Road to Unity Part 2 | Bismarck and the Unification of Germany | Ancient to Recent | Episode 6

In this powerful final chapter of our Alexei Navalny series, we follow Russia’s most prominent opposition leader from the 2017 acid attack that scarred him, to his poisoning with Novichok, his defiant...

15 Aug 202555min

In Part II of Ancient to Recent’s deep dive, Alexei Navalny takes his fight against Vladimir Putin to the streets, the courts, and the ballot box. From rigged Moscow elections to uncovering multi-mill...

8 Aug 20251h 1min

There was no warning. Just radioactive rain and the beginning of a story that shaped modern Russia. In this premiere episode of Ancient to Recent, we explore how the Chernobyl disaster, the fall of th...

1 Aug 20251h 2min

In this epic episode of Ancient to Recent, we unpack the tragic and complex chain of events that dragged Germany and the world into the First World War. From the assassination of Franz Ferdinand in Sa...

25 Juli 20251h 28min

In this episode of Ancient to Recent, we unpack the turbulent reign of Kaiser Wilhelm II and the dramatic transformation of Germany from 1890 to 1914. From Bismarck’s calculated power structures to Wi...

19 Juli 202546min

From Napoleon to Bismarck, this is the story of how Prussia unified the German states through diplomacy, war, and ruthless ambition culminating in the creation of the German Empire in 1871. Based on I...

4 Juli 202554min

When Mahsa Amini died in police custody in 2022, her name became a rallying cry across Iran. This episode traces the roots of the Iranian regime's oppression from the 1979 revolution to modern-day cen...

27 Juni 202543min