Podcast Episodes
Back to Search279. 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 …
8 months, 3 weeks 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 immi…
8 months, 3 weeks 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 tr…
8 months, 4 weeks 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 Fr…
9 months 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 F…
9 months 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 trav…
9 months 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? H…
9 months, 1 week 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…
9 months, 1 week 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 …
9 months, 1 week 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 scho…
9 months, 2 weeks ago