Podcast Episodes
Back to Search318. Heist of St Nicolas: Raiding Santa's Tomb (Part 1)
Season 13 Episode 4
The original Santa Claus, Saint Nicolas, was a real bishop from Myra in modern-day Turkey, whose tomb there was popular with pilgrims, but 700 years …
4 months ago
317. Churchill's Photographer: From Escaping Genocide to MLK
Season 26 Episode 2
Who was Karsh and how did he become one of the most famous portrait photographers of the 20th century? How did Karsh escape from the Armenian Genocid…
4 months, 1 week ago
316. Hitler's Photographer: Nazi Secrets, Eva Braun, & Escaping Justice
Season 26 Episode 1
Who was Heinrich Hoffman and how did he use his photography to promote Adolf Hitler and Nazism? When did Hoffman introduce Hitler to Eva Braun? What …
4 months, 1 week ago
Introducing: The Rest Is Science
Forget what you think you know about reality.
The Rest Is Science is a mind-bending new show from Goalhanger that tears down familiar ideas… time, …
4 months, 2 weeks ago
315. Controversy, Colonialism, & V.S. Naipaul
Season 24 Episode 12
Who was V.S. Naipaul and why was he so controversial? How did Naipaul alter the way in which writers and readers saw the world, and in particular how…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
314. Rudyard Kipling: Villain or Visionary? (Part 3)
Season 24 Episode 11
Should we still read Kipling today? What family tragedy did Kipling face in the later half of his life? How did he fan the flames of jingoism during …
4 months, 2 weeks ago
313. Rudyard Kipling: Escaping India & Writing The Jungle Book (Part 2)
Season 24 Episode 10
What inspired Kipling to write his two most famous works: The Jungle Book and Kim? Why did Kipling hate London and swiftly move to the US? How did Ki…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
312. Rudyard Kipling: Son of Empire (Part 1)
Season 24 Episode 9
Rudyard Kipling was one of the most evocative writers of India, yet he was a jingoist and an imperialist until his dying day. So how do we grapple wi…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
311. Cricket In India: Beating The Brits At Their Own Game (Part 2)
Season 25 Episode 2
How did Britain’s imperial game become so popular in India? Why were India’s princes the ‘nepo babies’ of cricket? How does the legacy of Partition c…
5 months ago
310. The Origin of The Ashes & The Killer Cricket Scandal (Part 1)
Season 25 Episode 1
How is the history of cricket completely intertwined with the history of the British Empire? What was the Bodyline Controversy of the 1930s and how d…
5 months ago