395 Episodes

  1. Anaesthesia: Unwrapping oblivion

    Published: 3/7/2019
  2. Calouste Gulbenkian: The architect of Middle East oil

    Published: 3/1/2019
  3. Robinson Crusoe: The man and his island

    Published: 2/21/2019
  4. Lu Xun: Writing the story of New China

    Published: 2/14/2019
  5. The talking drums of West Africa

    Published: 2/7/2019
  6. The Top of the World

    Published: 1/31/2019
  7. The Heel and the Sneaker

    Published: 1/24/2019
  8. Goya: Seeking truth through art

    Published: 1/17/2019
  9. Antigone: A drama of defiance

    Published: 1/10/2019
  10. The Master and Margarita: Devilish satire

    Published: 1/3/2019
  11. Fermentation: Ancient Food Alchemy

    Published: 12/27/2018
  12. The Emergence of Modern Turkey

    Published: 12/20/2018
  13. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn: Revealing the Gulag

    Published: 12/13/2018
  14. The Iranian Coup of 1953: Overthrow of a Prime Minister

    Published: 12/6/2018
  15. Diaghilev and the ballet revolution

    Published: 11/29/2018
  16. Charlie Chaplin

    Published: 11/22/2018
  17. Coal: a Burning Legacy

    Published: 11/15/2018
  18. Lifting the lid: The history of the toilet

    Published: 11/8/2018
  19. Calm in the chaos: The story of the Stoics

    Published: 11/1/2018
  20. Cambodia's ancient Khmer Empire

    Published: 10/27/2018

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