61 Episodes

  1. Two World Wars, One Failed Revolution

    Published: 7/3/2025
  2. The Butcher And The Poet

    Published: 7/2/2025
  3. Hungary and Mohacs 500

    Published: 6/23/2025
  4. Taiwan

    Published: 9/12/2024
  5. China: The Life and Times of Chairman Mao

    Published: 5/24/2024
  6. China: imperial collapse

    Published: 5/13/2024
  7. China - to kowtow or not to kowtow

    Published: 5/4/2024
  8. China - the first emperor

    Published: 5/3/2024
  9. Turkey - Ottoman or Turk

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

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

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

    Published: 10/27/2023
  13. Russia - the sacred song of war

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

    Published: 1/9/2023
  15. Russia - A Tale of Two Ivans

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

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

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

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

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

    Published: 3/28/2022

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