#110 Vaults (Part 1)
It’s time to take a look at the most secure places history has to offer, from Scrooge McDuck to Colonel Sanders - let’s look at Vaults! We’ll be off to Ancient Rome, we’ll examine where secret recipes...
4 Maj 202541min
#109 Collapse (Part 2)
This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed!This week we’re taking a look at the moments in history when things went to pot. Come with us to see Louis Napoleon’s self-coup in mid-19th century France, t...
28 Apr 202524min
#109 Collapse (Part 1)
This week we’re taking a look at the moments in history when things went to pot. Come with us to see Louis Napoleon’s self-coup in mid-19th century France, the frequent dynastic collapses in China, pl...
27 Apr 202529min
#108 Rules Based Order (Part 2)
This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed!This week we’re trawling through history to figure out how the international rules based order took shape. We’ve got The Treaty of Westphalia in 1648, the hu...
21 Apr 202532min
#108 Rules Based Order (Part 1)
This week we’re trawling through history to figure out how the international rules based order took shape. We’ve got The Treaty of Westphalia in 1648, the huge success that was The Concert of Europe p...
20 Apr 202536min
#106 Games (Part 2)
This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed!Come with us, as we roll the dice and shoot a podcasting bullseye as today we’re discussing: games. We’ve got a brief history of chess, the game of life (as ...
14 Apr 202531min
#106 Games (Part 1)
Come with us, as we roll the dice and shoot a podcasting bullseye as today we’re discussing: games. We’ve got a brief history of chess, the game of life (as in, the board game) and.. the word gams dvl...
13 Apr 202542min
#105 Forgeries (Part 2)
This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed!It’s time to trawl the historical archives for some of humanity’s great forgeries. We’ve got the infamous Dutch painter Han van Meegeren and the story of how...
7 Apr 202531min
