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The Age Of Cargo | The TEU | 3
Episode 140
Malcolm McLean was a frustrated truck driver who thought there had to be a better way. The metal box he invented now carries 90% of the world's trade…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
The Age Of Cargo | Globalisation and the Oceans | 2
Episode 139
From colliers carrying coal out of Newcastle to Marshall Plan grain crossing the Atlantic, Peter and Afua trace how the movement of goods by sea buil…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
The Age Of Cargo | The Cargo Ship | 1
Episode 138
The cargo ship didn't just move goods — it moved civilisations. Peter and Afua trace 2,000 years of maritime trade, from Roman grain ships and spice …
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Facelifts | The Gory Truth Behind the Celebrity Glow | 2
Episode 137
Afua and Peter explore the "undetectable" world of deep plane facelifts, examining why celebrities are finally trading surgical secrecy for viral tra…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Facelifts | From Jericho to Kardashian | 1
Episode 136
Peter and Afua delve into the surprising 9,000-year history of facial modification, spanning from ancient trephining rituals in Jericho to the "eeril…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
Global Impact Of Economic Shocks | The Reconfiguration of the World of 1973 | 4
Episode 135
From the formation of OPEC to the Yom Kippur War, Peter and Afua trace how oil-producing nations finally seized control of their most powerful weapon…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
Global Impact Of Economic Shocks | 1973 - Oil and the 20th Century | 3
Episode 134
From the geology of the Gulf to the CIA-backed coup that toppled Iran's elected prime minister, Peter and Afua trace how oil became the defining forc…
4 months ago
Global Impact of Economic Shocks | The Cataclysm of Suez | 2
Episode 133
In this second installment of their series on economic shocks, Peter and Afua dissect the 1956 Suez Crisis, where Gamal Abdel Nasser's bold nationali…
4 months ago
Global Impact of Economic Shocks | 1915 and the Dardanelles | 1
Episode 132
Afua and Peter examine the brutal 1915 closure of the Dardanelles, revealing how a single geographic choke point strangled the Russian economy and pa…
4 months, 1 week ago
Great Environmental Shocks in History | How An Earthquake Splintered The World | 4
Episode 131
Afua and Peter examine the terrifying 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, revealing how a massive geological rupture in Japan unexpectedly triggered …
4 months, 1 week ago