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I’m Sarah Dowd, Host of HISTORY FOR F***’S SAKE
History For F***’s Sake, aka HISTORYFFS, is a weekly podcast that explores the hidden threads of history, art, and culture with humour, humanity, and the occasional irreverent question.
I have ADHD. A pretty new notion after a lifetime of teaching myself how to… well, everything. I have two degrees, four businesses, two cats, I have lived in three countries and the one thing I’ve learned is that nothing is textbook. So this podcast is the antidote to history by numbers. It’s about the stories behind what we remember—and what we forget—told through the lens of creativity, legacy, and how we experience the past in the present.
Each episode is anchored in an anniversary or cultural moment and pairs rich storytelling with interviews from historians, artists, writers, and cultural leaders. It’s witty but warm, smart but never stuffy.
Previous and upcoming guests include theatre makers, cultural innovators, artists, writers, and historians who want to reach a broad, curious audience—people who love culture but don’t necessarily think of themselves as “history buffs.”
I have a mission. To get as many people as I can to love history. Our history. All our history. The little history we made yesterday. To think about our history as our culture – our arts, our literature, our film making, our performances – and to get people who love art to think more about how history isn’t boring. It is our muse.
This is because it’s… History For F***’s Sake
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Catch up with all the latest happenings in history here
AND THE BAND DIDN’T PLAY ON
GUEST: BBC RADIO PRESENTER DR. KATE KENNEDY
BACK TO BACK TO THE FUTURE
GUEST: FASHION HISTORIAN ASST PROF LOUISA ROGERS
RHAPSODY IN RETRO
GUEST: VOCAL COACH & VETERAN GAZ BROWN
S0 LONG HULL AND THANKS FOR ALL THE FISH
GUEST: CULTURE CEO & REGENERATION VISIONARY SIMON GREEN
The Book of Extraordinary: Guinness Book of World Records
Guest: Record Breaker and Cultural Countessa, Sam Fay
Do-Re-Mi and Defiance
Guest: Orchestral Conductor and Philanthropy Guru, Robin Thomas
Vampires of Suburbia
Guest: British Scream Queen, Megan Tremethick
The Scents of an Age: Flappers, Fragrance and a Caribbean Journey
GUEST: Valerie Sadoh, Playwright and Founder of The House of Mahogany,
THE BOMBS, THE SHIPS, THE SHARKS
GUEST: NICK HEWITT, NAVAL HISTORIAN & JAWS FAN
A BUG IN THE MACHINE
GUEST: HENRY O’KEEFFE, MATHEMATICIAN, GENEALOGIST AND FIXER OF GLITCHES