The Age Of Cargo | The Cargo Ship | 1
The cargo ship didn't just move goods — it moved civilisations. Peter and Afua trace 2,000 years of maritime trade, from Roman grain ships and spice routes to the Hanseatic League, the sugar plantatio...
16 Apr 43min
Facelifts | The Gory Truth Behind the Celebrity Glow | 2
Afua and Peter explore the "undetectable" world of deep plane facelifts, examining why celebrities are finally trading surgical secrecy for viral transparency. They dissect the astronomical costs of m...
14 Apr 38min
Facelifts | From Jericho to Kardashian | 1
Peter and Afua delve into the surprising 9,000-year history of facial modification, spanning from ancient trephining rituals in Jericho to the "eerily impressive" modern results seen on Kris Jenner. T...
9 Apr 28min
Global Impact Of Economic Shocks | The Reconfiguration of the World of 1973 | 4
From the formation of OPEC to the Yom Kippur War, Peter and Afua trace how oil-producing nations finally seized control of their most powerful weapon — and how the shock of 1973 sent the entire global...
7 Apr 42min
Global Impact Of Economic Shocks | 1973 - Oil and the 20th Century | 3
From the geology of the Gulf to the CIA-backed coup that toppled Iran's elected prime minister, Peter and Afua trace how oil became the defining force of the 20th century — and why the West's century-...
2 Apr 47min
Global Impact of Economic Shocks | The Cataclysm of Suez | 2
In this second installment of their series on economic shocks, Peter and Afua dissect the 1956 Suez Crisis, where Gamal Abdel Nasser's bold nationalization of the canal stripped the British Empire of ...
31 Mar 55min
Global Impact of Economic Shocks | 1915 and the Dardanelles | 1
Afua and Peter examine the brutal 1915 closure of the Dardanelles, revealing how a single geographic choke point strangled the Russian economy and paved the way for the Bolshevik Revolution. Drawing h...
26 Mar 52min
Great Environmental Shocks in History | How An Earthquake Splintered The World | 4
Afua and Peter examine the terrifying 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, revealing how a massive geological rupture in Japan unexpectedly triggered a radical energy revolution in Germany and shifted ...
24 Mar 45min
