I won't come back and mention every episode that relates to a WHS, but this weeks double parter on Vikings Heading East, and the Birth of Russia has very good insights on Kiev, Novgorod, Birka, Istanbul (and more).

It is well worth a listen especially if like me, you are a little hazy on the details of these sites

Enjoyed it, too. Slav = slave makes more sense afterward. And you will be less of a viking fan afterwards.

Sorry I missed this response.

Phew, In Our Time can be heavy going even for a native English speaker, the fact you can do it as a non native speaker is astonishing to me. And yes I can imagine the presenter, Melvyn Bragg, seeming very British to outsiders.

But as with most people on here, conducting and chronicling this pursuit in a second (third or fourth) language, puts my own pitiful language skills in sharp relief.