To the surprise of everyone, most of all maybe themselves, historians Dominic Sandbrook and Tom Holland have become the Jagger and Richards of the nerd podcasting world. Their show, The Rest Is History, was Apple’s Show of the Year in 2025, and boasts over 20 millions streams a month. There’s a Rest Is History club, a Rest Is History tour, two Rest Is History books, with another coming this fall, plus a spinoff The Rest Is History Book Club podcast. These are very big doings for a couple of middle-aged Englishmen delivering deep dives into everything from the fall of...