What is Zionism?
Dan delves into the complex history of Zionism, exploring its multifaceted origins and the various ideological strands that have shaped it over the years. From its early beginnings in the 19th century...
13 Huhti 202444min
Plagues
From a plague in Athens during the Peloponnesian War in 430 BCE, to another in 540 that wiped out half the population of the Roman empire, down through the Black Death in the Middle Ages and on throug...
9 Huhti 202421min
Hollywood Spy: The British WW1 Hero Who Helped Japan Attack Pearl Harbour
Frederick Rutland was one of Britain's finest naval pilots and a celebrated hero of the First World War. And yet in the interwar period, he would become a turncoat, feeding information to Japanese int...
8 Huhti 202425min
HMS Wager: Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
Join Dan as he narrates the harrowing story of the HMS Wager and its crew's descent into mutiny and survival against all odds. Set against the backdrop of the War of Jenkins' Ear, the Wager, a British...
7 Huhti 202454min
Nazis, the CIA & Psychedelics
This is the untold story of how Nazi experiments with psychedelics influenced CIA research and the War on Drugs. From covert mind control programs to experiments with 'truth serums', we trace the conn...
6 Huhti 202425min
The Mary Celeste: Ghost Ship
In 1872 the ghost ship Mary Celeste is found sailing across the Atlantic without a single crew member left onboard. Theories over what happened on the Mary Celeste range from insurance fraud to a viol...
2 Huhti 202437min
Kensington Palace: Serving the Royal Court
Kensington Palace was the centre of court life in 18th-century Britain. It was the principal London residence for the Royals, as well as a lavish venue for hosting monarchs and world leaders. But behi...
1 Huhti 202428min
George Washington
As Commander-in-chief of the Continental Army, George Washington was a central feature of the American Revolutionary War. He was also the first President of the nascent United States, and his ethics p...
31 Maalis 202438min
