Prehis/Stories
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Horror Part 3 - Ep 33
26 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The long arm of the prehistoric past reaches through the millennia to grab our attention, and, in this episode, to grab us by the throat. Yes...
Horror Part 2 - Ep 32
27 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The long arm of the prehistoric past reaches through the millennia to grab our attention, and, in this episode, to grab us by the throat. Yes...
Horror Part 1 - Ep 31
23 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The long arm of the prehistoric past reaches through the millennia to grab our attention, and, in this episode, to grab us by the throat. Yes...
Christmas Books - Ep 30
24 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Join Kim as she talks to Professor Chris Gosden of Oxford University about the historical and prehistorical links to Christmas books we all k...
Iceman - Ep 29
24 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Kim talks to stone tool specialist and experimental archaeologist Dr James Dilley about the film Iceman, a dramatic reconstruction of the las...
Folklore and prehistoric sites - Ep 28
29 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ghosts, magic, witches and sacrifice, just in time for Halloween! Kim talks to Sue Greaney and Joana Valdez-Tullet about folklore and prehist...
On Raven's Wing - Ep 27
21 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I talk to Dr Rena Maguire about On Raven’s Wing by Morgan Llywelyn. This book is a retelling of part of the Ulster Cycle, especially the li...
The Book of Taliesin - Ep 26
10 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Kim talks to Erin Kavanagh, a poet and geomythologist based in Wales about the old Welsh “Book of Taliesin”, especially the recent transl...
Viper's Daughter by Michelle Paver - Ep 25
22 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It’s been two years since we published the last episode, and it’s been ten years since Michelle Paver published the last of her Chronicle...
Prehistories Promo - Starting Soon on The APN
02 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Prehistories is back and to celebrate its return, the show goes back to its roots. Kim sits down to talk to Michelle Paver, author of Wolf Br...
BONUS - 5 Year Message From Kim Biddulph of Prehistories
05 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
To celebrate the APN turning 5, we have asked some of our hosts what the network means to them. Kim Biddulph of the Prehistories podcast talk...
Early Man (film) - Episode 24
22 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
I give Early Man the Prehi/stories treatment with James Dilley, an ancient technology specialist, and Erin Kavanagh, who is interested in how...
Boy with the Bronze Axe - Episode 23
22 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The Boy with the Bronze Axe by Kathleen Fidler is set in the Neolithic Orkney settlement of Skara Brae. Though written for children this book...
Warrior Scarlet - Episode 22
28 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Warrior Scarlet by Rosemary Sutcliff is a book set in the transition from Bronze to Iron Age, but that's the least interesting thing about it...
One Million Years BC to The Last Hunter - Episode 21
02 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Take a few archaeologists who think they're film buffs and what have you got? A prehistoric film special! From fur bikinis to inter-species r...
A Night in an Iron Age Hillfort - Episode 20
28 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Kim Biddulph and friends spent the night in an Iron Age Hillfort sharing food, exchanging stories, and discussion ideas. It was an amazing ni...
Archer, Journey to Stonehenge - Episode 19
03 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Jane Brayne has written and illustrated a comic strip style picture book on the journey of the Amesbury Archer, and kindly appears as a guest...
Mezolith - Episode 18
25 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Mezolith is a graphic novel set loosely in the Mesolithic period (with shades of the Palaeolithic) somewhere in northern Europe. Written by B...
Archaeological Comics - Episode 17
19 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Kim talks to three archaeological comic writers and artists - John Swogger, Hannah Sackett, and Katy Whittaker - about their work and the cur...
The First Drawing and Stone Age Boy - Episode 16
01 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Two children's picturebooks are the subject of episode 16 of Prehi/stories. Picturebooks may be the first contact children have with prehisto...
The Inheritors - Episode 15
30 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Pope of UCL and Beccy Scott of the British Museum shed light on the extraordinary tale of the Neanderthal Lok and his extended family...
The People of the River by Michael Gear and Katheen O'Neal Gear - Episode 14
09 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
To move away from being totally Eurocentric, Prehi/stories takes a look at fiction set in North America. The People of the River is set in Ca...
The Undreamed Shores by Mark Patton - Episode 13
08 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
I talk to the archaeologist/author, Mark Patton, about his first book, The Undreamed Shores, which is set at the end of the Neolithic in the ...
A Game of Thrones - Episode 12
29 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
There is a law that every podcast about books will eventually talk about A Game of Thrones, and that's where we've got to on Prehi/stories. K...
Whitestone Stories by John R Barrett - Episode 11
09 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
A first for this podcast is to have the author of the book on to talk about it, so we welcome John R Barrett to Prehi/stories, and Brian Wilk...
Poetry Special - Episode 10
07 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
A poet, a prehistorian and a podcaster sit down to Skype. That's not a joke, that's what happened for this episode where my guests were Erin ...
Asterix and the Britons - Episode 9
13 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
What can Asterix tell us about the prehistoric past? Not very much, it turns out, but we have a bit of fun anyway. I talk to my husband, Edwa...
Stig of the Dump - Episode 8
03 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Professional Neanderthal botherer Beccy Scott joins me to talk about the nation's favourite Neanderthal, Stig of the Dump. Many of you will h...
Clan of the Cave Bear: Valley of the Horses - Episode 7
01 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
I talk to the awesome superteam of bloggers, the Twilight Beasts, namely Rena Maguire, Ross Barnett and Jan Freedman, about the charismatic a...
Stonehenge by Bernard Cornwell - Episode 6
29 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
I talk to Susan Greaney of English Heritage about Bernard Cornwell's epic novel about Stonehenge. Despite noticing some chronological finessi...
The Ravens by James Dyer - Episode 5
24 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
The Ravens is a children's book about the first Roman invasion in 55 B.C. set around Hertfordshire and particularly the hillfort now known as...
The Gathering Night - Episode 4
28 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
I go back to the Mesolithic in earnest in this episode and talk to Caroline Wickham-Jones and Spencer Carter about a wonderful tale that is p...
Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M Auel - Episode 3
31 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
What you need when discussing Clan of the Cave Bear are two Neanderthal experts, which is what I got – Rebecca Wragg Sykes of Bordeaux Univ...
Wolf Brother by Michelle Paver - Episode 2
28 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
My guests are Matt Ritchie, Forestry Commission Scotland's archaeologist, Donald Henson, studying for a PhD in Public Perceptions of the Meso...
Stories and Prehistory: An Introduction to the Podcast - Episode 1
28 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
I talk to Tristan Boyle, host of the Anarchaeologist Podcast and the instigator of my podcasting career, and get him to care about stories in...