Season 2: Revolutions, Rewritten: HistoryFFS Returns to Reveal the Hidden Forces That Shaped How We Live Today

Forget everything you think you know about revolution. It wasn’t just fought in parliaments, battlefields, or declarations. It happened in bedrooms, in shops, in museums, in art studios - and in the quiet, everyday decisions that still shape how we live now.

On 14 April 2026, cultural strategist and storyteller Sarah Dowd returns with Season 2 of History For F’s Sake (HISTORYFFS) - the podcast that redefines history as something lived, felt, and fiercely relevant.

Following a bold debut season that challenged the way audiences engage with the past, Season 2 dives into the period 1776–1848 - but not as you’ve heard it before.

This isn’t a story about revolutions of state.

It’s a story about revolutions of identity, culture, power, and everyday life.

The Past, Reframed for Now

Across ten new episodes, Dowd explores the hidden forces that shaped the modern world - from the politics of the body and the rise of consumer culture to the invention of national heroes, screen-fuelled tourism, and the uncomfortable truths behind medicine, empire, and inheritance.

Each episode uses a sharp pop culture entry point - from Bridgerton and Indiana Jones to Blackadder, Independence Day and Marie Kondo to reveal the deeper forces shaping how we see the world. Because the stories we watch, love, and share aren’t just entertainment - they’re how we understand the past, and ourselves.

Because history didn’t just change governments.

It changed how we see ourselves, what we value, and how we live.

Season 2 Highlights

Season 2 features a powerful and diverse lineup of voices spanning culture, medicine, law, heritage, and the creative industries, including:

• Rear Admiral Roy Clare – on heroes, myth-making, and who gets remembered
• Dr Alison Smith – on art, the body, and Victorian scandal
• Seren Welch – on screen tourism, fandom, and why stories make us travel
• Professor Dominic Tweddle – on archaeology, myth, and pop culture
• Clarissa Levi – on inheritance, identity, and the emotional weight of “stuff”
• Dr Theeba Krishnamoorthy – on empire, medicine, and the fight for authority
• Melody Caban – on consumer culture, museums, and the business of history

Together, they reveal a world where revolutions were not always loud - but were always transformative.

A Cultural Podcast with a Point of View

‘History isn’t something that happened ‘back then’ - it’s something we’re still living with every day,’ says Dowd. ‘Season 2 is about uncovering the quieter revolutions - the ones that shaped our bodies, our homes, our culture, and our sense of identity. The things we take for granted now had to be invented, fought for, or quietly negotiated. And once you see that, you can’t unsee it.’