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Reagan, Iran-Contra and the Cold War (Part 3)
Episode 312
Warmonger or nuclear disarmer? Ronald Reagan’s presidency survived an assassination attempt, the AIDS epidemic and the Iranian hostage crisis. He pow…
3 years ago
Reagan: The Road to the White House (Part 2)
Episode 311
His Hollywood career drying up, Ronald Reagan works both for the Screen Actors Guild and General Electric in the 1950s. Building connections with the…
3 years, 1 month ago
Ronald Reagan and the American Dream (Part 1)
Episode 310
Ronald "Dutch" Reagan was born in 1911 to a humble family of Illinois, his father an FDR-loving democrat, his mother a notable member of the local Ch…
3 years, 1 month ago
Columbus: Villain or Hero? (Part 4)
Episode 309
Christopher Columbus caused debate in his own time, and remains a controversial figure today: some argue he initiated both the Atlantic slave trade a…
3 years, 1 month ago
Columbus: Death in the Caribbean (Part 3)
Episode 308
Columbus returns to the remnants of his first voyage to the "Indies", having convinced Isabella and Ferdinand to fund a larger second trip. Desperate…
3 years, 1 month ago
Columbus: A New World? (Part 2)
Episode 307
Having convinced the Catholic Monarchs to fund his journey across the Atlantic, Columbus sets sail with three ships, a crew with dubious loyalties, a…
3 years, 1 month ago
Columbus: The Adventure Begins (Part 1)
Episode 306
A controversial figure both now and in his time, Tom and Dominic discuss Columbus and his drive for discovery, power and status. They look at Columbu…
3 years, 1 month ago
The Fall of the Roman Republic
Episode 305
In this second episode on perhaps the most notorious assasination in world history, Tom and Dominic look at the bloody and chaotic aftermath of the d…
3 years, 1 month ago
The Murder of Julius Caesar
Episode 304
“He was trapped - he couldn’t get up. There was blood everywhere. The faces were coming closer, the knives rose and fell. And then, to his relief, he…
3 years, 1 month ago
The Bloodiest Crusade
Episode 303
Thought by some as the first genocide in Europe, the Albigensian Crusade was the bloodiest crusade in history. Following the Mystery of the Cathars a…
3 years, 2 months ago