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A Terrifying Insight
Season 2 Episode 85
A chronic gambler who suffered epileptic seizures all his life and faced the firing squad for disseminating banned literature. This week we travel wi…
2 years, 6 months ago
The Man Who Saw Light For What It Is
Season 2 Episode 84
In this episode Neil takes us to Edinburgh, Scotland in the late 1800s to meet a forgotten scientific hero, the physicist, James Clerk Maxwell.
To hel…
2 years, 7 months ago
The ‘Beautiful Game’ is born!
Season 2 Episode 83
In this episode we travel with Neil to London, England as the rules of a sport, that will go viral around the world, are being set down in stone. Phi…
2 years, 7 months ago
Civil War
Season 2 Episode 82
In this episode we travel to America in 1861 as the new nation begins ripping itself apart. This week Neil draws a devastatingly tragic portrait of S…
2 years, 7 months ago
Revolution In The Air!
Season 2 Episode 81
This week we are with Neil in London, England as a document that is just 23 pages long, but is destined to change the world is about to be printed – …
2 years, 7 months ago
Confronted By Our Nature!
Season 2 Episode 80
This week we travel with Neil to Paris in 1838 as Louis Daguerre exposes human nature and it's consequences like never before.
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2 years, 8 months ago
The Most Dangerous Man in Britain!
Season 2 Episode 79
The most dangerous man in Britain changes the world forever! This week it’s 1836 and we’re stepping ashore with Neil in New South Wales, Australia to…
2 years, 8 months ago
Slaves!
Season 2 Episode 78
This week we travel with Neil to Jamacia as Samuel Sharpe, an eloquent and passionate man, calls on his fellow slaves to rise up and seek their freed…
2 years, 8 months ago
One Billion!
Season 2 Episode 77
Either each of us matters or none of us do and if we live amongst a population where too many people think that none of us matter, that’s the road to…
2 years, 8 months ago
Loved & feared!
Season 2 Episode 76
Loved by his people a charismatic demagogue rises to ultimate power. This week Neil takes us across revolutionary France as Napoleon Bonaparte, a tru…
2 years, 9 months ago