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Natalie Grueninger

Episode 351 - Rethinking Anne of Cleves with Dr Valerie Schutte

June 27, 2026 2:35am 34 min

In this episode Natalie Grueninger interviews Dr Valerie Schutte about her upcoming cultural biography of Anne of Cleves. They re-examine long-standing myths about Anne's appearance, birthdate, and role in Tudor politics...

Episode 350 - Edmund Spenser's 'The Faerie Queene' with Cait Murphy-Hurrell

June 18, 2026 1:25am 52 min

Natalie Grueninger interviews Cait Murphy-Hurrell about Edmund Spenser's 'The Faerie Queene', exploring the poem's rich allegory, its portrayal of villainous women and otherness, and how Spenser reflects Elizabethan poli...

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

June 13, 2026 12:45am 46 min

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 his Greek-Latin New Te...

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

June 06, 2026 7:31pm 30 min

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 sealed island nation...

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

May 31, 2026 12:58am 46 min

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 Catherine of Aragon’s finan...

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

May 23, 2026 9:07pm 53 min

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 through key appointments....

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

May 16, 2026 11:37pm 1:31

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 details—Anne’s moods,...

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

May 10, 2026 8:50pm 33 min

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 second-richest woman in England. ...

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

May 04, 2026 1:56am 49 min

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 Medieval Scriptorium'. They ...

Episode 342 - The House of Boleyn with Professor Tracy Borman

April 26, 2026 12:37am 33 min

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 intimate setting. They e...

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

April 11, 2026 10:41pm 1:15

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 reign, including rebel...

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

April 04, 2026 6:32pm 33 min

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 courts from Oxford to Bur...

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

March 28, 2026 3:10pm 43 min

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 courts, Margaret was t...

Episode 338 - The Other Moctezuma Girls with Sofia Robleda

March 21, 2026 9:43pm 44 min

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, and the complex world o...

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

March 07, 2026 2:27pm 48 min

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 them (including wome...

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

February 28, 2026 5:03pm 1:11

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 public and private im...

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

February 22, 2026 5:30pm 37 min

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 covers Mary’s relat...

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

February 05, 2026 9:04pm 40 min

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 short queenship. The...

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

January 31, 2026 6:05pm 44 min

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 VII’s rise. They trace h...

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

January 23, 2026 8:48pm 31 min

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, regency for her sons, an...

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