Podcast Episodes
Back to Search261. Race To Berlin 1945: A Devastated City Divided (Ep 1)
Season 18 Episode 6
What was life like in Berlin in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War? Why did the Red Army steal taps from Berlin houses when they reached…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
260. Yalta: Signing Away The Fate of The World (Ep 5)
Season 18 Episode 5
Did the Western powers fail at Yalta? Did Churchill hold strong in his red line about the fate of Poland? Why did the Big Three eat a huge feast in t…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
259. Eastern Europe & “The Great Betrayal” (Ep 4)
Season 18 Episode 4
Who created the United Nations? How did The Big Three divide Germany between themselves? Why did Poland see the Yalta conference as “The Great Betray…
11 months ago
258. The Big Three & The Big Carve Up (Ep 3)
Season 18 Episode 3
Where did The Big Three stay as they carved up the post-war world map, and why were their rooms full of bedbugs? Why did FDR refuse to allow the pres…
11 months ago
257. Churchill, FDR, & Mind Games at Yalta (Ep 2)
Season 18 Episode 2
How did FDR become the mediator between Stalin and Churchill at the 1945 conference? Why did Churchill call Yalta the “Hades Riviera”? What was Musso…
11 months, 1 week ago
256. Stalin & 8 Days That Changed The World (Ep 1)
Season 18 Episode 1
How did one peace conference in Yalta in 1945 completely transform the world in just eight days? What was Joseph Stalin's backstory before becoming t…
11 months, 1 week ago
255. Victorian Narcos: From Opium To Fentanyl (Ep 9)
Season 17 Episode 9
What led to the Second Opium War? Why wasn’t China colonised by Europeans? When did China start referring to this period as the “century of humiliati…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
254. Victorian Narcos: Fire Monkeys, Iron Gunships, & Peasant Warfare (Ep 8)
Season 17 Episode 8
Who won the First Opium War? Why did British troops feel guilty about their role? What treaty led to Britain taking control of Hong Kong?
Anita and W…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
253. Victorian Narcos: Drug Dealers Lead Britain to War (Ep 7)
Season 17 Episode 7
How did opium traders convince the British Cabinet to wage war on China? Who was Lord Palmerston? Why was China, one of the biggest empires in the wo…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
252. Victorian Narcos: Selling Drugs To The Queen (Ep 6)
Season 17 Episode 6
Who was Commissioner Lin and how did he crack down on foreign opium in China? Why was Charles Elliot so hopeless that he landed Queen Victoria with a…
11 months, 3 weeks ago