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Oil: Conflict, Chaos and Climate Change
Episode 168
Tom and Dominic are back with Helen Thompson for a second episode on the history of oil, its impact and how it shapes geopolitics.
Tune in to hear abo…
4 years ago
Oil: The Making of the Modern World
Episode 167
Tom and Dominic are joined by Helen Thompson, Professor of Political Economy at the University of Cambridge, to talk about the incredible influence o…
4 years ago
Genghis Khan: Lord of the Mongols
Episode 166
The second of two episodes on Genghis Khan, listen to yesterday's pod (165. The Rise of Genghis Khan) before listening to this one!
'An almost sacral …
4 years ago
The Rise of Genghis Khan
Episode 165
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook speak to Ali Ansari about the origins of one of the greatest warlords in human history - Genghis Khan.
They discuss …
4 years ago
Saint Patrick
Episode 164
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
No, Tom isn't turning Brixton's River Effra green, nor is Dominic distributing shamrocks throughout the Oxfordshire countrys…
4 years ago
The Last Emperor of Mexico
Episode 163
What links the Mexican Republic, Palmerston, the Hapsburgs, Napoleon III and butterfly catching? Please tweet us if you can think of anything other t…
4 years ago
Putin's Russia
Episode 162
[Episode 4 of 4]
'In the noughties, Russian democracy becomes a form of show business'
In the final instalment of our Russia mini-series, Tom and Domin…
4 years, 1 month ago
Yeltsin, Economic Chaos and President Putin
Episode 161
[Episode 3 of 4]
'You certainly won't understand what ordinary Russians see in Vladimir Putin if you don't understand what happened in the 1990s. A ti…
4 years, 1 month ago
The Fall of the Soviet Union
Episode 160
[Episode 2 of 4]
This episode of The Rest Is History marks the second instalment in our four part series on the Soviet Union, Russia and the rise of V…
4 years, 1 month ago
Young Putin, the KGB and the Soviet Union
Episode 159
[Episode 1 of 4]
Welcome to our new four part series on the latter years of the Soviet Union, its fall, Putin's early life and his subsequent rise to …
4 years, 1 month ago