Episodes

A burning parliament. A communist caught at the scene. Within weeks, German democracy was effectively dismantled. Was the Reichstag Fire a Nazi conspiracy — or a brilliantly exploited accident? In this ten-minute deep dive, w...

Was this the most reckless speech in modern political history? In February 1956, at the 20th Congress of the Soviet Communist Party, Nikita Khrushchev delivered a four-hour address that stunned the room — and reshaped the com...

The Teutonic Knights. Pagan forests. Crusade-by-fire. And the medieval origin story behind modern Europe’s most volatile borderlands. Antonia Senior and historian Roger Moorhouse explore the Baltic Crusades through Alexander ...

What if the origins of America’s Cold War science boom — and even the Space Race — were built on the knowledge of Nazi scientists ? In this episode, Antonia Senior and historian Roger Moorhouse dive into the dark, fascinating...

On 29 October 1929 , the world changed forever. As share prices collapsed, panic ripped through Wall Street, fortunes vanished in hours, and confidence in capitalism itself cracked. What began as a stock market crash in New Y...

Happy New Year from History Book Buffs! After our 21 Days of Christmas Book Gifts , we’re back with a special episode looking ahead to the most exciting history and historical fiction books coming out in 2026 . From Soviet as...

Welcome back to History Book Buffs for Part 2 of our 21 Days of Christmas Books series — a bumper festive episode packed with brilliant history (and a couple of cracking novels). I’m Antonia Senior — writer and journalist — j...

🎄 21 Days of Christmas Book Gifts – Round-Up of the First 10 Books 🎄 In this special episode, we run through the first ten titles in our 21 Days of Christmas Book Gifts series — a curated collection of the very best in histor...

Eighty years ago, the world watched as the Nuremberg Trial opened in a ruined German city — the first time leaders of a defeated regime were prosecuted for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and crimes against peace. In thi...

On 23 August 1939, two dictators who despised each other made a decision that reshaped the world. In this episode, we explore the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact — often known as the Nazi-Soviet Pact — and its profound impact on Euro...

🔍 Inside Operation Biting: Antonia and Roger review Operation Biting, Max Hastings's account of one of WWII’s Most Daring Raids | Churchill, Radar & Revolution Step into the shadows of World War II as we uncover the high-stak...

KeywordsU-Boat War, Wolfpack, Das Boot, WWII, German perspective, naval history, PTSD, memoirs, historical narrative, empathySummaryIn this conversation, Antonia Senior and Roger Moorhouse dive into the complexities of the U-...

In this episode of @TheHistoryBookBuffs Antonia Senior is joined by bestselling author Roger Moorhouse to discuss The CIA Book Club by Charlie English — a thrilling history of how the CIA used books as weapons in the Cold War...

In this episode of "History Book Buffs," hosts Antonia and Roger delve into the often-overlooked Tunisian campaign of World War II, as detailed in Saul David's compelling book, "Tunisgrad." Join them as they explore the strat...

Two masterpieces. Two utterly different visions of war. In this episode, the History Book Buffs go head-to-head over Storm of Steel by Ernst Jünger and All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque — the twin titans ...

In this episode, Roger Moorhouse and Antonia Senior delve into Ben McIntyre's gripping narrative, "The Siege," which masterfully recounts the harrowing events of the 1980 Iranian Embassy siege in London. Through meticulous re...

🎙️ Top Historian Roger Moorhouse & Critic Antonia Senior Take the 3 Book Challenge! 📚 In this fascinating episode of The History Book Buffs , acclaimed historian Roger Moorhouse (author of First to Fight and Devil's Alliance ...

🔊 EPISODE DESCRIPTION: In this episode, we dive into the powerhouse new release Tank by Mark Urban , a thrilling and thought-provoking history of the most iconic weapon of the 20th century. From the muddy trenches of World Wa...

🎧 What Made Nazism So Seductively Dangerous? | Roger Moorhouse & Antonia Senior on The Nazi Mind Why did millions of ordinary people embrace Nazism? In this compelling episode, historian Roger Moorhouse joins writer and criti...

🇰🇷 Why the Korean War Still Matters | Forgotten Battles, Cold War Flashpoints & Raw Human Stories 🎙️Military history enthusiasts—especially those fascinated by World War II, the Cold War, and the real cost of combat—won’t wan...

In this episode of the book review podcast, award-winning historian Roger Moorhouse and journalist Antonia Senior reflect on VE Day and discuss two significant books. 'Victory 45' by James Holland and Al Murray, which explore...

In this explosive episode, award-winning historian Roger Moorhouse and journalist Antonia Senior dive deep into Richard Overy’s Rain of Ruin — a powerful exploration of the American bombing campaign against Japan at the end o...