Podcast Episodes

279. Partition: How Dubai Almost Became Part of India (Part 2)

Season 20 Episode 2

Why have we forgotten that much of the Arabian peninsula was once legally part of India? How were the founding fathers of Yemen influenced by Indian nationalists? Which British spy was a double agent…

Published on 1 month ago

278. Partition: India’s Break With Burma (Part 1)

Season 20 Episode 1

Why did Japan’s invasion of Burma in WW2 affect its path to independence? Who was the Burmese fascist leader who praised Hitler for his views on immigration? How did the separation of Burma link to t…

Published on 1 month ago

277. America Drills Through Hell’s Gorge (Part 5)

Season 19 Episode 15

How did the US orchestrate the Panamanian Revolution to be able to build the Panama Canal? Why did French engineer Bunau-Varilla and the US sign a treaty about Panama without a single Panamanian in t…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

276. The Biggest Corruption Scandal in French History (Part 4)

Season 19 Episode 14

How was George Eiffel of the Eiffel Tower involved in a huge corruption scandal associated with the Panama Canal? How many workers died during the French attempt to build the canal? And who was Bunau…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

The Great Fire of London

William and Anita are joined by historian and co-host of Goalhanger’s Journey Through Time, David Olusoga, to discuss their new series on The Great Fire of London. 

What caused the capital to go up …

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

275. The Battle To Build The Panama Canal (Part 3)

Season 19 Episode 13

What madcap schemes did French engineers use to drum up support to build the Panama Canal in the 1880s? How did the Gold Rush affect the flow of travellers through Panama looking for a shortcut? Who …

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

274. Pirates of Panama: Francis Drake Strikes Spain's Empire (Part 2)

Season 19 Episode 12

Who was Captain Morgan, and why is a spiced rum named after him? How did a Welsh buccaneer lead an attack on the heart of Spain’s empire in Panama? How did Elizabeth I fund Francis Drake’s first slav…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

273. Panama’s Brutish Conquistador Who Found The Pacific and Lost His Head (Part 1)

Season 19 Episode 11

Who was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean? Who was Balboa and why did he set his bloodhounds on Native people in Panama? Why do we remember Cortes over the brutish conquistador Balboa?

An…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

272. Solving The Mystery of America's Lost Colony

Season 19 Episode 10

Have archaeologists finally solved the 400 year mystery of the lost American colonists? Who orchestrated historical hoaxes in the 1930s and did they get away with it? How has the history of the Roano…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

271. Canada’s Dark Secret: Stolen Children, Unmarked Graves, & Survival Stories (Ep 5)

Season 19 Episode 9

What was life like for Indigenous children forced to attend Residential Schools in Canada in the 1800s and 1900s? When was the final residential school closed? Which grim discovery in 2021 forced non…

Published on 2 months ago