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This is Samurai | The Samurai Take Control | 2
Episode 120
How did a warrior class born to serve end up ruling Japan for seven centuries? When the Mongols twice tried to invade — and were twice destroyed by t…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
This Is Samurai | The Rise Of Medieval Warlords | 1
Episode 119
Who were the samurai before the armour and the mythology? How did a class of provincial enforcers — hired muscle
for a crumbling imperial court — beco…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Women and Healing | It's All On WitchTok | 3
Episode 118
From shamans and oracles to modern psychics and wellness gurus, humanity has always searched for answers beyond medicine. This episode traces how spi…
6 months ago
Women and Healing | The Original Witch Hunt | 2
Episode 117
Women were humanity’s first doctors — midwives, herbalists and healers — until fear, religion and power turned care into a crime. This episode explor…
6 months ago
Women and Healing | The Strange Story of the Penis Nest Trapped in a Tree | 1
Episode 116
Women were the world’s first doctors — mastering plants, childbirth, and healing — until their knowledge became a threat to rising male-dominated med…
6 months, 1 week ago
The History of Wellness and Wellbeing | Shamans, Oracles and Gurus | 4
Episode 115
Why did ancient people believe illness came from spirits — and who had the power to cure it? Peter and Afua explore shamans, oracles, and sacred heal…
6 months, 1 week ago
The History of Wellness and Wellbeing | The Importance of Sleep and Exercise | 3
Episode 114
Afua makes the case that sleep is sacred — and modern “grind culture” is quietly wrecking us — as Peter and Afua explore how the ancients actually sl…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
The History of Wellness and Wellbeing | The First Treatments and Cures | 2
Episode 113
Afua loses her voice, fixes it with an old-school red onion + honey remedy, and the pair dive into the ancient origins of cures: food, herbs, water, …
6 months, 2 weeks ago
The History of Wellness and Wellbeing | The Early Years | 1
Episode 112
New Year, new you — but where did the idea of “wellness” actually come from? Peter and Afua travel back 10,000 years to hunter-gatherers, early medic…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Encore: Gorbachev | The Man Who Lost an Empire | 4
Episode 111
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…
6 months, 3 weeks ago