24. Cowboys, Gangsters, and Assassins: How Gun Laws Died (Ep 2)
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23. The Gun Myth That Shaped A Nation (Ep 1)
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22. The Great Fire: London Rises From The Ashes (Ep 2)
How did the flames engulf the stone building of St Paul’s Cathedral, jump over the River Fleet, and reach 1,700 degrees celsius? After four days, how was this monstrous fire finally put out? What scar...
30 Jul 202556min
21. The Great Fire: London’s Burning (Ep 1)
What caused London to go up in flames on 2nd September, 1666? How did a fire that started in a bakery grow to engulf so much of the city? Who was Samuel Pepys, the great diarist who documented the fir...
23 Jul 202544min
20. How Sci-Fi Became Reality: The History of AI
What role did WWII enigma hero Alan Turing play in the early development of AI? Why are games so important to the history of AI? Did 2001: A Space Odyssey influence the design of the iPad? Sarah Ch...
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19. The Wrath of God: England’s Greatest Natural Disaster (Ep 2)
What death and destruction did the people of England wake up to after the 1703 storm? How did people make sense of this biblical devastation? Why do we remember The Great Fire of London and not The Gr...
16 Jul 202547min
18. England’s Hurricane: 10,000 Dead (Ep 1)
How did a storm in November 1703 turn into one of the deadliest natural disasters in England’s history? Why is Daniel Defoe, ‘father of the British novel’ and author of Robinson Crusoe, at the centre ...
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17. Britain vs America: The Deadly Culture War (Ep 2)
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2 Jul 202552min
