Tales for Wales: A Welsh History Podcast

To round out season 3 we're swapping out the highway of history for memory lane once again and delving into the extremely niche section of Welsh history that is our own personal anecdotes.Hit play and listen to us drink too much, reminisce, try to embarrass each other and go off on some huge tangents.Give our socials a follow if you'd like, kind people.If you want to support the pod here's a link to throw some coins into our beggars cap.

King Arthur's knights were pretty hot shit but none have been hot-shittier than Peredur (Sir Percival).An adventure here, a heroic feat there, our boy Peredur knew that if he did great things he'd be blessed with two chancers giving him an episode on their podcast and boy did it pay off.Do us a kindness and follow our socials.If you're a kind soul and want to support the pod you can give us your hard earned money here.

On this episode we're revisiting a particularly crafty pirate, the illustrious star of our very own episode 1 and patron saint of rum drinkers around the world.This guy was cashin' cheques and breakin' necks all across the high seas and we just love to talk about it. Hit play and have a listen about how this gutsy Welsh lad pulled a fast one on the Spanish back in 1668.Love pirates like us? Let us know on our socials. Don't love pirates? Have a word with yourself.

You know how dedicated to the pod we are by now, we've even read some books for God's sake. But in the eternal quest to be the best we can be for our dear listeners, we sometimes must put our little noodles to the test.Indeed, like the warrior must keep his sword sharp, us amateur history podcasters need to do the same with our brains (plus this kind of episode is piss easy to produce).Hit play and find out if you're really listening to aspiring historians or a couple of boozy chancers.Have a look at our socials if you think we spark joy.

Twm Siôn Cati. Witty highwayman? Lovable rogue? Astute thief? Or just a massive bellend?Fans of the Welsh Robin Hood, turn away now because here at Tales for Wales we've pulled back the curtain, we've finally cleaned the lens of history, we've washed off the made-up glories and revealed a right scrub underneath it all.Hit play if you dare and find out just what we think of old Twm.Fancy throwing proverbial tar and feathers along with us? Get around our socials.

As if one Welsh woman war chief wasn't enough we've got another barer of the XX chromosome that had bigger proverbial balls than most of the men knocking around back then.Hit play and listen to how Gwenllian led the Welsh against the invading Normans with a sprinkling of Glasto hate.Humour us humble podcast hosts by checking out our socials please, darls.

We know everyone's had a great time at the recent Beyonce gigs but here at Tales for Wales we feel compelled to tell you all that there's only one Queen B we recognise and that's Boudica, baby. Queen of the Iceni tribe, leader of the Boudican revolt, burner of Roman cities, this gal's done it all. Hit play and listen to us natter on about how badass this Celtic bae was. Check out our socials if you fancy, lovely people.

This week we've got another Celtic delicacy for your minds to scoff down with the story of Caradog and his efforts in Wales to beat back the invading Romans.Hit play and hear how this big boy chieftain stirred up a rebellion that would resist the Romans for 30 years.Give our socials a follow if you're a kind and empathetic soul.

When you think of Celts, you probably think of painted savages, fighting bloody battles with their willies out, but you'd only be half right. They did a lot of cool stuff with their willies in as well.Hit play and glimpse an insight into what was going on before the days of knights and Princes, when what would become Wales pitted their willies against the big swinging dicks that were the Romans.Follow our socials please, darls.Map referenced in the pod for the keenos.

We love the chart toppers like Llywelyn and Glyndŵr as much as anyone but Wales wasn't built in a day.Hit that triangular button and expand your love for a few old school princes that helped form the tapestry that is Wales.