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279. Partition: How Dubai Almost Became Part of India (Part 2)
Aug 06, 2025Why have we forgotten that much of the Arabian peninsula was once legally part of India? How were the founding fathers of Yemen influenced by Indian nationalists? Which British spy was a double agent ...
278. Partition: India’s Break With Burma (Part 1)
Aug 04, 2025Why did Japan’s invasion of Burma in WW2 affect its path to independence? Who was the Burmese fascist leader who praised Hitler for his views on immigration? How did the separation of Burma link to th...
277. America Drills Through Hell’s Gorge (Part 5)
Jul 30, 2025How did the US orchestrate the Panamanian Revolution to be able to build the Panama Canal? Why did French engineer Bunau-Varilla and the US sign a treaty about Panama without a single Panamanian in th...
276. The Biggest Corruption Scandal in French History (Part 4)
Jul 28, 2025How was George Eiffel of the Eiffel Tower involved in a huge corruption scandal associated with the Panama Canal? How many workers died during the French attempt to build the canal? And who was Bunau-...
The Great Fire of London
Jul 24, 2025William and Anita are joined by historian and co-host of Goalhanger’s Journey Through Time, David Olusoga, to discuss their new series on The Great Fire of London. What caused the capital to go up...
275. The Battle To Build The Panama Canal (Part 3)
Jul 23, 2025What madcap schemes did French engineers use to drum up support to build the Panama Canal in the 1880s? How did the Gold Rush affect the flow of travellers through Panama looking for a shortcut? Who w...
274. Pirates of Panama: Francis Drake Strikes Spain's Empire (Part 2)
Jul 21, 2025Who was Captain Morgan, and why is a spiced rum named after him? How did a Welsh buccaneer lead an attack on the heart of Spain’s empire in Panama? How did Elizabeth I fund Francis Drake’s first slavi...
273. Panama’s Brutish Conquistador Who Found The Pacific and Lost His Head (Part 1)
Jul 16, 2025Who was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean? Who was Balboa and why did he set his bloodhounds on Native people in Panama? Why do we remember Cortes over the brutish conquistador Balboa? A...
272. Solving The Mystery of America's Lost Colony
Jul 15, 2025Have archaeologists finally solved the 400 year mystery of the lost American colonists? Who orchestrated historical hoaxes in the 1930s and did they get away with it? How has the history of the Roanok...
271. Canada’s Dark Secret: Stolen Children, Unmarked Graves, & Survival Stories (Ep 5)
Jul 09, 2025What was life like for Indigenous children forced to attend Residential Schools in Canada in the 1800s and 1900s? When was the final residential school closed? Which grim discovery in 2021 forced non-...