Institute of Historical Research (Podcasts)
From the webpage:
Since 2009 the IHR has produced over 500 podcasts, encompassing not only its acclaimed and unique seminar series, but also one-off talks and conferences. All of these recordings are freely available here to stream or download, and can be searched, or browsed by date, event, or subject. In many cases abstracts and other material accompanying the talks can also be found.
These recordings, particularly those taken from seminars where historians are showcasing their current research, provide a great opportunity to listen to experts in all fields of history discuss their work in progress. If you have any questions relating to the podcasts found here, please contact us.
I don’t know what you like writing topic maps about but I suspect you can find some audio podcast resources here.
Disappointed that “ancient” has so few but recent history, the 16th century onward has much better coverage.
The offerings range from the expected:
Goethe’s Erotic Poetry and the Libertine Spectre
Big Flame 1970-1984. A history of a revolutionary socialist organisation
to the obscure:
Chinese and British Gift Giving in the Macartney Embassy of 1793
Learning from the Experience of a Town in Peru’s Central Andes, 1931-1948
Makes me wonder if there is linked data that cover the subjects in these podcasts?
Illustrates one problem with “universal” solutions. Fairly trivial to cover all the “facts” in Wikipedia but that is such a small portion of all available facts. Useful, but still a small set of facts.
Enjoy!