Legacy

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Original Legacy Productions Visit website › History · EN · 201 episodes · latest 2026-11-12

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Afua Hirsch and Peter Frankopan tell the wild stories of some of the most extraordinary men and women ever to have lived – and ask whether they have the rep they deserve. Should Nina Simone’s role in the civil rights movement be more celebrated than it is? When you find out what Picasso got up to in his studio, can you still admire his art? Was Napoleon a hero or a tyrant - or both? (And, while we’re at it, was he even short?) Legacy is the show that looks at big lives from the perspective of now – and doesn’t always like what it sees. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Inbox: The People Australia Forgot | Santilla Chingaipe

2026-11-12 · 41 min

What did one line on a gallery label reveal about Britain’s First Fleet? How did people who resisted slavery in the Caribbean end up in Australian penal colonies? And, what happens to Australia’s founding story when you…
Tupac Shakur | Poet and Provocateur | 2 E

2026-11-10 · 32 min · Episode 181

Why did the US vice president want Tupac’s debut album pulled from shops? What did Tupac see in a newspaper that made him write ‘Brenda’s Got a Baby’? And, what happened when the persona he built began to take over?In…
Inbox: A Ghost Story for Palestine | Amy Abdelnoor

2026-11-05 · 39 min

Content warning: this episode includes discussion of war, killing and the ongoing violence in Gaza.Why did a cactus in an empty Palestinian village become the start of a novel?What happens when the ghost of a girl…
Tupac Shakur | Born Into the Struggle | 1

2026-11-03 · 35 min · Episode 180

Content warning: this episode includes violence, drug addiction and references to sexual abuse.How did a pregnant Black Panther with no legal training defend herself against 156 charges, and win?Why did she name her son…
Inbox: Oranges, Sunshine and a Storm Coming | Sebastian Faulks

2026-10-29 · 41 min

What were British soldiers doing in Palestine in 1945, between the oranges, the swimming and the bombs?Why does the Christmas show in Sebastian Faulks's Jerusalem swap Gilbert and Sullivan for Oscar Wilde?And, how did a…
Legacy Live: Elif Shafak | 16 November, Kings Place

2026-10-27 · 2 min

Come and join us live! On Monday 16 November, Peter Frankopan and Afua Hirsch will be on stage at Kings Place in London with the wonderful Elif Shafak.Her extraordinary new novel, In One Brief Moment All Eternity, tells…
The Earth Transformed | The Eye of the Storm | 4

2026-10-27 · 33 min · Episode 179

What did a run of terrible Caribbean hurricanes have to do with American independence?How did a volcano in Indonesia help give us Frankenstein?And, why were so many of the people fighting for civil rights also fighting…
Inbox: Barbara Cartland, The Great Dictator | Matthew Sweet

2026-10-22 · 44 min

How did a woman lying on a sofa with a Pekingese on her lap write 723 books?Why did the queen of pink chiffon put shoe polish on her eyelashes?And, if she sold around 750 million copies, why can't you find her books in…
The Earth Transformed | Africa and Us | 3

2026-10-20 · 37 min · Episode 178

Why were the first cowboys in the Americas from West Africa?What does it mean in Akan culture when a man "eats from another woman's pot"?And, could a mosquito be the reason Ghana never became a settler colony like South…
Inbox: Six Men, Three Vans and a US Air Base | Iran, Putin and Oil

2026-10-15 · 23 min

How do six men in three vans outside a Cotswolds air base end with America flying its bombers home?What can 300,000 tonnes of Russian diesel actually do for American drivers?And, are a quiet corner of England, an…

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Oldest episode in feed: 11/2023 · over 3 years
Typical length: 42 min
Format: Episodic Newest first, episodes stand alone

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