How to Invent a Country
A podcast by BBC Radio 4
61 Episodes
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Two World Wars, One Failed Revolution
Published: 7/3/2025 -
The Butcher And The Poet
Published: 7/2/2025 -
Hungary and Mohacs 500
Published: 6/23/2025 -
Taiwan
Published: 9/12/2024 -
China: The Life and Times of Chairman Mao
Published: 5/24/2024 -
China: imperial collapse
Published: 5/13/2024 -
China - to kowtow or not to kowtow
Published: 5/4/2024 -
China - the first emperor
Published: 5/3/2024 -
Turkey - Ottoman or Turk
Published: 11/20/2023 -
Turkey - A Delicate Balancing Act
Published: 10/27/2023 -
Turkey - The Military and Decline
Published: 10/27/2023 -
Turkey - The Ottomans: East or West
Published: 10/27/2023 -
Russia - the sacred song of war
Published: 1/9/2023 -
Russia - the Empire Strikes Back
Published: 1/9/2023 -
Russia - A Tale of Two Ivans
Published: 1/9/2023 -
Russia - the bear moves west
Published: 1/9/2023 -
Return to Spain
Published: 1/6/2023 -
Poland - Stalin on one side, Hitler to the left
Published: 4/8/2022 -
Poland - a nation without a state
Published: 3/28/2022 -
Poland - Obliterated from the map
Published: 3/28/2022
When did countries become countries? Misha Glenny on the borders, the stories and the people of countries worldwide.