Why do countries exist
By Ryan O'Hara
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Episodes: 202
Description
A dive into every country's history and why they exist. I also do episodes on political parties throughout the world or just talking about stuff that interests me!
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Latvian Political Parties
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Mar 04, 2026 |
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Episode 54: The History of Djibouti
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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Sources for Djibouti episode
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Jan 25, 2026 |
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Thai Political Parties
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Dec 27, 2025 |
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Hungarian Political Parties
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Dec 06, 2025 |
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Episode 53: the History of Denmark
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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Sources for Denmark episode
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Nov 16, 2025 |
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Greenlandic Political Parties
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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Czech Political Parties
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Sep 14, 2025 |
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Episode 52: the History of the Czech Republic
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Aug 26, 2025 |
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Sources for the Czech Republic Episode
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Aug 20, 2025 |
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Singaporean Political Parties
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Jul 06, 2025 |
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Lithuanian Political Parties
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Jun 24, 2025 |
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Episode 51: the History of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (Cyprus pt 2)
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May 28, 2025 |
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Episode 50: the History of Cyprus Pt1
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May 25, 2025 |
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sources for Cyprus episodes
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May 25, 2025 |
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Iraqi Political Parties
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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Episode 49: the History of Cuba
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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sources for the Cuba episode
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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Mexican Political Parties
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Jan 05, 2025 |
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Episode 48: the History of Croatia
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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sources for the Croatia episode
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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Armenian Political parties
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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Iranian Political Parties
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Sep 17, 2024 |
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Episode 47: the History of Cote D'Ivoire
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Aug 17, 2024 |
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sources for the Cote D'Ivoire episode
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Aug 16, 2024 |
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Argentine political parties
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May 26, 2024 |
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Episode 46: The History of Costa Rica
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May 09, 2024 |
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sources for Costa Rica episode
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May 09, 2024 |
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Indonesian Political Parties
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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Episode 45: the History of the Cook Islands
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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Sources for Cook Islands episode
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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Kazakh Political Parties
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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Episode 44: the History of the Republic of the Congo
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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Sources for Republic of the Congo episode
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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Slovenian Political Parties
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Feb 04, 2024 |
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Chilean Political Parties
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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Episode 43: the History of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
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Jan 14, 2024 |
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Sources for the DRC episode
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Jan 11, 2024 |
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Swiss Political Parties
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Dec 16, 2023 |
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Moroccan Political Parties
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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Episode 42: The History of Comoros
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Nov 24, 2023 |
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sources for the Comoros Episode
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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Moldovan Political Parties
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Nov 03, 2023 |
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South Korean Political Parties
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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Patreon Pitch
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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Episode 41: the History of Colombia
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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sources for the Colombia episode
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Oct 08, 2023 |
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Episode 40: The History of China pt 3 (Taiwan)
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Sep 03, 2023 |
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Sources for History of China pt3 (Taiwan)
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Aug 31, 2023 |
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Zimbabwean Political Parties
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Aug 15, 2023 |
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German Political Parties
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Aug 08, 2023 |
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Episode 39: the history of China part 2
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Jul 22, 2023 |
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Episode 38: History of China part 1
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Jun 29, 2023 |
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sources for the China pt 1 episode
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Jun 29, 2023 |
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Ukrainian Political Parties
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May 24, 2023 |
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Episode 37: The history of Chile
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May 12, 2023 |
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sources for the Chile episode
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May 10, 2023 |
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Did youtubers kill a political party?
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Apr 19, 2023 |
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Episode 36: History of Chad
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Mar 12, 2023 |
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Sources for the Chad Episode
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Mar 09, 2023 |
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Greek Political parties
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Feb 23, 2023 |
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Serbian Political Parties
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Feb 11, 2023 |
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Episode 35: History of the Central African Republic
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Jan 29, 2023 |
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sources for the Central African Republic episode
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Jan 29, 2023 |
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Danish Political Parties
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Jan 17, 2023 |
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Turkish Political Parties
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Jan 06, 2023 |
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Episode 34: History of Cape Verde
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Dec 23, 2022 |
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sources for the Cape Verde Episode
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Dec 21, 2022 |
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Japanese Political Parties
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Dec 05, 2022 |
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Polish Political Parties
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Nov 25, 2022 |
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Halloween Special! Northern State Recreation Area history
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Oct 31, 2022 |
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Episode 33: History of Canada
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Oct 28, 2022 |
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Sources for the Canada Episode
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Oct 26, 2022 |
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Irish Political Parties
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Oct 06, 2022 |
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Episode 32: History of Cameroon
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Sep 10, 2022 |
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sources for the Cameroon Episode
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Sep 06, 2022 |
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Brazilian Political Parties
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Aug 26, 2022 |
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Nigerian Political Parties
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Aug 10, 2022 |
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Episode 31: History of Cambodia
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Jul 25, 2022 |
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sources for the Cambodia Episode
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Jul 21, 2022 |
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New Zealand Political Parties
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Jun 15, 2022 |
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Episode 30: History of Burundi
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May 30, 2022 |
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sources for Burundi episode
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May 26, 2022 |
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Colombian Political Parties
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May 13, 2022 |
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Philippine Political Parties
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May 02, 2022 |
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Episode 29: History of Burkina Faso
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Apr 21, 2022 |
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Sources for Burkina Faso episode
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Apr 18, 2022 |
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Interview with representatives from Agora
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Apr 09, 2022 |
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Belgian Political Parties
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Apr 09, 2022 |
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Croatian Political Parties
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Mar 28, 2022 |
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Episode 28: History of Bulgaria
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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Sources for the Bulgaria episode
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Mar 12, 2022 |
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The allowed parties of China
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Feb 27, 2022 |
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Italian Political Parties
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Feb 20, 2022 |
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Episode 27: History of Brunei
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Feb 05, 2022 |
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Sources for the Brunei Episode
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Feb 02, 2022 |
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Malaysian Political Parties
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Jan 26, 2022 |
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Indian Political Parties
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Jan 16, 2022 |
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Episode 26: History of Brazil
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Jan 01, 2022 |
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sources for Brazil episode
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Dec 25, 2021 |
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Spanish Political Parties
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Dec 12, 2021 |
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Romanian Political Parties
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Nov 28, 2021 |
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Episode 25: History of Botswana
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Nov 21, 2021 |
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Sources for Botswana episode
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Nov 15, 2021 |
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The politics of France's overseas departments
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Oct 30, 2021 |
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French Political Parties
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Oct 21, 2021 |
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Episode 24: History of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Oct 09, 2021 |
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sources for Bosnia and Herzegovina episode
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Oct 09, 2021 |
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Portuguese Political Parties
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Sep 24, 2021 |
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Russian Political Parties
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Sep 14, 2021 |
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Episode 23: The History of Bolivia
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Sep 08, 2021 |
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sources for Bolivian episode
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Sep 01, 2021 |
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British Political Parties
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Aug 06, 2021 |
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Alliance Party Election map 2019
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Aug 05, 2021 |
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Green Election map 2019
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Aug 05, 2021 |
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Social Democratic and Labor Party Election map 2019
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Aug 05, 2021 |
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Plaid Cymru Election map 2019
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Aug 05, 2021 |
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Sinn Fein Election map 2019
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Aug 05, 2021 |
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Democratic Unionist Party election map 2019
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Aug 05, 2021 |
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Liberal Democrats Election map 2019
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Aug 05, 2021 |
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Scottish National Party Election map 2019
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Aug 05, 2021 |
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Labor Election map 2019
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Aug 05, 2021 |
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Conservative Election map 2019
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Aug 05, 2021 |
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Canadian political Parties
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Jul 27, 2021 |
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Green 2019 Election map
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Jul 22, 2021 |
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NDP 2019 Election map
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Jul 22, 2021 |
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Bloc 2019 Election map
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Jul 22, 2021 |
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Conservative 2019 Election map
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Jul 22, 2021 |
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Liberal 2019 Election map
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Jul 22, 2021 |
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Episode 22: History of Bhutan
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Jul 20, 2021 |
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Sources for Bhutan episode
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Jul 18, 2021 |
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Slovak Political Parties
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Jul 03, 2021 |
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Bulgarian Political Parties
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Jun 23, 2021 |
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Episode 21: History of Benin
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Jun 16, 2021 |
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Sources for the Benin episode
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Jun 13, 2021 |
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Dutch Political parties (part 2)
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Jun 05, 2021 |
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Dutch Political parties (part 1)
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May 26, 2021 |
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Episode 20: History of Belize
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May 17, 2021 |
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Sources for Belize
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May 14, 2021 |
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History of the British overseas territories (part 3)
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May 04, 2021 |
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Thanks for 1 year! merch! and Patreon?
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May 04, 2021 |
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South African Political Parties
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Apr 22, 2021 |
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Episode 19: History of Belgium
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Apr 11, 2021 |
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Sources for Belgium
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Apr 08, 2021 |
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Smaller Australian Political parties
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Mar 25, 2021 |
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History of the British overseas territories (part 2)
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Mar 15, 2021 |
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Episode 18: History of Belarus
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Mar 02, 2021 |
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Sources for Belarus
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Mar 02, 2021 |
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History of the British overseas territories (part 1)
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Feb 16, 2021 |
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Episode 17; the History of Barbados
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Jan 28, 2021 |
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Sources for the Barbados episode
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Jan 25, 2021 |
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Episode 16: History of Bangladesh
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Jan 18, 2021 |
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Bangladesh sources
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Jan 18, 2021 |
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Top 10 biggest election in 2021 (I think)
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Jan 11, 2021 |
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Episode 15: History of Bahrain
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Dec 25, 2020 |
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Composition of the Non-Inscrits
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Dec 11, 2020 |
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Composition of European United Left-Nordic Green Left
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Dec 11, 2020 |
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Composition of European Conservative and Reformists group
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Dec 11, 2020 |
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Composition of Greens-European Free Alliance
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Dec 11, 2020 |
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Composition of Identity and Democracy
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Dec 11, 2020 |
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Composition of Renew Europe
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Dec 11, 2020 |
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Composition of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
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Dec 11, 2020 |
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Composition of the European People's Party Group
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Dec 11, 2020 |
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Composition of the EU
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Dec 11, 2020 |
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European Political Groups
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Dec 11, 2020 |
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Episode 14: History of the Bahamas
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Dec 04, 2020 |
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Sources for the Bahamas
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Dec 02, 2020 |
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Episode 13: History of Azerbaijan
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Nov 23, 2020 |
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Sources for Azerbaijan
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Nov 23, 2020 |
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Austrian Political parties
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Nov 06, 2020 |
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Episode 12: History of Austria
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Oct 28, 2020 |
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Austria sources
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Oct 28, 2020 |
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Australia's External Territories
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Oct 16, 2020 |
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Australian Political parties
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Oct 02, 2020 |
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Make-up of the Australian Senate
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Oct 02, 2020 |
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Make-up of the Australian House of representatives
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Oct 02, 2020 |
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Episode 11:History of Australia
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Sep 25, 2020 |
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Sources for the Australia episode
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Sep 24, 2020 |
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History of Chaldea
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Sep 18, 2020 |
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What is Eastern Catholicism
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Sep 04, 2020 |
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Episode 10: Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh)
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Aug 28, 2020 |
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Sources for Artsakh
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Aug 26, 2020 |
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Episode 9: History of Armenia
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Aug 21, 2020 |
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Who owns Antartica?
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Jul 31, 2020 |
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Episode 8: History of Argentina
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Jul 24, 2020 |
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Sources for the Argentina episode
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Jul 20, 2020 |
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Federation v Unitary state
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Jul 17, 2020 |
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Christian democracy, Social democracy, and Big tent
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Jul 10, 2020 |
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Sources for Antigua and Barbuda
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Jul 03, 2020 |
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Episode 7: History of Antigua and Barbudahttps://whydocountriesexist.libsyn.com/
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Jul 03, 2020 |
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Episode 6:History of Angola
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Jun 26, 2020 |
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Sources for Angola
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Jun 25, 2020 |
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Episode 5: History of Andorra
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Jun 12, 2020 |
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Sources for Andorra
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Jun 10, 2020 |
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Episode 4:History of Algeria
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May 29, 2020 |
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sources for algeria episode
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May 25, 2020 |
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Episode 3:History of Albania
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May 22, 2020 |
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Albania Episode's sources
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May 21, 2020 |
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Episode 2:History of Afghanistan
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May 15, 2020 |
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Episode 1:Abkhazia
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May 08, 2020 |
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Episode 0: Introduction
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May 08, 2020 |