Offa of Mercia

Rex Factor

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4.9 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2026

⏱️ 71 minutes

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This week, after an introduction to the podcast, we review Offa, the eighth century king of an early English kingdom called Mercia. We learn about why he was not the first king of England, links to Charlemagne and the building of the famous Offa's Dyke, plus consider whether he has the Rex Factor. Please note - this episode is identical to the first episode in the feed (we are releasing it twice to act as an introductory episode for new listeners but also a new episode so regular listeners still see it in their feed!) Sign up for lots of bonus content, including an ad-free version of the main podcast and over 400 additional bonus podcasts:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.patreon.com/rexfactor⁠ You can now watch the podcast either on Spotify or on YouTube via the link below: https://youtu.be/cisZM3Ro_jU "(00:00:00) Introduction" "(00:03:07) Biography" "(00:30:59) Battleyness" "(00:41:46) Scandal" "(00:52:08) Subjectivity" "(01:05:39) Longevity" "(01:06:24) Dynasty" "(01:07:44) Rex Factor" "(01:09:05) Farewells" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Rex Factor.
0:03.0	This week, Offer.
0:14.0	With your hosts Graham Duke and Ali Hood.
0:24.9	Hello, hello.
0:26.5	And welcome to Rex Factor, and it may very well be welcome to Rex Factor for a lot of people,
0:31.7	as although we're recording this in 2026,
0:34.3	we're going to use this to function as our sort of first episode.
0:38.9	So, first of all, a little introduction.
0:41.2	I'm Graham.
0:42.3	Hello.
0:43.3	Thank you.
0:43.9	Hello.
0:44.6	And who are you?
0:45.3	I'm Ali.
0:46.2	Hello.
0:46.9	And this is the Rex Factor podcast where we review kings and queens in, well, in history.
0:52.3	Currently British history, but, you know, we're going to go beyond that one day.
0:55.4	Yeah.
0:55.8	We're about to start series four doing the nearly monarchs of England.
1:01.2	We rate kings and queens in history, talk through their lives and reigns, and then score them on five factors and then decide whether or not they have their certain something that we call Rex Factor.
1:12.7	But we've been doing this for years, so what's going on? Well, we started all the way back in 2010. Goodness me.
1:18.9	16 years of podcasting. We've come a long way in sound quality and volume. So as a podcast goes on,
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