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Society & Culture
History
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David Crystal, "Bookish Words and Their Surpris...
42 min
402
Chris Horton, "Ghost Nation: The Story of Taiwa...
56 min
403
John Man, "Conquering the North: China, Russia,...
48 min
404
Violet Moller, "Inside the Stargazer's Palace: ...
34 min
405
Emily Webber, "Mining Men: Britain's Last Kings...
26 min
406
Mark Somos, Matthew Cleary, Pablo Dufour, Edwar...
57 min
407
Frederick Reece, "Forgery in Musical Compositio...
56 min
408
L. Sasha Gora, "Culinary Claims: Indigenous Res...
52 min
409
Barbara Allen, "Lost Animals, Disappearing Worl...
59 min
410
Susan L. Carruthers, "Making Do: Britons and th...
65 min
411
Giovanni Aloi, "Lawn" (Bloomsbury, 2025)
63 min
412
Sarah Bilston, "The Lost Orchid: A Story of Vic...
47 min
413
Alison Griffiths, "Nomadic Cinema: A Cultural G...
58 min
414
Constant Willem Hijzen, "Roots of Counterterror...
59 min
415
Elise Franklin "Disintegrating Empire: Algerian...
70 min
416
Julia Sneeringer, "West Germany: A Society in M...
59 min
417
Sladja Blažan, "Ghosts and Their Hosts: The Col...
45 min
418
Jenn Hobbs, "Bodily Fluids, Fluid Bodies and In...
56 min
419
Geoffrey Wawro, "The Vietnam War: A Military H...
65 min
420
Brando Simeo Starkey, "Their Accomplices Wore R...
54 min
421
Claire Knight, "Stalin's Final Films: Cinema, S...
An interview with Claire Knight
78 min
422
Matthew Shindell, "Lunar: A History of the Moon...
An interview with Matthew Shindell
67 min
423
Roger Chickering, "The German Empire, 1871–1918...
49 min
424
Stephen R. Platt, "The Raider: The Untold Story...
An interview with Stephen R. Platt
65 min
425
Serhii Plokhy, "The Gates of Europe: A History ...
82 min