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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 wi…
2 years, 5 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 …
2 years, 5 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 Eu…
2 years, 5 months ago
Gorbachev | Shutting Down the Cold War | 2
Episode 14
With the levers of power now in his control, Gorbachev steps out on the international stage with one aim: to avoid a nuclear war. He forges a new rel…
2 years, 5 months ago
Gorbachev | The Boy from Stavropol | 1
Episode 13
Shaped by the brutality of the Stalin regime, Gorbachev’s childhood was one of poverty and hardship. But the communist system also works to his stren…
2 years, 5 months ago
Introducing: Black History, For Real
A 109 year old Black woman fights for reparations for her neighborhood that was burned to the ground when she was a child. The first woman on to the …
2 years, 5 months ago
Picasso | Drawing Lessons | 4
Episode 12
A bombshell memoir by a former lover annoys and embarrasses Picasso in his final years. But it is only half a century after his death that his misogy…
2 years, 6 months ago
Picasso | The Weeping Woman | 3
Episode 11
Death is ever more present in Picasso’s work, as horrific events in his home country inspire him to create one of the defining paintings of the 20th …
2 years, 6 months ago
Picasso | The Muse | 2
Episode 10
Picasso finds inspiration in an unlikely setting and changes art forever. He also finds his first muse, then his second... and then his third - leavi…
2 years, 6 months ago
Picasso | Bullfights, Brothels & Bohemia | 1
Episode 9
His father wants him to become a great classical painter, but teenage Pablo Picasso has other ideas. He joins the heady bohemia of Barcelona and Pari…
2 years, 6 months ago