Podcast Episodes

Alan Turing | Illegal Love | 3

Episode 23

Turing returns to a normal social life after the war, where he is open about his sexual orientation with his friends. Until a burglary turns everything upside down and Turing faces the reality of bei…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

Alan Turing | Cracking the Code | 2

Episode 22

The stakes are high for Turing and his team of codebreakers as they try to decrypt Nazi messages. Known as “Prof”, Turing and his eccentricities are central to life at Bletchley Park during the Secon…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

Alan Turing | An Awkward Genius | 1

Episode 21

A curious bookish boy, Alan Turing is already an outsider at a young age. But at Cambridge, he comes up with an idea that shapes the foundation of computer science. His genius will later alter the co…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

Nina Simone | Rebirth | 4

Episode 20

The tide is turning for Nina Simone. A new generation falls in love with her music, she's reconciled with her daughter and her mental health has recovered. But alongside the civil rights movement, Ni…

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

Nina Simone | Breakdown | 3

Episode 19

Amidst marital and financial problems, Nina escapes the US for an eclectic life abroad - finding love in Barbados, happiness in Liberia, and a better education for her daughter in Switzerland. But me…

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

Nina Simone | To Be Young, Gifted and Black | 2

Episode 18

Nina Simone's star is rising - however cracks in her personal life are starting to show. Meanwhile, the civil rights movement is catching up with her. Where does she stand in the midst of this? And w…

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

Nina Simone | The Road to Carnegie Hall | 1

Episode 17

Born in the Jim Crow South, Nina Simone's talent is obvious from an early age. She dreams of becoming the first black classical pianist but after a life-changing rejection, she has no choice but to r…

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

Gorbachev | The Man Who Lost an Empire | 4

Episode 16

Under Gorbachev's leadership the once sprawling empire that was the Soviet Union collapses. Is this his true legacy? Or was it all inevitable? And with present day Russia looking to the past for glor…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

Listen Now: The Spy Who

These are stories you were never meant to hear. The invisible but vital work of the world’s intelligence services: secret operatives playing to very different rules. The Spy Who, hosted by Indira Var…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

Gorbachev | Meltdown | 3

Episode 15

On a spring morning in 1986 one of the most catastrophic events in global history occurs - Chernobyl. It brings chaos to the environment, chaos to Europe and chaos to Mikhail Gorbachev's premiership.…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago