The Smart Cookies podcast
By Zaza
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Episodes: 90
Sep 10, 2023
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Deep-dive conversations with the world's leading minds. European host Zaza looks beyond the mainstream to explore history, technology, philosophy, psychology, and science.
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What Were The Crusades Like From The Muslim Side? With Prof. Nicholas Morton
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Jul 01, 2026 |
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The Wild Lives of Nigerian Romance Scammers | Carlos Barragan
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Jun 18, 2026 |
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Why The Odyssey Is Actually About A Broken War Veteran | Prof. Peter Meineck
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Jun 04, 2026 |
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Ancient Roman Slavery: The Cruel Reality Behind The Empire | Dr. Emma Southon
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May 27, 2026 |
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The German Peasants' War: The Bloody History Of Medieval Rebellion | Prof. Lyndal Roper
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May 16, 2026 |
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Weimar And The Terrifying Speed Of The Nazi Takeover Of Germany | Katja Hoyer
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May 08, 2026 |
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Why Did The Habsburg Empire Suddenly Collapse? | Pieter Judson
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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Ancient Greece History: Debunking Myths On Race and Culture | Prof. Tony Spawforth
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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Nazi Human Experiments: The True History Of World War II Truth Serums | Norman Ohler
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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Cryptocurrency And Masculinity: Why Some Men Risk Everything On Bitcoin | Dr. Dan Cassino
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Mar 21, 2026 |
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The Psychology Of Past Life Memories: Near-Death Research Explained | Dr. Philipp Cozzolino
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Mar 08, 2026 |
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Historical Collapse Explained: Why Civilizations And Empires Fall | Luke Kemp
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Feb 17, 2026 |
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The Renaissance Explained: History Of The Medici, Popes, And Florence | Prof. Kenneth Bartlett
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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The Death Of Subculture: Why Modern Pop Culture Sucks Now | David Marx
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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Global Wealth Inequality: The True Flaws Of Modern Capitalism | Branko Milanović
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Jan 02, 2026 |
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From SAMURAI to SHINKANSEN - the Rise, Fall and Stagnation of MODERN JAPAN, with Prof. Christopher Harding
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Dec 21, 2025 |
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The alluring MYSTERIES of Göbekli Tepe - the OLDEST monumental site in the world, with Jens Notroff
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Nov 29, 2025 |
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We have stopped READING - is it a sign our civilisation is COLLAPSING? With James Marriott
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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Hare Krishna, Russian Jesus and the End of the World - Cultural Chaos during the COLLAPSE of the Soviet Union, with Prof. Joseph Kellner
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Nov 08, 2025 |
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Joe Rogan keeps claiming the EARTH is cooling down. I talk to an actual CLIMATE scientist to dispel the BS. With David Armstrong McKay
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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Why does the INTERNET suck so bad now? With Cory Doctorow
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Oct 18, 2025 |
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Genocide in GAZA, the biggest crime of our time. With Mouin Rabbani
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Oct 04, 2025 |
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The notorious two OPIUM WARS that ushered in China's century of HUMILIATION. With Prof. Yang-Wen Zheng
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Sep 26, 2025 |
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Is the killing of CHARLIE KIRK another symptom of a disintegrating political SYSTEM? With Prof. Will Davies
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Sep 14, 2025 |
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The one power that finally managed to BEAT BACK the ruthless MONGOL invasions. With Prof. Nicholas Morton | Pt. 2
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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You're a MEDIEVAL King in the Middle East... and the MONGOLS have just showed up. With Nicholas Morton | Pt. 1
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Sep 03, 2025 |
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The West is CLUELESS about China. Here's why that's a MISTAKE. With Kaiser Kuo
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Aug 23, 2025 |
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In politics and in the workplace, WHY do we keep electing BAD LEADERS? With Dr. Martin Gutmann
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Aug 16, 2025 |
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The TOTALITARIANISM of Stalin, Hitler and... Trump? With Prof. Marci Shore
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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AI empires are here - what are they after? With Nick Srnicek
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Jul 18, 2025 |
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The MIND-BENDING science of BLACK HOLES, with Marcus Chown
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Jul 04, 2025 |
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Why does Gen Z think we Millennials are CRINGE? With Dr. Carolina Are
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Jun 13, 2025 |
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Did the Great Crash of 1929 really propel HITLER into power? With Dr. Christopher Dillon
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May 26, 2025 |
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Massacres, the Children's Crusade and Kingdom of Heaven - History of CRUSADES with Prof. Nicholas Morton (Pt.II)
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May 11, 2025 |
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God Wills It: The HOLY WAR That Changed History forever | CRUSADES with Nicholas Morton, Pt. I
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May 03, 2025 |
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What if REALITY is an elaborate COSMIC PLAY? A mind-bending conversation with James Glattfelder
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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Luka Doncic and the most SHOCKING TRADE in the history of sports - with ESPN's Tim McMahon
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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How a strain of rice changed the course of human history FOREVER | Sunil Amrith
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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Why are the YAKUZA going extinct? With Jake Adelstein, author of TOKYO VICE
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Feb 25, 2025 |
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How the FAR-RIGHT is destroying the West from within, with dr. Nafeez Ahmed
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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Are we on the verge of LIVING FOREVER? With dr. Ariel Zeleznikow - Johnston
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Jan 24, 2025 |
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If we come from different cultures, do we FEEL the same? With prof. Batja Mesquita
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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What is a HANGOVER... and how do you treat one? With Dr. Sally Adams
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Dec 23, 2024 |
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Does the Universe Have a Purpose? With prof. Philip Goff
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Dec 03, 2024 |
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How HITLER took power... and what's it got to do with DONALD TRUMP? With dr. Timothy Ryback
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Nov 01, 2024 |
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The history of the OCCULT with dr. Justin Sledge from Esoterica
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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GLADIATORS with Alexander Mariotti
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Sep 15, 2024 |
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Is AI mostly hype? With dr. Emmanuel Maggiori
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Aug 17, 2024 |
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Prof. NORMAN FINKELSTEIN on Zionism, Israeli society, Gaza, Genocide, Kamala Harris and his debate with Destiny
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Aug 03, 2024 |
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Did we domesticate DOGS or did dogs domesticate us? With prof. Greger Larson
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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What does the BIBLE really say? With dr. Dan McClellan
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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NEANDERTHALS with Prof. Chris Stringer
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May 31, 2024 |
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The French Revolution with Prof. David Andress: The Terror (Part 2)
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May 13, 2024 |
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The French Revolution with Prof. David Andress (Part 1)
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Apr 26, 2024 |
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The real history behind SHOGUN with Thomas Lockley
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Apr 12, 2024 |
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Why did Rome fall? And will the West follow? With Professor Peter Heather
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Mar 17, 2024 |
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WITCH TRIALS with Professor Alison Rowlands
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Mar 03, 2024 |
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Life of a KGB spy with Jack Barsky
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Feb 16, 2024 |
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The History of EASTERN EUROPE with Jacob Mikanowski
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Feb 02, 2024 |
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FILMMAKING and HOLLYWOOD with Uwe Boll
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Jan 21, 2024 |
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Flukes, Chance, Chaos and Why Everything We Do Matters with Brian Klaas
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Jan 11, 2024 |
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The bizarre history of DRUG USE in NAZI GERMANY, with Norman Ohler
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Jan 02, 2024 |
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Leaving the world of CONSPIRACIES behind, with Brent Lee
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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NAPOLEON with dr. Michael Rowe
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Dec 01, 2023 |
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Badass Women of the Mongol Empire with dr. Tobias Jones
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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Is there Life after Death? Near-death experiences with dr. Bruce Greyson
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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The Other Face of Winston Churchill, with Tariq Ali
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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Funding our own Demise: Why do we keep pumping money into FOSSIL FUELS, with IISD's Tara Laan
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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The Search for EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE with Prof. Avi Loeb
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Aug 29, 2023 |
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VAMPIRES and SLAVIC FOLKLORE with Prof. Stanley Stepanic
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Aug 17, 2023 |
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SUPERSTITION and IRRATIONAL BEHAVIOUR with Prof. Stuart Vyse
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Jul 29, 2023 |
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Dreams with Professor Patrick McNamara: Lucid and Demonic, Nightmares, REM Sleep, Sleep Paralysis and Dreams within Dreams
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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In the Eye of the Storm: QAnon and (other) conspiracy theories with Mike Rothschild
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May 18, 2023 |
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"Why We Believe?" with Professor Agustín Fuentes
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May 03, 2023 |
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"Is Consciousness a Controlled Hallucination?" With Professor Anil Seth
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Apr 09, 2023 |
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Cannibalism with Professor Bill Schutt
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Mar 21, 2023 |
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The Manosphere with dr. Lisa Sugiura
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Mar 02, 2023 |
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Human Origins with Chris Stringer
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Feb 02, 2023 |
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The Scandalous Life of Emperor Augustus' Only Daughter with The Partial Historians
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Jan 12, 2023 |
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The Evolutionary Importance of drinking Booze with Professor Edward Slingerland
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Dec 20, 2022 |
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Getting to Know the Ultimate Historical Bogeyman; the Mongols with Tobias Jones
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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The Many Ugly Faces of Climate Breakdown with Professor Bill McGuire
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Nov 19, 2022 |
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The Ottoman Empire with dr. Mostafa Minawi
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Nov 06, 2022 |
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How the Stoics can help us become better people with Philosopher dr. Massimo Pigliucci
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Oct 24, 2022 |
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Dispelling Stereotypes about the Vikings and Norse Mythology with dr. Mathias Nordvig
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Sep 28, 2022 |
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Digging Deeper into Greek and Roman Mythology with Professor dr. Peter Struck
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Sep 15, 2022 |
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The Unbelievable World of Women's Spirituality and Mysticism in the Middle Ages with Researcher dr. Delfi-Nieto Isabel
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Aug 20, 2022 |
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Reimagining the Black Death with Plague Historian dr. John Aberth
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Jul 29, 2022 |
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On Our Perceptions of Inequality and the Wealth Gap with Sociologist dr. Jonathan Mijs
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Jul 29, 2022 |
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Exploring the link between Nutrition and Mental Health with Clinical Psychologist dr. Julia Rucklidge
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Jul 29, 2022 |