Episode 49: Guy Burgess, part two -- Did I Mention Today That I am Definitely a Spy?
We continue the story of Guy Burgess, Old Etonian and Communist Spy. Burgess rose within the ranks of elite British Society, whitewashing his colourful political history, and collecting information on...
2 Touko 20191h 30min
Episode 48: Guy Burgess, Part One -- Penetrating Everywhere
On the cusp of the Second World War, a privileged son of the British middle class made the fateful decision to begin a secret double life -- spying on his home country for the USSR. An ideological com...
24 Maalis 201941min
Episode 47: What Happened to Andrew Gosden?
Teenage runaways tend to share several key characteristics -- unhappy family lives, histories of victimization and substance abuse, past encounters with the law. Happy kids rarely run away. So why did...
20 Helmi 201957min
Episode 46: Methamphetamine and Nazi Germany
Humanity has used and cultivated plants for their medicinal, stimulant, and hallucinogenic properties for thousands of years. It was only in the modern era that we first learnt to isolate the organic ...
17 Joulu 20181h 20min
Episode 45: Genie the Feral Child, Part Two - Victor of Aveyron
Long before the discovery of Susan "Genie" Wiley, feral children like Victor of Aveyron fascinated various thinkers and illuminates, because they offered a glimpse of what it means to be a human witho...
25 Marras 20182h 1min
Episode 44: Genie the Feral Child, Part One - Wild Child
What happens when you grow up without light, sound, or social interaction of any kind? What does that kind of extreme deprivation do to the developing brain of a child? These were the questions that f...
14 Marras 20181h 26min
Episode 43: The Brothers Kellogg
Before Rice Crispies, before Frosted Flakes, before Tony the Tiger and Toucan Sam, there was John Harvey Kellogg a famous Seventh Day Adventist doctor and one of the most eccentric figures of the 20th...
29 Syys 20181h 33min
Episode 42: The Baekelands Part Two - A Boy's Best Friend
The death of a parent is always hard, but especially when you're the one who stabbed them. In our second and final episode on the Baekeland family, we explore the aftermath of Barbara Baekeland's murd...
13 Syys 20181h 46min
