Real Dictators

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Reviews: 22
Episodes: 132


 May 31, 2024


 Apr 14, 2024

rey zaldy serna
 Jan 29, 2024
noiser? it must be good, very very good.

Greg Radford
 Oct 6, 2023
I love Paul's narration, I came here from A Short History. so good to listen to.


 Aug 14, 2022

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Real Dictators is the award-winning podcast that explores the hidden lives of history's tyrants. Hosted by Paul McGann, with contributions from eyewitnesses and expert historians. New episodes available one week early for Noiser+ subscribers. You'll also get ad-free listening and exclusive content. To find out more about Noiser+, head to noiser.com/subscriptions. For advertising enquiries, email info@adelicious.fm Production: Joel Duddell, Ed Baranski, Miriam Baines, Tom Pink, George Tapp, Dorry Macaulay, Cian Ryan-Morgan, Anisha Devadasan, Joseph McGann. Compositions by Oliver Baines, Dorry Macaulay, Tom Pink. We are sponsored by Indeed. Go to Indeed.com/real for £100 sponsored credit.

Episode Date
Benito Mussolini Part 2: The March on Rome
Dec 18, 2024
Introducing: Sherlock Holmes Short Stories
Dec 16, 2024
Benito Mussolini Part 1: Italy’s Fascist Godfather
Dec 11, 2024
General Videla Part 4: Dictator in the Courtroom
Nov 20, 2024
General Videla Part 3: God, Football, the Falklands
Nov 13, 2024
General Videla Part 2: Mr Clean’s Dirty War
Nov 06, 2024
General Videla Part 1: The Skinny One and the Witch
Oct 30, 2024
BONUS: Dictators’ Books
Sep 24, 2024
Pinochet Part 3: Searching for the Disappeared
Sep 10, 2024
Pinochet Part 2: The Caravan of Death
Sep 03, 2024
Pinochet Part 1: An Arrest in London
Aug 27, 2024
Introducing: D-Day: The Tide Turns - Episode 1
Jun 05, 2024
Oliver Cromwell Part 4: The Conquest of Ireland
May 07, 2024
Oliver Cromwell Part 3: To Kill a King…
Apr 30, 2024
Oliver Cromwell Part 2: Civil War Across the Realms
Apr 23, 2024
Oliver Cromwell Part 1: The Rise of Ironsides
Apr 16, 2024
Introducing: The Curious History of Your Home - Baths
Apr 11, 2024
Enver Hoxha Part 2: Stalin’s Shadow, Europe’s North Korea
Mar 20, 2024
Enver Hoxha Part 1: The Albanian School Teacher
Mar 13, 2024
Herod the Great Part 2: Murders in the Family
Dec 27, 2023
Herod the Great Part 1: Ruler of Galilee
Dec 20, 2023
Saddam Hussein Part 5: The War on Terror
Dec 13, 2023
Saddam Hussein Part 4: The First Gulf War
Dec 06, 2023
Saddam Hussein Part 3: Oil and the Ayatollah
Nov 29, 2023
Saddam Hussein Part 2: Enforcer, Frontman, Mafia Godfather
Nov 22, 2023
Saddam Hussein Part 1: Son of the Alleyways
Nov 15, 2023
Macías Nguema Part 2: Hiding in the Jungle with all the Money
Nov 08, 2023
Macías Nguema Part 1: The Dachau of Africa
Nov 01, 2023
Hitler: The Bunker and the End (Part 25)
Oct 03, 2023
Hitler: Operation Valkyrie, Blowing up the Führer (Part 24)
Sep 26, 2023
Hitler: Mussolini’s Prison Break (Part 23)
Sep 19, 2023
Hitler: The Battle of Stalingrad (Part 22)
Sep 12, 2023
Adolf Hitler: The Final Solution (Part 21)
Sep 05, 2023
Introducing: Real Survival Stories - Glacier Escape
Aug 16, 2023
Attila the Hun Part 2: The Scourge of God
Aug 08, 2023
Attila the Hun Part 1: The Sword of Mars
Aug 01, 2023
Manuel Noriega Part 3: Bush Invades Panama
Jul 11, 2023
Manuel Noriega Part 2: A Tale of Two Spy Chiefs
Jul 04, 2023
Manuel Noriega Part 1: The Narco Dictator
Jun 27, 2023
BONUS: Dictators’ Chefs
May 09, 2023
Introducing: Detectives Don’t Sleep - The Nazi Art Mystery (Part 1 of 3)
Apr 17, 2023
Hitler: Attack on Russia, War with America… (Part 20)
Mar 15, 2023
Adolf Hitler vs Winston Churchill (Part 19)
Mar 08, 2023
Hitler: A Brush With Death… (Part 18)
Mar 01, 2023
Hitler’s Birthday, Poland’s Doom (Part 17)
Feb 22, 2023
Hitler: The Gathering Storm... (Part 16)
Feb 15, 2023
Adolf Hitler: Unassailable Führer (Part 15)
Feb 08, 2023
Robert Mugabe Part 4: A Game of Thrones
Nov 30, 2022
Robert Mugabe Part 3: Zimbabwe’s Tsunami
Nov 23, 2022
Robert Mugabe Part 2: The Leopard’s True Spots…
Nov 16, 2022
Robert Mugabe Part 1: The Young Scholar
Nov 09, 2022
Robert Mugabe: Coming Soon on Real Dictators…
Oct 25, 2022
Lenin Part 4: Ghost at the Kremlin
Oct 18, 2022
Lenin Part 3: First Russia, Then the World…
Oct 11, 2022
Lenin Part 2: Underground, On the Run
Oct 04, 2022
Lenin Part 1: The Revolution is Born
Sep 27, 2022
Vladimir Lenin: Coming Soon on Real Dictators…
Sep 13, 2022
Napoleon Part 6: Showdown at Waterloo
Sep 06, 2022
Napoleon Part 5: Downfall in Russia
Aug 30, 2022
Napoleon Part 4: The Emperor Strikes Back
Aug 23, 2022
Napoleon Part 3: The Egyptian Adventure
Aug 16, 2022
Napoleon Part 2: The Italian Job
Aug 09, 2022
Napoleon Part 1: The Humble Corsican
Aug 02, 2022
Napoleon: Coming Soon on Real Dictators…
Jul 19, 2022
Pol Pot Part 4: The Killing Fields
Jul 05, 2022
Pol Pot Part 3: Vietnam War, Cambodian Revolution
Jun 28, 2022
Pol Pot Part 2: Welcome to the Jungle
Jun 21, 2022
Pol Pot Part 1: Tyrant in the Shadows
Jun 21, 2022
Pol Pot: Coming Soon on Real Dictators…
Jun 14, 2022
Introducing: Real Outlaws - Billy the Kid Part 1
May 24, 2022
Julius Caesar Part 3: Murder in the Senate
May 17, 2022
Julius Caesar Part 2: Rendezvous With Cleopatra
May 10, 2022
Julius Caesar Part 1: The Roman Dictator
May 03, 2022
Julius Caesar: Coming Soon on Real Dictators...
Apr 26, 2022
Genghis Khan Part 2: Rise of the Mongols
Mar 29, 2022
Genghis Khan Part 1: Underdog to Emperor
Mar 23, 2022
Hitler: Night of the Long Knives (Part 14)
Mar 16, 2022
Hitler: The Reichstag Fire (Part 13)
Mar 09, 2022
Adolf Hitler Seizes Power (Part 12)
Mar 02, 2022
Hitler's Secret Family (Part 11)
Feb 23, 2022
Hitler's Women & Joseph Goebbels (Part 10)
Feb 16, 2022
Introducing: Short History Of... Bonnie and Clyde
Feb 11, 2022
Hitler in Prison & Mein Kampf (Part 9)
Feb 09, 2022
Adolf Hitler's Day in Court (Part 8)
Feb 02, 2022
Turkmenbashy Part 2: Putin, Taliban, Internet Shutdown
Jan 26, 2022
Turkmenbashy Part 1: Soviet Stooge, Hermit Tyrant
Jan 14, 2022
Idi Amin Part 6: The Entebbe Raid
Dec 22, 2021
Idi Amin Part 5: Husband, Father, Movie Star
Dec 15, 2021
Idi Amin Part 4: Expulsion of the Asians
Dec 08, 2021
Idi Amin Part 3: ‘Big Daddy’ Seizes Power
Dec 01, 2021
Idi Amin Part 2: Warlord In-Waiting...
Nov 24, 2021
Idi Amin Part 1: The Butcher of Uganda
Nov 17, 2021
Introducing: History Daily
Nov 01, 2021
Introducing: Short History Of...
Aug 10, 2021
Colonel Gaddafi Part 8: The Arab Spring
Aug 03, 2021
Colonel Gaddafi Part 7: 9/11 and a New Ally
Jul 27, 2021
Colonel Gaddafi Part 6: The Lockerbie Bombing
Jul 20, 2021
Colonel Gaddafi Part 5: Reagan vs Gaddafi
Jul 13, 2021
Colonel Gaddafi Part 4: The Munich Olympic Massacre
Jul 06, 2021
Colonel Gaddafi Part 3: Vengeance Day
Jun 29, 2021
Colonel Gaddafi Part 2: Gaddafi in London
Jun 22, 2021
Colonel Gaddafi Part 1: Son of the Desert
Jun 15, 2021
Franco Part 5: Life After a Dictator
Jun 08, 2021
Franco Part 4: The Cold War & the President
Jun 01, 2021
Franco Part 3: The Spanish Civil War
May 25, 2021
Franco Part 2: Murder in Africa
May 18, 2021
Franco Part 1: Spain’s Buried Past
May 11, 2021
Adolf Hitler Part 7: The Day of Treason
May 04, 2021
Adolf Hitler Part 6: Hitler’s Secret Book
Apr 27, 2021
Adolf Hitler Part 5: The Stormtroopers Arrive
Apr 20, 2021
Adolf Hitler Part 4: The Spy Becomes the Nazi Leader
Apr 13, 2021
Adolf Hitler Part 3: The 'Stab in the Back'
Apr 06, 2021
Adolf Hitler Part 2: Hitler in the First World War
Mar 30, 2021
Adolf Hitler Part 1: Birth of a Führer
Mar 24, 2021
Introducing: Real Narcos Season 2 - Félix Gallardo
Jan 26, 2021
General Tojo Part 4: The Atom Bombs
Dec 07, 2020
General Tojo Part 3: Attack on Pearl Harbor
Nov 30, 2020
General Tojo Part 2: Terror in China
Nov 22, 2020
General Tojo Part 1: The Young Samurai
Nov 16, 2020
Papa Doc Part 3: Vampire of the Caribbean
Sep 09, 2020
Papa Doc Part 2: Haiti’s Dictator vs JFK
Sep 02, 2020
Papa Doc Part 1: The Voodoo Tyrant
Aug 26, 2020
Mao Zedong Part 3: The Cultural Revolution
Aug 11, 2020
Mao Zedong Part 2: The ‘Great Leap Forward’
Aug 04, 2020
Mao Zedong Part 1: Peasant’s Son, Communist Rebel
Jul 28, 2020
Joseph Stalin Part 3: Hitler Attacks
Jul 14, 2020
Joseph Stalin Part 2: The Secretary Becomes Dictator
Jul 08, 2020
Joseph Stalin Part 1: The Young Bank Robber
Jul 01, 2020
Kim Jong-il Part 3: Nuclear Armed
Jun 24, 2020
Kim Jong-il Part 2: Time to Make a Movie…
Jun 15, 2020
Kim Jong-il Part 1: Birth of North Korea
Jun 08, 2020
Trailer: Real Dictators
Apr 11, 2020