History from a New Perspective
A new history channel and podcast covering the history and historical stories from parts of the world which don't always get as much attention with Joseph Keen.
Also available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HistoryNewPerspective
History from a New Perspective
Latest Episodes
Polynesian Navigators: The Greatest Seafarers in History?
The ancient Polynesians stand among history’s greatest seafarers. By around 1100 BC, they had already crossed vast expanses of the Pacific, settling remote islands such as Fiji, Tonga, and Samoa. In the centuries that followed, they pushed even...
A History of Iran: From Ancient Empires to the Medieval World
EXPLAINER: Recent tensions involving the United States, Israel, and Iran have once again drawn global attention to a region with a long and complex past. But today’s events are only the latest chapter in a much deeper story. To understand Iran’...
Did Neanderthal Men Prefer Human Women? New DNA Study Reveals Ancient Secrets
In the long stretch of prehistory, humans weren’t alone. One of the groups they shared the world and sometimes their lives with were the Neanderthals. Now, a new DNA study suggests those encounters followed a pattern and most often, it was Nean...
The history behind the War in Sudan
In October 2025, the city of El Fasher in North Darfur fell to the Rapid Support Forces, a paramilitary organisation which has been engaged in a vicious civil war against the Sudanese armed forces. The United Nations says thousands have fled El...
London, Slavery and the Slave Trade
As part of UK Black History Month, History from a New Perspective has been exploring London's historic relationship with the Transatlantic slave trade. This is a short episode which explains how the city's wealth grew as a result of slavery in ...
