How to Invent a Country

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53 Episodes

  1. Turkey - Ottoman or Turk

    Published: 11/20/2023
  2. Turkey - A Delicate Balancing Act

    Published: 10/27/2023
  3. Turkey - The Military and Decline

    Published: 10/27/2023
  4. Turkey - The Ottomans: East or West

    Published: 10/27/2023
  5. Russia - A Tale of Two Ivans

    Published: 1/9/2023
  6. Russia - the Empire Strikes Back

    Published: 1/9/2023
  7. Russia - the bear moves west

    Published: 1/9/2023
  8. Russia - the sacred song of war

    Published: 1/9/2023
  9. Return to Spain

    Published: 1/6/2023
  10. Poland - Stalin on one side, Hitler to the left

    Published: 4/8/2022
  11. Poland - a nation without a state

    Published: 3/28/2022
  12. Poland - Obliterated from the map

    Published: 3/28/2022
  13. The Birth of Bangladesh

    Published: 5/17/2021
  14. Scandinavia - the narcissism of small differences

    Published: 11/24/2020
  15. Scandinavia - The Viking Inheritance

    Published: 11/17/2020
  16. Scandinavia - The Bridge

    Published: 11/10/2020
  17. Ireland - escalation!

    Published: 10/1/2019
  18. Ireland - plantation and conflict

    Published: 9/19/2019
  19. Ireland - we used the word pagan as kids!

    Published: 9/9/2019
  20. The Invention of Britain #4 - so many different little corners!

    Published: 3/17/2019

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When did countries become countries? Misha Glenny on the borders, the stories and the people of countries worldwide.