
Joseph Banks: The Endeavour Sets Sail (Part 2)
What happened when Joseph Banks finally put to sea - and discovery left the comfort of gardens behind? How would a voyage meant to advance science collide with storms, suspicion, imperial rivalries, a...
13 Tammi 59min

Joseph Banks: Weeds Over Greek (Part 1)
Who was Joseph Banks before he became the most powerful botanist in the British Empire? How did a wealthy, restless young man turn a childhood fascination with weeds into a scientific obsession that w...
6 Tammi 48min

The Swiss War on Fruit Trees
Once, Switzerland was a land of pears.When we picture the Swiss countryside today, we imagine tidy fields, precision farming, and alpine order. But not so long ago, vast stretches of eastern Switzerla...
30 Joulu 202558min
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What Will History Remember: 2020s [so far] in Review (Livestream)
As 2025 draws to a close, we also reach the midpoint of the decade. Looking back on an eventful first half of the 2020s, we’re left with a big question: what will history remember about this era in th...
23 Joulu 202545min

The Three Wise Men
What do gold, frankincense, and myrrh really tell us about the world into which Jesus was born? Who were the Magi - kings, mystics, scientists, or traders - and why did they travel vast distances carr...
16 Joulu 202552min

The History of Figs
From incestuous wasps and prehistoric forests to sacred enlightenment, revolutionary resistance, and a certain square-shaped snack aisle icon - what if the fig is the most powerful fruit in human hist...
9 Joulu 20251h

Space Films, Produce and History (Livestream)
"They say once you grow crops somewhere, you have officially colonized it. So technically, I colonized Mars. In your face , Neil Armstrong!"As Mark Watney's line from the book and film The Martian sug...
2 Joulu 202547min

The Artichoke King
What does a thorny Mediterranean thistle have to do with the American Mafia? How did a humble vegetable — adored by Romans, cultivated by Renaissance queens, and grown lovingly by Italian immigrants —...
25 Marras 202543min



















