Origin Story
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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1
Think Tanks – Part One – What’s the Big Idea?
75 min
2
Evangelicals – Part Two – Good News, Bad News
80 min
3
Evangelicals – Part One – Altared States
88 min
4
J.K. Rowling – Part Two – Transparent
83 min
5
J.K. Rowling – Part One – Transformation
65 min
6
European Union – Part Three – The Expanse
79 min
7
European Union – Part Two – Reality Bites
65 min
8
European Union – Part One – Come Together
79 min
9
Origin Story – Live at Bloomsbury Theatre, 15th...
102 min
10
The General Strike – The Revolution That Wasn’t
80 min
11
Introvert / Extrovert – In Two Minds
54 min
12
Stephen Miller – American Fascist
74 min
13
15-Minute Cities – How Urban Design Entered the...
61 min
14
Blue Labour: We Need to Talk About Maurice
85 min
15
Socialism: The Finale – What’s Left?
95 min
16
The Fall of the USSR – End Game
90 min
17
Che Guevara – Guerrilla in the Mist
88 min
18
The New Left – Part Two – Children of the Revol...
68 min
19
The New Left – Part One – Generation Next
60 min
20
Origin Story – Live at the Tabernacle, 13th Nov...
118 min
21
The Labour Party – Part Three – One Battle Afte...
89 min
22
The Labour Party – Part Two – War and Peace
92 min
23
The Labour Party – Part One – A Very British So...
87 min
24
Lenin, Trotsky, Stalin – Part Three – Terror
90 min
25
Lenin, Trotsky, Stalin – Part Two – Power
86 min