265 Episodes

  1. 123. Hezbollah: The Party of God

    Published: 2/15/2024

  2. 122. Iran & Saudi Arabia: The Rivalry that Split the Islamic World

    Published: 2/13/2024

  3. 121. The Fall of the Shah of Shahs

    Published: 2/8/2024

  4. 120. The Iranian Revolution: The Rise of Ayatollah Khomeini

    Published: 2/6/2024

  5. 119. The Last Shah

    Published: 2/1/2024

  6. 118. Iran's First Revolution

    Published: 1/30/2024

  7. 117. Nader Shah: The Sword of Persia

    Published: 1/25/2024

  8. 116. Isfahan: The City of Dreams

    Published: 1/23/2024

  9. 115. The Great Conversion: How Iran became Shia

    Published: 1/18/2024

  10. 114. The Persian Renaissance

    Published: 1/16/2024

  11. 113. Timur: Scourge of God

    Published: 1/11/2024

  12. 112. Ferdowsi: How One Poet Saved Persian Civilisation

    Published: 1/9/2024

  13. 111. Shackleton: The Hero of Antarctica

    Published: 1/4/2024

  14. 110. Antarctica: The Continent that wouldn’t be Conquered

    Published: 1/2/2024

  15. 109. The Endeavour: Into the Unknown

    Published: 12/28/2023

  16. 108. The Endeavour & the Great Southern Continent

    Published: 12/26/2023

  17. 107. China's Greatest Admiral: The Story of Zheng He

    Published: 12/19/2023

  18. 106. The Rise of Islam

    Published: 12/14/2023

  19. 105. The Last Great War of Antiquity

    Published: 12/12/2023

  20. 104. How Persian Religion Changed the World

    Published: 12/7/2023

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