Origin Story
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What are the real stories behind the most misunderstood and abused ideas in politics? From Conspiracy Theory to Woke to Centrism and beyond, Ian Dunt and Dorian Lynskey dig into the astonishing secret histories of concepts you thought you knew.
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The Daily Mail – Part two – Paper Tigers
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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The Daily Mail – Part one – Barons and Blackshirts
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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The BBC – Part two – Balancing act
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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The BBC – Part one – Inform, educate, entertain
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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Benjamin Netanyahu – Part two – Divide and conquer
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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Benjamin Netanyahu – Part one – Making enemies
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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US Post-Election Live Show – Part Two
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Nov 16, 2024 |
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US Post-Election Live Show – Part One
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Nov 16, 2024 |
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Artificial Intelligence – Part Two – Skynet’s the limit
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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Conspiracy Theory - Exclusive audiobook excerpt
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Nov 09, 2024 |
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Artificial Intelligence – Part One – Deus ex machina
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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The Suffragettes – Part Two – By any means necessary
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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The Suffragettes – Part one – Deeds not words
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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Russell Brand – Confidence man
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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The British Board of Film Classification – Who watches the watchers?
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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Emmanuel Macron – The centrist cannot hold
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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Gaslighting – No, you’re not imagining it
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Aug 28, 2024 |
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The Battle of Cable Street
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Aug 13, 2024 |
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Bonus edition: Far-Right Riots
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Aug 06, 2024 |
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Origin Story Post-Election Special – Live in Islington
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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The Rushdie Affair – Blasphemous Rumours
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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Keir Starmer – PM Dawn
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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Anti-vaxxers – Herd impunity
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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Genocide – Part Two – The search for justice
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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Genocide – Part One – The ultimate crime
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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John Stuart Mill & Harriet Taylor Mill – Part Two – Love, bravery and feminism
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Jun 04, 2024 |
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John Stuart Mill & Harriet Taylor Mill – Part One – Liberalism's original power couple
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May 29, 2024 |
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George Orwell Part 2 – From Broadcasting House to Airstrip One
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May 22, 2024 |
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George Orwell Part 1 – From Eton to Barcelona
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May 15, 2024 |
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10 Downing Street – The makeshift mansion
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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The Illuminati – Top of the Plots
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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Apocalypse How? Dorian on the birth of end of the world fiction
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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Effective Altruism: Morality by numbers
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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Eugenics Part Two: The Murderous Science
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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Eugenics Part One: Gene Genies
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Nov 27, 2023 |
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Night of the Living Allegory: The Politics of Zombies
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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John Maynard Keynes Part Two: We’re all Keynesians now
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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John Maynard Keynes Part One: The Establishment Radical
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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Boomers: You never had it so good
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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Jordan B Peterson Part Two: The Unravelling
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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Jordan B Peterson Part One: Ascension
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Oct 16, 2023 |
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Bonuscast! Oppenheimer: Fallout
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Aug 10, 2023 |
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Live in London
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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Elon Musk: The Man Who Fell to Earth
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Jul 24, 2023 |
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Zionism Part 2
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Jul 17, 2023 |
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Zionism Part 1
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Jul 10, 2023 |
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Climate Change Denial part 2: Fuelling the Flames
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Jul 03, 2023 |
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Climate Change Denial part 1: Science Friction
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Jun 26, 2023 |
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Nuclear War part 2: The Final Countdown
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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Nuclear War part 1: The Unthinkable
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Jun 12, 2023 |
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Atheism: No God, What Now?
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Jun 05, 2023 |
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Churchill part 2: Inside the Enigma Machine
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May 29, 2023 |
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Churchill part 1: Rebel Without A Cause
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May 22, 2023 |
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Special: Gary Lineker, Free Speech and the Nazis
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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New podcast: Mugshots with Michael Crick
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Feb 13, 2023 |
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A taster of JAM TOMORROW with Ros Taylor – our new documentary podcast
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Jan 19, 2023 |
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Freedom of Speech: Censors working overtime
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Dec 19, 2022 |
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The War on Drugs: The smack of firm government
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Dec 12, 2022 |
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Fascism: The fraternity of violence
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Dec 05, 2022 |
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Satire: Laughter in the dark
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Nov 28, 2022 |
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Culture War: Inside the rage machine
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Nov 21, 2022 |
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Ayn Rand: The ego has landed
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Nov 14, 2022 |
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Neoliberalism: Everything’s for sale
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Jun 27, 2022 |
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Woke: The word that splits the world
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Jun 20, 2022 |
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Superheroes: Truth, justice and the outsider way
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Jun 13, 2022 |
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Centrism: Stuck in the middle with you
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Jun 06, 2022 |
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Conspiracy Theory: What they’re not telling you
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May 30, 2022 |
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McCarthyism: How one grifter still poisons America
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May 19, 2022 |
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Trailer
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May 17, 2022 |