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
Appeasement – Part One – The Bitter Cup
81 min
2
Origin Story Live at 21 Soho – Grand Theft America
90 min
3
Partition – Part Two – Dividing Lines
71 min
4
Partition – Part One – Before Midnight
71 min
5
Thatcherism – Part Two – Imperial phase
88 min
6
Thatcherism – Part One – Birth of a Notion
86 min
7
Kemi Badenoch – Identity crisis
68 min
8
The Myth of Cultural Marxism – Anatomy of a con...
55 min
9
Doctor Who – The Regeneration Game
57 min
10
Trump’s inauguration: Can we call it fascism ye...
36 min
11
Elon Musk and the Death of Twitter
55 min
12
The Daily Mail – Part two – Paper Tigers
72 min
13
The Daily Mail – Part one – Barons and Blackshirts
51 min
14
The BBC – Part two – Balancing act
77 min
15
The BBC – Part one – Inform, educate, entertain
72 min
16
Benjamin Netanyahu – Part two – Divide and conquer
74 min
17
Benjamin Netanyahu – Part one – Making enemies
55 min
18
US Post-Election Live Show – Part Two
63 min
19
US Post-Election Live Show – Part One
46 min
20
Artificial Intelligence – Part Two – Skynet’s t...
68 min
21
Conspiracy Theory - Exclusive audiobook excerpt
22 min
22
Artificial Intelligence – Part One – Deus ex ma...
60 min
23
The Suffragettes – Part Two – By any means nece...
70 min
24
The Suffragettes – Part one – Deeds not words
59 min
25
Russell Brand – Confidence man
78 min