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Iran & Israel: From Allies to Enemies
Episode 1422
On the 1st of April, 2024, a presumed Israeli airstrike destroyed the Iranian consulate in Damascus, killing 13 people. Amongst them was a Brigadier …
1 year, 8 months ago
The Battle of El-Alamein Explained
Episode 1421
Fought in the second half of 1942, the Battles of El Alamein were a series of climactic confrontations in Egypt between British Imperial and Commonwe…
1 year, 8 months ago
Mao's China, The Berlin Wall and WWII Egypt: Witnessing History with Peter Snow
Episode 1420
As a foreign correspondent for ITN in the 70s, Peter Snow remembers handing tins of film to strangers on airport runways, hoping they would take it b…
1 year, 8 months ago
The Trial of Charles I
Episode 1419
In the mid-17th century, King Charles I of England was put on trial for treason against the sovereign state. Such a process involved a singular deter…
1 year, 8 months ago
What is Zionism?
Episode 1418
Dan delves into the complex history of Zionism, exploring its multifaceted origins and the various ideological strands that have shaped it over the y…
1 year, 8 months ago
Plagues
Episode 1416
From a plague in Athens during the Peloponnesian War in 430 BCE, to another in 540 that wiped out half the population of the Roman empire, down throu…
1 year, 9 months ago
Hollywood Spy: The British WW1 Hero Who Helped Japan Attack Pearl Harbour
Episode 1415
Frederick Rutland was one of Britain's finest naval pilots and a celebrated hero of the First World War. And yet in the interwar period, he would bec…
1 year, 9 months ago
HMS Wager: Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
Episode 1414
Join Dan as he narrates the harrowing story of the HMS Wager and its crew's descent into mutiny and survival against all odds. Set against the backdr…
1 year, 9 months ago
Nazis, the CIA & Psychedelics
Episode 1413
This is the untold story of how Nazi experiments with psychedelics influenced CIA research and the War on Drugs. From covert mind control programs to…
1 year, 9 months ago
The Mary Celeste: Ghost Ship
Episode 1412
In 1872 the ghost ship Mary Celeste is found sailing across the Atlantic without a single crew member left onboard. Theories over what happened on th…
1 year, 9 months ago