Growing international attention for Trapped History continues as the podcast returns for its seventh season exploring overlooked global stories.
It is co-hosted by social researcher Oswin Baker and broadcast journalist Carla O’Shaugnessy, with each episode bringing in well-known guests who help uncover forgotten historical stories and place them in a modern context.
Previous guests have included Mishal Husain, Sathnam Sanghera, Michaela Strachan, Nihal Arthanayake and Jeremy Corbyn, each bringing different perspectives on history and shaping the show’s approach to telling human stories through personal and political lenses.
The seventh season focuses on global progress, combining difficult and celebratory histories, with strong emphasis on race, culture, gender recognition and equality across a range of episodes.
Charlene White opens the season exploring Windrush and its role in modern Britain, alongside stories from a journalist confronting family links to slavery and a novelist whose relatives collaborated with the Nazis.
Dame Jocelyn Bell explores her work on pulsars and dark matter, while reflecting on the wider injustice faced by women in science who were historically overlooked for major recognition including the Nobel Prize.
Other episodes explore women who kept the nation fed during World War II, a queer reading of James Bond, and England’s Red Roses rugby success highlighting the power of women in sport.
Oswin Baker, Trapped History’s founder, said: “The one thing we know about our listeners is that they’re curious about the world. And that’s what Trapped History is for – to tell the stories you won’t find anywhere else, the stories to make you think and the heroes you’ll want to tell others about.
“Their stories are our story – that most human of stories, of how communities are forged. That is what Trapped History is for – to find the heroic in the ordinary.”
Since the last season, the podcast has gained international attention, winning recognition at the Lovies and Signals and being shortlisted at the Webbys, as well as appearing in Ear Worthy’s list of the Best Indie Podcasts 2026.
