71. Chernobyl: Three Men Who Saved Europe (Ep 4)
What were the two "nightmare scenarios” that would have led to enormous damage in the weeks following the explosion? What happened when three heroic men waded into radioactive water to stop much of Eu...
5 Feb 41min
70. Chernobyl: The Battle Against Nuclear Fallout (Ep 3)
Who were the doomed firefighters, first on the scene after the Chernobyl explosion? What forced the Soviets to come clean about the disaster? How did the USSR sacrifice Belarussian farmers to stop nuc...
2 Feb 44min
69. Chernobyl: The Countdown To Catastrophe (Ep 2)
Why was reactor four two years overdue a critical safety test? What happened in the seconds and minutes leading up to the explosion? Who was the first victim of the Chernobyl disaster? David Olus...
29 Jan 28min
68. Chernobyl: The Worst Nuclear Disaster In History (Ep 1)
How did a routine safety test turn into the worst nuclear disaster in history? How did Soviet secrecy, impossible targets, and corner-cutting set the stage for Chernobyl? Why did the disaster begin lo...
26 Jan 38min
67. The Spanish Civil War: The Death of Democracy (Ep 6)
How did the Spanish Civil War inspire resistance movements throughout the 20th century? Why does Spain contain thousands of hidden mass graves? What is the legacy of the conflict in modern Spain? Why ...
22 Jan 35min
66. The Spanish Civil War: Guernica, Picasso and The Nazis (Ep 5)
How did Pablo Picasso capture the horror of aerial bombing? Why did Hitler use a small Spanish town to test the Blitzkrieg? What was Stalin’s role in the Spanish Civil War? David Olusoga and Sarah...
19 Jan 31min
65. The Spanish Civil War: Orwell V Stalin (Ep 4)
What were Barcelona’s ‘May Days’? How did Orwell manage to escape Stalinist agents? Why did communists and anarchists begin to fight each other? How did the Spanish Civil War inspire Animal Farm and 1...
15 Jan 23min
64. The Spanish Civil War: A Nazi Training Ground (Ep 3)
What were Barcelona’s ‘May Days’? How did Orwell manage to escape Stalinist agents? Why did communists and anarchists begin to fight each other? How did the Spanish Civil War inspire Animal Farm and 1...
12 Jan 23min
