Neil Oliver Podcast

Interviews & History with Neil Oliver

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Season 2: Neil Oliver's Love Letter to the World

Season 1: Neil Oliver's Love Letter to the British Isles

Be prepared to be swept away as Neil turns us all into Time Travellers!

In Neil's very personal series' he takes us on an incredible journey through history - Season 1 is a history of the British Isles, Season 2 a history of the world - in season 3 he interviews interesting and informed people - accessible, revealing and down-right mind blowing!

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Neil Oliver Patreon Site – https://www.patreon.com/neiloliver

Series Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/neiloliverloveletter

Podcast series – all the usual providers - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/neil-olivers-love-letter-to-the-british-isles

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Episodes

7. Walking With The Dead - Newgrange and Knowth, County Meath

In this episode Neil travels to a time when our ancestors lived with their dead in a way many of us would find shocking today. Journeying to the World Heritage Site on the east coast of Ireland, where the incredible Neolithic tombs at Newgrange and Knowth sit, Neil explores an age that still has many hidden secrets. As soon as he steps foot inside the monumental megalithic art, it’s clear that this place continues to hold the power to move us. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more info...

Jul 06, 2020•43 min•Season 1Ep. 7

6. Hidden Power – The Ness of Brodgar, Orkney

In this episode Neil turns the British Isles upside down! Travelling to Orkney, off the north-east tip of Scotland, he uncovers ancient burial tombs, ceremonial halls and gives us a glimpse of an influential powerhouse long hidden by time. As he tells the story of the profound changes this once formidable centre of influence has undergone, Neil unravels the lessons history tells us and the pointers it gives to what may lay ahead in the future. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more info...

Jun 29, 2020•38 min•Season 1Ep. 6

5. The Daily Grind – Ceide Fields, County Mayo

This week Neil takes us to the roots of the most profound, self-inflicted, social upheaval our species has ever known. Travelling to the west coast of Ireland, Neil tells the story of how our view of the world, and our place in it changed forever - the introduction of farming and the daily grind around 10,000 years ago has had social and psychological consequences we are still coming to terms with today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Jun 22, 2020•37 min•Season 1Ep. 5

4. The British Isles Are Born - Montrose Basin, Angus

This week Neil brings us face to face with the violent, bloody birth of the British Isles. In this episode Neil takes us to Angus, in Scotland to see the breath-taking beauty of the Montrose Basin and evidence of the biggest natural disaster the world has seen in the last 8000 years. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 15, 2020•32 min•Season 1Ep. 4

3. The Horse Head of Robin Hood’s Cave - Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire Border

Neil’s journey across the British Isles, and through its history, continues as he takes us on a walk down one of the oldest streets on the planet. In this episode Neil is confronted with some of the oldest art ever found in Britain. Around 16,000 years ago Creswell Crags, in the Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire borders got its latest tenants, a group of hunter gathers who made their homes home with beautiful decorations and mysterious painted symbols. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more i...

Jun 08, 2020•37 min•Season 1Ep. 3

2. Mistaken Identity - West Glamorgan

In this episode, Neil’s journey across the British Isles brings us face to face with a dead body and a case of mistaken identity. In Goat’s Hole Cave, on the Gower Peninsula, Neil uncovers tantalising clues and profound emotions surrounding a grave that is 34,000-year-old - the grave where the remains of the oldest modern human ever found in the British Isles was discovered. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Jun 01, 2020•34 min•Season 1Ep. 2

1. In Our Ancestors' Footsteps - Happisburgh, Norfolk

Neil Oliver’s Love Letter to the British Isles begins a million years ago, as he sets off on his journey through time and space to tell the story of the British Isles and how they came to exert a profound influence over the whole world. Neil’s journey starts on the Norfolk coast, in Happisburgh, where he brings us footprint to footprint with evidence of a lost tribe, human, and yet not quite us – the first tenants of what would become the British Isles Check out the Podcast Instagram Account - N...

May 25, 2020•32 min•Season 1Ep. 1

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