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Back to Search259. 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…
7 months, 3 weeks 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…
7 months, 3 weeks 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…
7 months, 4 weeks 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…
8 months 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…
8 months 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…
8 months, 1 week 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…
8 months, 1 week 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…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
251. Victorian Narcos: Flooding China With Indian Opium (Ep 5)
Season 17 Episode 5
Who were Jardine and Matheson? What was life like for workers growing opium in India? How does George Orwell relate to the East India Company opium t…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
250. Victorian Narcos: Banished From Beijing (Ep 4)
Season 17 Episode 4
How did the Macartney Mission fail so spectacularly? Where does the word ‘kowtow’ come from? Why were the diplomats banished from the Forbidden City?…
8 months, 3 weeks ago