Talking Tudors

Talking Tudors

Natalie Grueninger

Episodes 100
Avg. Duration 45m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 4.8 (725)
Since Jun 2024
Latest Episode Jun 2026

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Weekly
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Episodic
Consistency
71%
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talkingtudors.podbean.com

About This Podcast

Established in 2018, Talking Tudors is one of the longest-running and most popular independent interview podcasts about the Tudor era. It boasts an international listenership and has been downloaded in excess of 4 million times. In each episode, creator and host Natalie Grueninger speaks with esteemed historians and other experts about a wide range of subjects associated with Tudor England. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, the Podbean app, or wherever you get your podcasts.

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Episode 349 - The Life & Works of Erasmus with Amy McElroy

Jun 13, 2026 46m Transcript

Host Natalie Grueninger interviews historian Amy McElroy about Desiderius Erasmus, exploring his mysterious early life, education, travels across Europe, and key works such as 'Praise of Folly' and…

Episode 348 - A New History of Tudor England with Professor Nandini Das

Jun 07, 2026 30m Transcript

Professor Nandini Das explores how Tudor and Stuart England were shaped by movement, exchange, and diverse individuals—artists, scholars, missionaries, and sailors—whose lives challenge the idea of a…

Episode 347 - Rethinking the Wives of Henry VIII with Jessica Carey-Bunning

May 31, 2026 46m Transcript

Host Natalie Grueninger talks with historian Jessica Carey-Bunning about her book 'The Wives of Henry VIII', presenting fresh archival research and new perspectives on each queen. They discuss…

Episode 346 - Anne Boleyn: Reputation, Revolution, Religion with Martha Tatarnic

May 24, 2026 53m Transcript

Natalie Grueninger interviews Martha Tatarnic about her new book on Anne Boleyn, exploring how Anne shaped the English Reformation, championed the English Bible, and influenced church leadership…

Queen Anne Boleyn's Imprisonment Through the Eyes of William Kingston with Natalie Grueninger & Dr Owen Emmerson

May 17, 2026 1h 31m Transcript

Natalie Grueninger is in conversation with Dr Owen Emmerson about five surviving letters written by William Kingston during Anne Boleyn’s imprisonment in May 1536. They examine Kingston’s eyewitness…

Episode 344 - Bess of Hardwick: An Elizabethan Magnate with Dr Wyn Derbyshire

May 11, 2026 33m Transcript

Host Natalie Grueninger interviews Dr Wyn Derbyshire about the remarkable life of Bess of Hardwick — her uncertain origins, four marriages, sharp business sense, and rise to becoming the…

Episode 343 - Inside the Scriptorium: Medieval Manuscripts and their Makers with Dr Sara Charles

May 04, 2026 49m Transcript

In this episode host Natalie Grueninger speaks with Dr Sara Charles about the production of medieval manuscripts, her hands-on experiments with parchment, inks and pigments, and her book 'The…

Episode 342 - The House of Boleyn with Professor Tracy Borman

Apr 26, 2026 33m Transcript

Host Natalie Grueninger talks with historian and novelist Professor Tracy Borman about her new novel, 'The House of Boleyn', the rise and fall of the Boleyn family, and Hever Castle as the book’s…

Episode 341 - Henry VII & the Founding of the Tudor Dynasty with Dr Sean Cunningham

Apr 12, 2026 1h 15m Transcript

Host Natalie Grueninger speaks with Dr Sean Cunningham about Henry VII’s unlikely path from exile to king, the political alliances and myths he used to secure power, and the major challenges of his…

Episode 340 - The Pretender Who Shook the Throne: Jo Harkin on Lambert Simnel

Apr 04, 2026 33m Transcript

Author Jo Harkin joins Talking Tudors to discuss her novel 'The Pretender', which imagines the life of Lambert Simnel — a farm boy thrust into Yorkist plots, crowned in Dublin, and swept through…

Episode 339 - The Life of Margaret of Austria: Queen, Princess & Regent with Dr Natalie Donnell

Mar 28, 2026 43m Transcript

In this episode of Talking Tudors, host Natalie Grueninger speaks with historian Dr Natalie Donnell about the life and career of Margaret of Austria. Born in Burgundy and raised at several European…

Episode 338 - The Other Moctezuma Girls with Sofia Robleda

Mar 22, 2026 44m Transcript

Host Natalie Grueninger interviews Mexican author Sofia Robleda about her new novel, The Other Moctezuma Girls. They explore the life and legacy of Isabel Moctezuma, the identity of her daughters,…

Episode 337 - The Human Side of Illuminated Manuscripts with Sienna Wells

Mar 07, 2026 48m Transcript

In this episode Natalie Grueninger interviews manuscript specialist Sienna Wells about illuminated medieval and Renaissance manuscripts. They discuss how manuscripts were made, who produced and owned…

Episode 336 - Capturing a Queen: Inside Hever Castle's Anne Boleyn Exhibition with Dr Owen Emmerson

Feb 28, 2026 1h 11m Transcript

Join Natalie Grueninger and Dr Owen Emmerson as they explore Hever Castle's new exhibition, 'Capturing a Queen', examining portraiture, miniatures, manuscripts, and objects that shaped Anne Boleyn’s…

Episode 335 - Mary Queen of Scots: In Exile & Captive with Rosemary Goring

Feb 22, 2026 37m Transcript

Host Natalie Grueninger interviews Rosemary Goring about Mary Queen of Scots, tracing her life from Scotland to years of captivity in England and the historic places that shaped her story. The…

Episode 334 - Accounting for Anne of Cleves with Dr James Taffe

Feb 06, 2026 40m Transcript

In this episode of Talking Tudors, host Natalie Grueninger welcomes Dr James Taff to discuss his book 'Accounting for Anne' and how Anne of Cleves' household accounts reveal the daily workings of her…

Episode 333 - Margaret Beaufort: Survivor, Rebel, Kingmaker with Lauren Johnson

Feb 01, 2026 44m Transcript

In this episode, Natalie Grueninger speaks with historian Lauren Johnson about Margaret Beaufort — a child bride turned survivor whose political skill, marriages, and networks helped secure Henry…

Episode 332 - Catherine de Medici: Queen, Regent, and the Myths That Haunt Her with Dr Mary Hollingsworth

Jan 24, 2026 31m Transcript

In this episode, host Natalie Grueninger speaks with Dr Mary Hollingsworth about the life of Catherine de' Medici. They explore her Italian roots and convent upbringing, her marriage to Henry II,…

Episode 331 - Queenly Clothing & The Royal Image with Ella Brook Muir

Jan 17, 2026 50m Transcript

Host Natalie Grueninger speaks with historian Ella Brook Muir about how queenly clothing in 16th‑century England and France acted as political communication, conveying magnificence, legitimacy,…

Episode 330: The Gift in 16th-Century England & Ireland with Dr Melissa Shiels

Jan 10, 2026 40m Transcript

Host Natalie Grueninger speaks with Dr Melissa Shiels about New Year's gift-giving across 16th-century England and Ireland, and how material gifts expressed political messages at the Tudor…

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