{"id":237,"date":"2016-11-17T10:17:43","date_gmt":"2016-11-17T10:17:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/gpmeme\/?p=237"},"modified":"2017-03-14T11:36:36","modified_gmt":"2017-03-14T11:36:36","slug":"unlocking-the-history-of-the-unexpected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/gpmeme\/2016\/11\/17\/unlocking-the-history-of-the-unexpected\/","title":{"rendered":"Unlocking the history of the unexpected"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-239 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/gpmeme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2016\/11\/Histories-of-the-unexpected.jpg\" alt=\"histories-of-the-unexpected\" width=\"170\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/gpmeme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2016\/11\/Histories-of-the-unexpected.jpg 170w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/gpmeme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2016\/11\/Histories-of-the-unexpected-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 170px) 100vw, 170px\" \/>A major new series of podcasts that aim to unlock history has recently been launched. Created by James Daybell, Professor of Early Modern History, and Honorary Research Fellow Dr Sam Willis, <em>Histories of the Unexpected<\/em>\u00a0demonstrates that anything can have a fascinating history and that everything links together in unexpected ways. \u00a0Topics up for discussion during the series include the orange, zombies, gloves, paperclips, dragons, graffiti, and blood. The podcasts are available to download on the <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/podcast\/histories-of-the-unexpected\/id1157596973?mt=2&amp;i=375650942\" target=\"_blank\">History Hit Podcast<\/a> network, which is home to the hugely successful <em>Dan Snow\u2019s History Hit<\/em>, regularly the number one history podcast on iTunes in the UK. Further information can be found on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plymouth.ac.uk\/research\/institutes\/arts-institute\/podcast-histories-of-the-unexpected\" target=\"_blank\">Plymouth University website.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A major new series of podcasts that aim to unlock history has recently been launched. Created by James Daybell, Professor of Early Modern History, and Honorary Research Fellow Dr Sam Willis, Histories of the Unexpected\u00a0demonstrates that anything can have a fascinating history and that everything links together in unexpected ways. \u00a0Topics up for discussion during&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/gpmeme\/2016\/11\/17\/unlocking-the-history-of-the-unexpected\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Unlocking the history of the unexpected<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[7,5],"class_list":["post-237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-histories-of-the-unexpected","tag-james-daybell","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/gpmeme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/gpmeme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/gpmeme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/gpmeme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/gpmeme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/gpmeme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":243,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/gpmeme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237\/revisions\/243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/gpmeme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/gpmeme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/gpmeme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}