Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchThe Whitewashing of Zimbabwe's Ancient History
The true history of the Great Zimbabwe ruins uncovered after independence, why Churchill lost the post-war election also the first women at the US mi…
7 years, 8 months ago
The Killing of the Russian Tsar
The murder of the Russian Tsar Nicholas II and his wife, four daughters and young son in 1918, plus how the Soviet Union struggled to feed its people…
7 years, 8 months ago
Smiling Buddha: India's First Nuclear Test
The scientist at the forefront of India's first successful nuclear test in 1974, plus how an undersea mission finally found the remains of nearly 300…
7 years, 8 months ago
When The US Shot Down An Iranian Airliner
How a US warship downed a passenger jet killing 290 people, plus the story behind The Toilet, the controversial 1990s Russian 'masterpiece', Madelei…
7 years, 8 months ago
The Ex-President and the Gun Lobby
This week, how former US President George Bush Senior took on the all-powerful National Rifle Association; the murder of the campaigning Irish journa…
7 years, 8 months ago
Korea Divided: A Bitter History
From the 1945 division of the peninsula, to the Korean war and the death of Kim II-sung, we have first-hand accounts from the turbulent recent histor…
7 years, 9 months ago
The 1968 Belgrade Student Revolt
The 1968 student revolt in Communist Yugoslavia, an assassination attempt that sparked Lebanon's war, Adolf Eichmann's execution, plus the sudden dea…
7 years, 9 months ago
Free Health Care for All
The birth of the British health service in 1948; the battle for compensation over Thalidomide; the world's first bicycle-sharing scheme; discovering …
7 years, 9 months ago
The Fall of Suharto in Indonesia
In 1998, the Indonesian dictator, President Suharto, resigned after 31 years in power. He stood down in the wake of nationwide demonstrations sparked…
7 years, 10 months ago
May 1968 Paris Riots
A French riot policeman's view of the violence that swept through France in May 1968; plus the man who led a team that made safe two nuclear weapons …
7 years, 10 months ago