The Forum
A podcast by BBC World Service - Saturdays
389 Episodes
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Taras Shevchenko: The slave who became a symbol of Ukrainian independence
Published: 7/14/2022 -
The unstoppable orange
Published: 7/7/2022 -
Radio waves and plants: The life of JC Bose
Published: 6/30/2022 -
Samurai: Japan’s elite warrior class
Published: 6/23/2022 -
Ice cream: A cool history
Published: 6/15/2022 -
The Popol Vuh: Central American epic that survived Spanish conquest
Published: 6/9/2022 -
The Koryo Kingdom: Medieval dynasty that united Korea
Published: 6/2/2022 -
Insulin: The discovery that transformed diabetic care
Published: 5/26/2022 -
Eunuchs and empires
Published: 5/19/2022 -
Vikings and their quest for silver
Published: 5/12/2022 -
Fertiliser and poison gas: The legacy of chemist Fritz Haber
Published: 5/4/2022 -
Emperor Nero: Bad boy of Ancient Rome
Published: 4/28/2022 -
Mirror Mirror on the wall: The history of the looking glass
Published: 4/21/2022 -
Kwame Nkrumah: Ghana’s Pan-African idealist
Published: 4/14/2022 -
The Truman Doctrine: Beginnings of the Cold War
Published: 4/6/2022 -
Margaret Fuller: Early feminist and war correspondent
Published: 3/31/2022 -
Money: From coin to cryptocurrency
Published: 3/20/2022 -
Pinocchio: The real story of the mischievous wooden puppet
Published: 3/17/2022 -
The invention of numbers
Published: 3/10/2022 -
Vincent van Gogh: The struggling artist
Published: 3/3/2022
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