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Iran and the Neocons 1979-2025
Iran and the Neocons 1979-2025

The neoconservatives were at the apex of their power and influence two decades ago but the project they longed for the most, war against Iran is now …

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Israel's attack on Iran - a historical context
Israel's attack on Iran - a historical context


In this urgent episode, we break down last night’s dramatic Israeli raid on Iran—Operation Rising Lion—which targeted Iran’s nuclear facilities and k…

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Thoughts on Civil War
Thoughts on Civil War

What leads a nation into a civil war? In this podcast we examine the crises of power and contestation of authority that create wars within, not betwe…

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The fall of communism: An oral history
The fall of communism: An oral history

Oral histories can be very revealing in understanding the beliefs and feelings that people had in particular historical moments. In Svetlana Alexeivi…

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Colonial wealth transfers: A New Analysis
Colonial wealth transfers: A New Analysis

Question:What would have happened to Europe in the past two and a half centuries if it hadn't plundered the global south? What would have happened if…

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Neoliberalism and the European Economic Community
Neoliberalism and the European Economic Community

The post war neoliberals were divided over the European Economic Community, some viewing it as a protected enclave of the world economy that would ho…

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Trump, Musk and the end of American Empire
Trump, Musk and the end of American Empire

All American presidents since 1945 have been managers of the USA's global economic empire, Trump notionally fulfils the same role but has little or n…

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The Black American Experience in World War Two
The Black American Experience in World War Two

During the Second World War the immense needs for labour and military manpower transformed American society and gave Black Americans an historic oppo…

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Suffrage, Medicine and Murder
Suffrage, Medicine and Murder

In the 1850s a medical revolution was beginning with the discovery of anaesthesia and a political and social revolution was still in its infancy in t…

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Conflicted Loyalties: Minority voices in wartime Britain and America
Conflicted Loyalties: Minority voices in wartime Britain and America

What did Irish Americans make of Roosevelt's wartime pact with Churchill? What did Polish Americans make of his alliance with Stalin? In this podcast…

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