321. Exploding Rum-filled Coffins, Anglo-Indian Sisterhood, & Julia Margaret Cameron
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320. Photos That Shook The World: Exposing Leopold in The Congo
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30 Dec 202546min
319. Heist of St Nicolas: The Medieval Mafia Who Stole Santa (Part 2)
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25 Dec 202532min
318. Heist of St Nicolas: Raiding Santa's Tomb (Part 1)
The original Santa Claus, Saint Nicolas, was a real bishop from Myra in modern-day Turkey, whose tomb there was popular with pilgrims, but 700 years after his death, a group of sailors decided to stea...
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317. Churchill's Photographer: From Escaping Genocide to MLK
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18 Dec 202548min
316. Hitler's Photographer: Nazi Secrets, Eva Braun, & Escaping Justice
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16 Dec 202547min
315. Controversy, Colonialism, & V.S. Naipaul
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11 Dec 202544min
314. Rudyard Kipling: Villain or Visionary? (Part 3)
Should we still read Kipling today? What family tragedy did Kipling face in the later half of his life? How did he fan the flames of jingoism during and after the First World War? William is reunited...
9 Dec 202547min
