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Back to Search309. Tintin, Nazis, & Soviets
Season 24 Episode 8
What was the origin story of Hergé, the Belgian illustrator who created The Adventures of Tintin? How did an unlikely friendship transform Hergé’s li…
5 months, 1 week ago
308. Asterix and Obelix, Babar The Elephant, & Colonial Cartoons
Season 24 Episode 7
How did a story made up by a mother for her sick children turn into Babar The Elephant? Why did two immigrants to France create such a patriotically …
5 months, 1 week ago
307. Austen vs Brontë: Unmasking Slavery Heiresses
Season 24 Episode 6
What is the true history behind the “madwoman in the attic” in Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre? How was Jane Austen’s aunt deeply connected to slavery i…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
306. Joseph Conrad: From Russian Exile To The Heart of Darkness
Season 24 Episode 5
How did a Polish sailor become one of the greatest writers in the English language? Why were Conrad’s parents exiled to the harsh conditions of north…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
305. Orwell: Dark Secrets, The CIA, & His Forgotten Failures (Part 4)
Season 24 Episode 4
Why was Orwell’s wife, Eileen, written out of his story when she co-wrote Animal Farm? How did the CIA twist the novel into anti-communist propaganda…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
304. Orwell: Animal Farm, 1984 & Totalitarian Dystopia (Part 3)
Season 24 Episode 3
What was the inspiration behind George Orwell’s most famous works? Why did he move to the remote Scottish island of Jura to finish writing 1984? What…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
303. Orwell: Fighting Fascism In The Spanish Civil War (Part 2)
Season 24 Episode 2
Why did George Orwell go to Spain to fight on the Republican side against General Franco? Who saved his life when he was shot in the throat? How did …
5 months, 4 weeks ago
302. Orwell: The Anti-Imperialist In India & Burma (Part 1)
Season 24 Episode 1
How was George Orwell’s childhood rooted in the British Empire and the opium trade in India? Why did George Orwell become a colonial police officer i…
6 months ago
301. Gaza: The First Arab-Israeli War & The Creation of The Gaza Strip (Part 11)
Season 23 Episode 11
How did neighbouring Arab nations respond to the displacement of Palestinians in 1948? Why was the future Egyptian prime minister, General Nasser, st…
6 months ago
300. Gaza: The 1948 War (Part 10)
Season 23 Episode 10
Why did the British decide to end their Mandate in Palestine less than three decades after it began? What was the UN Partition Plan for Palestine and…
6 months, 1 week ago