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The hatred between Robert Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson was so well known that RFK’s friends reportedly got him an LBJ voodoo doll. New to The Rest Is History and want to know where to start? If you’re a fan of US history, we’re taking a look back at our ‘America in 1968’ series - where Tom and Dominic explore the most turbulent year in modern American history.

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The Complete Life of Julius Caesar, With Mary Beard
How the Roman Republic Collapsed Into Civil War
Before Caesar Crossed the Rubicon, Sulla Marched on Rome | Rome’s First Civil War
Was Marius the GOAT of Rome?
How Rome dealt with annoying politicians
There's only one Julius Ceasar... or is there?
Rome asks: are we the baddies here?
Why Rome Could Never Forgive Its Greatest Saviour | Rome's First Civil War
Roman Civil War: Rise of the General
The Day Britain Lost Control of Northern Ireland
The people who wanted to destroy history
The IRA was never totally quiet
Was Gerry Adams in the IRA?
An unfortunate day of arrests
Britain Tried to Crush the IRA... Then Everything Got Worse
The woman who stood up to terror
Is this the man who started the Troubles?
Were The Troubles made on television?
How Northern Ireland Collapsed Into The Troubles
One of British history's best kept secrets?
Dominic is devastated 🤣
Tom Holland’s impression of Ronald Reagan 🤣
“How hard it is to accept the truth…”
Who else was on the losers’ table 👀
The hunt for MLK's killer
Did he really get his Johnson out? 😳
Hippies didn't speak for America
San Francisco's not so woke after all
Did Mary Queen of Scots Really Have To Die? | Elizabeth I vs The Catholics (Part 5)
The Shadow War: Elizabeth I vs The Catholics (Part 4)
Drake Stole Spain’s Gold. Elizabeth Chose to Keep It | Elizabeth I vs The Catholics (Part 3)
Asquith lets himself down
Francis Drake: The Pirate Who Gave England the World | Elizabeth I vs The Catholics (Part 2)
Dominic's controversial view of the Tudors
George Washington was so boring
The Dark Politics of the Tudor Golden Age | Elizabeth I vs The Catholics (Part 1)
How would Trump handle a duel?
Is Conan O'Brien inbred?
What if Mount Rushmore is naturally occurring?
Conan O'Brien on Whether America Was a Mistake
The Habsburg Murder Mystery
The last of Europe's old monarchs
Would you get on this ship?
Odysseus didn't want to fight
Were the cyclops Ancient Greek propoganda?
Why England vs Argentina goes deeper than the Falklands
The Odyssey, for People Who Never Read It
Tom Holland on gods in The Odyssey
Tom Holland on the sea peoples
Tom Holland on reality and myth in The Odyssey
Tom Holland on acting on IMAX
Tom Holland Meets Tom Holland
Duelling had some pretty specific rules
The Man Who Really Founded America: Thomas Jefferson | Founding Fathers EP 4
Churchill's biggest mistake
Historian Tom Holland reviews The Odyssey
Was Alexander Hamilton Murdered? | Founding Fathers EP 3
Mary Beard on The Odyssey
Tom Holland Reacts to Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey Trailer
Ken Burns on Why America Really Declared Independence
British historians react to the American Revolution
Benjamin Franklin: The Founding Father Who Was More British Than American | Founding Fathers EP 2
Some people liked the trenches
Did George Washington really not lie about the cherry tree?
The Strange Greatness of George Washington
Prince Philip did not enjoy this part of Mandela's inauguration
What if Prince Harry was king of Canada?
Why Mandela Chose Forgiveness Over Revenge | National Anthems Final EP
Pele: most famous man in the world
The saddest world cup story
Why Brazil Has the Strangest Independence Story of Any Nation | National Anthems EP 5
World cup was rigged... for Transylvania ?
The Nation That Invented Capitalism: The Rise of Holland | National Anthems EP 4
When the British burned the White House
Dominic Sanbrook is here to collect American's taxes to the crown
Why Germany's National Anthem is so Controversial | National Anthems EP 3
The most French thing to ever happen
WHAT IF BRITAIN DIDN'T ENTER WWI?
How Britain Crushed the Jacobites | National Anthems EP 2
The guy who's exactly like Dominic
The Dark Truth Behind America’s National Anthem
German trenches were much better
The Fall of Winston Churchill | EP 6
The best military moustache yet?
Why Gallipoli Was Always A Terrible Idea | EP 5
2 minutes of making fun of Belgian history
The Human Slaughterhouse: How WWI Brutalised Everyone Who Took Part | EP 4
The bizarre way of naming German trenches
Most of trench time was just spent chilling
The trenches in WWI were only 400 yards apart
The worst front in WWI
Slovenia: a friend of the show
The Most Consequential Shipwreck in History | WWI EP 3
The odds of death in WWI were lower than you think
Why Italy Was Completely Useless in WWI | EP 2
There was no point in ducking a bullet
Every famous writer seemed to get this disease
The Empress Matilda: Civil War and the Fight for the Throne
When the British gassed their own lines
Fighting Germans with marmalade