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
10 Downing Street – The makeshift mansion
31 min
2
The Illuminati – Top of the Plots
37 min
3
Apocalypse How? Dorian on the birth of end of t...
32 min
4
Effective Altruism: Morality by numbers
66 min
5
Eugenics Part Two: The Murderous Science
57 min
6
Eugenics Part One: Gene Genies
57 min
7
Night of the Living Allegory: The Politics of Z...
68 min
8
John Maynard Keynes Part Two: We’re all Keynesi...
58 min
9
John Maynard Keynes Part One: The Establishment...
54 min
10
Boomers: You never had it so good
76 min
11
Jordan B Peterson Part Two: The Unravelling
55 min
12
Jordan B Peterson Part One: Ascension
50 min
13
Bonuscast! Oppenheimer: Fallout
38 min
14
Live in London
49 min
15
Elon Musk: The Man Who Fell to Earth
67 min
16
Zionism Part 2
44 min
17
Zionism Part 1
54 min
18
Climate Change Denial part 2: Fuelling the Flames
44 min
19
Climate Change Denial part 1: Science Friction
45 min
20
Nuclear War part 2: The Final Countdown
39 min
21
Nuclear War part 1: The Unthinkable
43 min
22
Atheism: No God, What Now?
70 min
23
Churchill part 2: Inside the Enigma Machine
66 min
24
Churchill part 1: Rebel Without A Cause
57 min
25
Special: Gary Lineker, Free Speech and the Nazis
46 min