Peter and Afua return to uncover the far-reaching — and often unsettling — legacy of Martin Luther. From shaping Henry VIII’s England and Europe’s bloody religious wars to influencing education, nationhood, and even Nazi ideology, Luther’s impact is as complex as it is profound. A flawed revolutionary who changed the world — for better and for worse. Join Legacy+ for bonus episodes, early access, Q&A's, fewer adverts and more. legacy.supportingcast.fm Stay connected with Legacy: Instagram: @...
Oct 23, 2025•45 min•Ep. 88
He defied the Church and changed the world. Peter Frankopan and Afua Hirsch explore the life and legacy of Martin Luther — the rebel monk who sparked the Reformation, transformed faith, and left a legacy both heroic and deeply troubling. Join Legacy+ for bonus episodes, early access, Q&A's, fewer adverts and more. legacy.supportingcast.fm Stay connected with Legacy: Instagram: @originallegacypodcast TikTok: @legacy_productions Explore more from Peter and Afua — essays, sources, and ideas: Su...
Oct 21, 2025•51 min•Season 23Ep. 87
Legacy is back with Part 2 of The Humble Potato. How a miracle crop turned to misery — fuelling famine, exile, and the fight for Irish independence. Join Legacy+ for bonus episodes, early access, Q&A's, fewer adverts and more. legacy.supportingcast.fm Stay connected with Legacy: Instagram: @originallegacypodcast TikTok: @legacy_productions Explore more from Peter and Afua — essays, sources, and ideas: Substack: peterfrankopan.substack.com | afuahirsch.substack.com Hosted on Acast. See acast....
Oct 16, 2025•41 min•Season 23Ep. 86
Legacy is back! This time, Peter Frankopan and Afua Hirsch dig into the story of the humble potato — before becoming the centrepiece of the Sunday roast, this unassuming root built empires, toppled economies, and quietly changed the world. Join Legacy+ for bonus episodes, early access, Q&A's, fewer adverts and more. legacy.supportingcast.fm Stay connected with Legacy: Instagram: @originallegacypodcast TikTok: @legacy_productions Explore more from Peter and Afua — essays, sources, and ideas: ...
Oct 14, 2025•46 min•Season 23Ep. 85
Joan's last-minute change of heart seals her fate. She faces the end with her usual indomitable spirit, while the King and country she’s given her life for, turn their backs. What is the true legacy of this girl who didn’t even make it out of her teens, but whose courage has inspired us for centuries? Join Legacy+ for bonus episodes, early access, Q&A's, fewer adverts and more. legacy.supportingcast.fm Stay connected with Legacy: Instagram: @originallegacypodcast TikTok: @legacy_productions ...
Jun 18, 2025•41 min•Season 21Ep. 84
The march on Paris ends in failure and Joan’s star is beginning to wane. Maybe she is not sent from God after all? The English are on the war path, but Joan is still determined to drive them out of France for good. Then, catastrophe strikes. Joan has one last battle to fight - as she’s put on trial for her life. Join Legacy+ for bonus episodes, early access, Q&A's, fewer adverts and more. legacy.supportingcast.fm Stay connected with Legacy: Instagram: @originallegacypodcast TikTok: @legacy_p...
Jun 11, 2025•47 min•Season 21Ep. 83
Joan's prophecy seems to be coming true. She's liberated Orleans and, dressed in her armour and brandishing her flag, is by Charles’ side as he’s crowned King of France. But Paris must still be won. Can Joan lead her troops to victory once more? Join Legacy+ for bonus episodes, early access, Q&A's, fewer adverts and more. legacy.supportingcast.fm Stay connected with Legacy: Instagram: @originallegacypodcast TikTok: @legacy_productions Explore more from Peter and Afua — essays, sources, and i...
Jun 04, 2025•46 min•Season 21Ep. 82
Joan of Arc is an ordinary French girl, unbothered by the war waging between France and England. Then, in 1425, she starts hearing the voices of saints – and of God. They say that she will be the one to restore Charles the Dauphin to his rightful place on the French throne. Can this teenager be the saviour her country is so desperate for? Join Legacy+ for bonus episodes, early access, Q&A's, fewer adverts and more. legacy.supportingcast.fm Stay connected with Legacy: Instagram: @originallega...
May 28, 2025•48 min•Season 21Ep. 81
Stalin's paranoia and violence knows no bounds - even when it comes to those who might have helped him. But despite being denounced by successors from Kruschev to Gorbachev, today his reputation is strong as more and more Russians consider him a great leader. Join Legacy+ for bonus episodes, early access, Q&A's, fewer adverts and more. legacy.supportingcast.fm Stay connected with Legacy: Instagram: @originallegacypodcast TikTok: @legacy_productions Explore more from Peter and Afua — essays, ...
May 21, 2025•44 min•Season 20Ep. 80
When Hitler breaks their deal and attacks the Soviet Union, Stalin falls apart. How can he rally the struggling Soviet Union to defeat the Nazi war machine? And when the end of the war comes, can he persuade Roosevelt and Churchill to redraw the world map in his favour? Join Legacy+ for bonus episodes, early access, Q&A's, fewer adverts and more. legacy.supportingcast.fm Stay connected with Legacy: Instagram: @originallegacypodcast TikTok: @legacy_productions Explore more from Peter and Afua...
May 14, 2025•44 min•Season 20Ep. 79
With the Bolsheviks in power, Stalin becomes Lenin's right hand man. Then at last his canny plotting wins him the top job, and he can unleash his ruthless vision for the Soviet Union. But the cost is untold thousands of human lives... Join Legacy+ for bonus episodes, early access, Q&A's, fewer adverts and more. legacy.supportingcast.fm Stay connected with Legacy: Instagram: @originallegacypodcast TikTok: @legacy_productions Explore more from Peter and Afua — essays, sources, and ideas: Subst...
May 07, 2025•43 min•Season 20Ep. 78
A violent childhood in Georgia, then part of the vast Russian Empire, sets young Joseph dreaming of a different world. He becomes a Bolshevik and, hardened further by a sudden tragedy, is ready to seize his chance when the revolution finally comes. Join Legacy+ for bonus episodes, early access, Q&A's, fewer adverts and more. legacy.supportingcast.fm Stay connected with Legacy: Instagram: @originallegacypodcast TikTok: @legacy_productions Explore more from Peter and Afua — essays, sources, an...
Apr 30, 2025•43 min•Season 20Ep. 77
After his beloved daughter, Anna, is taken by the Gestapo, Freud is finally persuaded to leave Vienna. He arrives in England to a rapturous welcome and starts seeing patients. Tragically though, his illness catches up with him and he dies just before WWII breaks out. How do we evaluate the legacy of the man who took us inside our own heads? Are his ideas still relevant? Psychoanalysts and Freud experts, Dr Susie Orbach and Professor Brett Kahr, join the discussion. Join Legacy+ for bonus episode...
Apr 23, 2025•48 min•Season 19Ep. 76
Professor Freud is now famous, his ideas part of the zeitgeist – but serious rifts are appearing in his relationship with his friend and protegé, Carl Jung. Plus, the rise of the Nazis is becoming a very real threat to an Austrian-based Jew. Join Legacy+ for bonus episodes, early access, Q&A's, fewer adverts and more. legacy.supportingcast.fm Stay connected with Legacy: Instagram: @originallegacypodcast TikTok: @legacy_productions Explore more from Peter and Afua — essays, sources, and ideas...
Apr 16, 2025•47 min•Season 19Ep. 75
Freud may have devised a new revolutionary method, ‘psychoanalysis’ but the problem is: almost no one cares, or reads his books. His controversial insistence that sexual issues are the cause of most psychological problems doesn't help. But then, among the his small following, he notices a young Swiss psychologist who is enthralled by his work – Carl Jung. Join Legacy+ for bonus episodes, early access, Q&A's, fewer adverts and more. legacy.supportingcast.fm Stay connected with Legacy: Instagr...
Apr 09, 2025•46 min•Season 19Ep. 74
The Oedipus complex, Freudian slip, repression, the ego and the id – Sigmund Freud’s ideas have become part of everyday language. He opened up the world’s mind to the idea of the subconscious. He also pioneered the idea that our childhood shapes who we are. But what are the secrets of his own early years? And what started him on the path towards, literally, changing our minds about everything? Join Legacy+ for bonus episodes, early access, Q&A's, fewer adverts and more. legacy.supportingcast...
Apr 02, 2025•49 min•Season 19Ep. 73
Has Lennon's muse abandoned him? After years of no recording, a dramatic near-disaster at sea reignites his spark. But then his plans are tragically cut short. Today his impact on music is undeniable, but did his imagination really change the world? Join Legacy+ for bonus episodes, early access, Q&A's, fewer adverts and more. legacy.supportingcast.fm Stay connected with Legacy: Instagram: @originallegacypodcast TikTok: @legacy_productions Explore more from Peter and Afua — essays, sources, a...
Mar 26, 2025•45 min•Season 18Ep. 72
Lennon meets the woman who will change his life: Yoko Ono. Together they ask the world to Give Peace A Chance... but Lennon's band is feeling anything but peaceful... Join Legacy+ for bonus episodes, early access, Q&A's, fewer adverts and more. legacy.supportingcast.fm Stay connected with Legacy: Instagram: @originallegacypodcast TikTok: @legacy_productions Explore more from Peter and Afua — essays, sources, and ideas: Substack: peterfrankopan.substack.com | afuahirsch.substack.com Hosted on...
Mar 19, 2025•51 min•Season 18Ep. 71
John Lennon and The Beatles rise from obscurity to success with dizzying speed. Hysterical headlines diagnose "Beatlemania" as screaming fans mob the Fab Four. And the Beatles become synonymous with the drug-fuelled experimentation of the swinging sixties. But amid all the screaming, is Lennon losing his creative touch? If you need help, you can find advice and someone to talk to by visiting https://www.talktofrank.com/ Join Legacy+ for bonus episodes, early access, Q&A's, fewer adverts and ...
Mar 12, 2025•53 min•Season 18Ep. 70
A tug of love sees the young John Lennon pulled between his mother, father and aunt Mimi in a disrupted childhood. But that experience of conflict finds a creative outlet when he meets a cool kid with a guitar called Paul McCartney. Join Legacy+ for bonus episodes, early access, Q&A's, fewer adverts and more. legacy.supportingcast.fm Stay connected with Legacy: Instagram: @originallegacypodcast TikTok: @legacy_productions Explore more from Peter and Afua — essays, sources, and ideas: Substac...
Mar 05, 2025•51 min•Season 18Ep. 69
The great Genghis Khan is dead, his burial place one of the world’s best kept secrets. But the Mongol hoards rampage on, advancing on Europe and striking terror into hearts as far west as Hungary and Poland. No individual has ever ruled so vast a territory. His name is forever linked with terrible violence but his impact on the way we organise society is still felt today. What is the true legacy of Genghis Khan? Join Legacy+ for bonus episodes, early access, Q&A's, fewer adverts and more. le...
Feb 26, 2025•42 min•Season 17Ep. 68
After victory in China, Genghis Khan goes west and takes on the Khwarezmians, surprising his enemy with a daring assault. He conquers all in his path and now controls the biggest empire the world has ever seen. But whose shoulders are broad enough to become his successor? Join Legacy+ for bonus episodes, early access, Q&A's, fewer adverts and more. legacy.supportingcast.fm Stay connected with Legacy: Instagram: @originallegacypodcast TikTok: @legacy_productions Explore more from Peter and Af...
Feb 19, 2025•42 min•Season 17Ep. 67
The many Mongolian tribes are now under the control of one man. They have crowned him Genghis Khan – the supreme ruler. His army is organised, disciplined, deadly and unstoppable. But the Mongolian Steppes aren’t enough for the great Khan. He has his sights set on his next glittering prize. Join Legacy+ for bonus episodes, early access, Q&A's, fewer adverts and more. legacy.supportingcast.fm Stay connected with Legacy: Instagram: @originallegacypodcast TikTok: @legacy_productions Explore mor...
Feb 12, 2025•46 min•Season 17Ep. 66
As a young boy on the Mongolian steppes, Temujin (not yet Genghis Khan) shows promise. He’s a wily hunter, a skilled rider and a keen falconer. He needs all those skills when his father’s death casts his family into the wilderness. In his fight for survival, he begins to attract followers, men who can see in him the great leader he’ll become. But an arch enemy is standing between him and the ultimate victory. Join Legacy+ for bonus episodes, early access, Q&A's, fewer adverts and more. legac...
Feb 05, 2025•48 min•Season 17Ep. 65
Louis XVI has been executed and now Marie Antoinette herself is on trial. The outcome seems a foregone conclusion - especially when her son is manipulated into making terrible accusations against her. Finally, the most hated woman in France steps into the arms of Madame Guillotine. What was really the cause of her cataclysmic fall? And what does France – and the world – think of her today? Join Legacy+ for bonus episodes, early access, Q&A's, fewer adverts and more. legacy.supportingcast.fm ...
Jan 29, 2025•39 min•Season 16Ep. 64
Fresh from storming the Bastille, the revolutionaries are coming for the royals at Versailles. Marie Antoinette avoids a massacre by clever use of a secret passage - but perhaps it’s time to flee the country altogether? A plan is hatched… but fate is against them. Join Legacy+ for bonus episodes, early access, Q&A's, fewer adverts and more. legacy.supportingcast.fm Stay connected with Legacy: Instagram: @originallegacypodcast TikTok: @legacy_productions Explore more from Peter and Afua — ess...
Jan 22, 2025•46 min•Season 16Ep. 63
Now 18 and Queen of France, Marie's raison d'être is to produce a future King. But after 4 years of marriage, she still hasn’t had sex with her husband. Her big brother is sent in for ‘the talk’. Meanwhile, she distracts herself with extravagance. But the people are France are starving, and her lifestyle is causing a lot of upset. Join Legacy+ for bonus episodes, early access, Q&A's, fewer adverts and more. legacy.supportingcast.fm Stay connected with Legacy: Instagram: @originallegacypodcas...
Jan 15, 2025•44 min•Season 16Ep. 62
Married off at the age of 14 in her mother’s very own Game of Thrones, Austrian-born Marie Antoinette finds herself in a foreign country, shackled to the teenage future King of France - who's more interested in lock-making than love. How are they to produce an heir? Then in 1774, the King is dead. Little does Marie know that she is about to be the last Queen of France... Join Legacy+ for bonus episodes, early access, Q&A's, fewer adverts and more. legacy.supportingcast.fm Stay connected with...
Jan 08, 2025•44 min•Season 16Ep. 61
At the height of his fame, Dickens falls in love with a young woman (Nelly Ternan) and a city (Paris). He survives a train crash and public disapproval over his separation from his wife. People turn out in droves to see him perform his works on stage. But his lifestyle is catching up with him and his health is failing. What is his final scene to be? We look back at his life and try to work out what “Dickensian” really means. Join Legacy+ for bonus episodes, early access, Q&A's, fewer adverts...
Jan 01, 2025•44 min•Season 15Ep. 60
Peter and Afua go on the British Scandal podcast hosted by Matt Forde and Alice Levine to discuss the life and times of Charles Dickens. Behind the snowy scenes, jolly carols and festive cheer, the so-called “Father of Christmas” had a turbulent home life full of drinking, alleged extramarital relations and workplace fights. But can we truly call his life scandalous? Matt and Alice weigh in. Join Legacy+ for bonus episodes, early access, Q&A's, fewer adverts and more. legacy.supportingcast.f...
Dec 27, 2024•48 min•Season 15Ep. 5
