenge of the Vikings (Part 2)
And the cast of characters for this story involves Playboy diplomats, there's a stranded sailor, an opera singer who's managing a brothel in New York, and there's a hapless spy who leaves secret documents on a train. So join us on Journey Through Time and hear a clip from the Black Tom story at the end of this episode.
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549. The Road to 1066: Revenge of the Vikings (Part 2)
Here's that clip we mentioned earlier on.
The Rest Is History
549. The Road to 1066: Revenge of the Vikings (Part 2)
And Wilson gives a very famous speech in which he uses a famous phrase, and that's a phrase that you have spent a long time studying, Sarah. And that is to ask whether these Americans who have loyalties to other nations will, when it comes down to it, whether they will put America first.