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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From Podmasters, the makers of Oh God, What Now?, American Friction and The Bunker.
1
Rivers of Blood – How Enoch Powell poisoned Bri...
81 min
2
Shostakovich and Stalin – The Composer and the ...
51 min
3
ICE – How Trump built an American Gestapo
50 min
4
Martin Luther King Jr. – Part Two – Owning the ...
78 min
5
Martin Luther King Jr. – Part One – Eyes on the...
88 min
6
Growth – GDP is the Magic Number
84 min
7
Mars – The Next Frontier?
80 min
8
Appeasement – Part Two – Betrayal
80 min
9
Appeasement – Part One – The Bitter Cup
81 min
10
Origin Story Live at 21 Soho – Grand Theft America
90 min
11
Partition – Part Two – Dividing Lines
71 min
12
Partition – Part One – Before Midnight
71 min
13
Thatcherism – Part Two – Imperial phase
88 min
14
Thatcherism – Part One – Birth of a Notion
86 min
15
Kemi Badenoch – Identity crisis
68 min
16
The Myth of Cultural Marxism – Anatomy of a con...
55 min
17
Doctor Who – The Regeneration Game
57 min
18
Trump’s inauguration: Can we call it fascism ye...
36 min
19
Elon Musk and the Death of Twitter
55 min
20
The Daily Mail – Part two – Paper Tigers
72 min
21
The Daily Mail – Part one – Barons and Blackshirts
51 min
22
The BBC – Part two – Balancing act
77 min
23
The BBC – Part one – Inform, educate, entertain
72 min
24
Benjamin Netanyahu – Part two – Divide and conquer
74 min
25
Benjamin Netanyahu – Part one – Making enemies
55 min