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A thrice-weekly history podcast bringing you the history you love and that you didn‘t know you would love until now.
- 19 minutes 47 secondsSanctioned: The Inside Story of the Sale of Chelsea FC with Nick Purewal
The sale of Chelsea FC in 2022 saw politics play a vital role in the sale of football. Nick Purewal, the then AP correspondent assigned to Chelsea had a ringside seat to the remarkable £2 billion pound sale. Nick joins us to discuss interviewing everyone from Roman Abramovich down with Chelsea fan Alex and Matt, who couldn't care less...
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1 April 2026, 8:17 pm - 20 minutes 21 secondsRemembering Len Deighton - Bomber
On the 17th March 2026, author Len Deighton passed away at the age of 97. To remember this wonderful author, Boney is in the hot seat as he tries to convince Alex that Bomber is a must read from the extensive cateloge of Deighton's books.
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Buy Len Deighton's Bomber at our Bookshop.org shop. Support authors, indie bookshops and us!
UK Link: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/16621/9780241493700
US Link: https://bookshop.org/a/118682/9780802161611
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18 March 2026, 6:00 am - 19 minutes 35 secondsEden Undone with Abbott Kahler
At the beginning of the Great Depression, three groups of Germans moved to Floreana Island in the Galápagos to create their own utopia. Over the coming years, paradise crumbled into sex, acrimony, and eventually murder. Author Abbott Kahler joins Alex and Boney to ask what the hell happened and to convince you to buy Abbott's book, in just 15 minutes.
Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see behind the scenes and find out how the book was written. You can subscribe here: https://www.patreon.com/cw/15MinuteBookClub
Buy Eden Undone: A True Story of Sex, Murder and Utopia at the Dawn of World War II by Abbott Kahler at our Bookshop.org shop. Support authors, indie bookshops and us!
UK Link - https://uk.bookshop.org/a/16621/9780008729721
US Link - https://bookshop.org/a/118682/9780451498663
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11 March 2026, 6:00 am - 18 minutes 54 secondsThe Age of Alchemy with Kit Chapman
Our old buddy Kit Chapman joins us to tell us all about his new book, which looks at the global quest to achieve immortality, cure all disease and transmute lead into gold as he reveals the illuminating stories of how the alchemists first broke new ground and shaped the scientific method.
Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see behind the scenes and find out how the book was written. You can subscribe here: https://www.patreon.com/cw/15MinuteBookClub
Pre-order The Age of Alchemy: The Secret History of Chemistry from Ancient Magic to Modern Science by Kit Chapman at our Bookshop.org shop. Support authors, indie bookshops and us!
UK Link - Out on 30 Apr 2026: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/16621/9781805221159
US Link - Out on 20 OCT 2026: https://bookshop.org/a/118682/9781778404177
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Buy [INSERT BOOK TITLE] at our Bookshop.org shop. Support authors, indie bookshops and us!
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4 March 2026, 6:00 am - 19 minutes 12 secondsThe Death of Trotsky with Josh Ireland
In August 1940, a man walked into Leon Trotsky's study in Mexico City and drove an ice pick into his skull. While the death of Trotsky is well known, the paths taken to that fateful day in Mexico City are not, and Josh Ireland had an incredible story tell, but can he convince you to buy his book in just 15 minutes?
Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see behind the scenes and find out how the book was written. You can subscribe here: https://www.patreon.com/cw/15MinuteBookClub
Buy The Death of Trotsky by Josh Ireland at our Bookshop.org shop. Support authors, indie bookshops and us!
UK Link: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/16621/9781399827294
US Link: https://bookshop.org/a/118682/9780593187104
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0:00 Welcome to the 15 Minute Book Club
1:27 Introducing Our Guest: Josh Ireland
2:20 The Life of Leon Trotsky
6:02 Trotsky's Rivalry with Stalin
12:09 The Plot to Kill Trotsky
13:53 The Assassin: Ramon Mercader
16:37 The Relevance of Trotsky Today
Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see behind the scenes and find out how the book was written. You can subscribe here: https://www.patreon.com/cw/15MinuteBookClub
Watch the video version: https://www.youtube.com/@15MinuteBook_Club
Buy [INSERT BOOK TITLE] at our Bookshop.org shop. Support authors, indie bookshops and us!
UK Link:
US Link:
Visit our Bookshop with books from all of our guests via the links below:
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25 February 2026, 6:00 am - 17 minutes 45 secondsHouse of Diggs with Marion Orr
Congressman Charles C. Diggs Jr. led a political career spanning from1951 to 1980. He was the only federal official to attend the trial of Emmett Till's killers, worked behind the scenes with Martin Luther King Jr., and founded the Congressional Black Caucus. Brown University's Prof. Marion Orr, author of a new biography of Diggs, House of Diggs, has just 15 minutes to convince you to learn more and buy his book.
Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see behind the scenes and find out how the book was written. You can subscribe here: https://www.patreon.com/cw/15MinuteBookClub
Buy House of Diggs: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Consequential Black Congressman, Charles C. Diggs, Jr at the links below:
UK Link: https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/House-of-Diggs-by-Marion-Orr/9781469689326
US Link: https://uncpress.org/9781469689326/house-of-diggs/
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(UK) https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/15MinuteBookClub
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Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see behind the scenes and find out how the book was written. You can subscribe here: https://www.patreon.com/cw/15MinuteBookClub
Watch the video version: https://www.youtube.com/@15MinuteBook_Club
Buy [INSERT BOOK TITLE] at our Bookshop.org shop. Support authors, indie bookshops and us!
UK Link:
US Link:
Visit our Bookshop with books from all of our guests via the links below:
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4 February 2026, 6:00 am - 18 minutes 23 secondsThe Revolutionists with Jason Burke
In the 1970s, extremists like Leila Khaled, Carlos the Jackal, and the Baader-Meinhof Gang captured the world's attention with their hijackings and murders. In The Revolutionists, Jason Burke takes on an incredible journey from how various groups of leftist radicals took on Israel and the West and then morphed into something entirely more dangerous.
Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see behind the scenes and find out how the book was written. You can subscribe here: https://www.patreon.com/cw/15MinuteBookClub
Buy The Revolutionists: The Story of the Extremists Who Hijacked the 1970s at our Bookshop.org shop. Support authors, indie bookshops and us!
UK Link: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/16621/9781847926067
US Link: https://bookshop.org/a/118682/9780525659433
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Buy [INSERT BOOK TITLE] at our Bookshop.org shop. Support authors, indie bookshops and us!
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28 January 2026, 12:44 pm - 19 minutes 29 secondsLazarus: The Second Coming of David Bowie with Alexander Larman
From mockery to global mourning, the last 30 years of David Bowie's life were a creative whirlwind of hits, misses, films and side projects that culminated in two remarkable albums in the years before his death in 2016. Alexander Larman joins us to convince you buy his new Bowie biography, Lazarus: The Second Coming of David Bowie, and he only has 15 minutes to do it.
Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see behind the scenes and find out how the book was written. You can subscribe here: https://www.patreon.com/cw/15MinuteBookClub
Buy Lazarus: The Second Coming of David Bowie at our Bookshop.org shop. Support authors, indie bookshops and us!
UK Link: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/16621/9781917923446
US Link: https://bookshop.org/a/118682/9798897100804
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(UK) https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/15MinuteBookClub
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Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see behind the scenes and find out how the book was written. You can subscribe here: https://www.patreon.com/cw/15MinuteBookClub
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Buy [INSERT BOOK TITLE] at our Bookshop.org shop. Support authors, indie bookshops and us!
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21 January 2026, 6:00 am - 19 minutes 46 secondsQuantum of Menace with Vaseem Khan
It is always great to welcome back old History Hack friends and Vaseem Khan returns with a corcker! Q has been kicked out of MI:6, and when Q's old school chum ends up dead, it's time for him to find out what happened. Vaseem has 15 minutes to convince you to join Q on his new adventure outside of the hallowed walls of The River House.
Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see behind the scenes and find out how the book was written. You can subscribe here: https://www.patreon.com/cw/15MinuteBookClub
Grab your copy of Quantum of Menace at the 15-Minute Book Club Bookshop.org. 10% of every sale supports the show while also ensuring authors and independent bookshops get their fair share too:
UK Link: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/16621/9781804188651
No US release just yet. Watch this space!
Visit our Bookshop with books from all of our guests via the links below:
(UK) https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/15MinuteBookClub
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Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see behind the scenes and find out how the book was written. You can subscribe here: https://www.patreon.com/cw/15MinuteBookClub
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Buy [INSERT BOOK TITLE] at our Bookshop.org shop. Support authors, indie bookshops and us!
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14 January 2026, 6:00 am - 17 minutes 44 secondsThe Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective with Sarah Lodge
Sherlock Holmes dominates the thoughts of the Victorian detective; in her Wolfson History Prize shortlist book, Sarah Lodge brings to life the real women who brought justice to Victorian streets and in the fiction of the time. Can Sarah convince you to buy her book in just 15 minutes?
Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes in which you get to see behind the scenes and find out how the book was written. You can subscribe here: https://www.patreon.com/cw/15MinuteBookClub
Buy the book (UK) https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/15MinuteBookClub
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Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see behind the scenes and find out how the book was written. You can subscribe here: https://www.patreon.com/cw/15MinuteBookClub
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Buy [INSERT BOOK TITLE] at our Bookshop.org shop. Support authors, indie bookshops and us!
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7 January 2026, 7:00 am - 18 minutes 1 secondThe Surgeon, The Midwife, The Quack: How to Stay Alive in Renaissance England with Alanna Skuse
In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, a medical revolution was afoot. Alanna Skuse ventures into the bustling medical marketplace of Renaissance England – a world of travelling surgeons, prosthetics craftsmen, faith healers and snake oil merchants. Can Alanna convince you to join her in just 15 minutes?
Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes in which you get to see behind the scenes and find out how the book was written. You can subscribe here: https://www.patreon.com/cw/15MinuteBookClub
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