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
The Myth of Cultural Marxism – Anatomy of a con...
55 min
2
Doctor Who – The Regeneration Game
57 min
3
Trump’s inauguration: Can we call it fascism ye...
36 min
4
Elon Musk and the Death of Twitter
55 min
5
The Daily Mail – Part two – Paper Tigers
72 min
6
The Daily Mail – Part one – Barons and Blackshirts
51 min
7
The BBC – Part two – Balancing act
77 min
8
The BBC – Part one – Inform, educate, entertain
72 min
9
Benjamin Netanyahu – Part two – Divide and conquer
74 min
10
Benjamin Netanyahu – Part one – Making enemies
55 min
11
US Post-Election Live Show – Part Two
63 min
12
US Post-Election Live Show – Part One
46 min
13
Artificial Intelligence – Part Two – Skynet’s t...
68 min
14
Conspiracy Theory - Exclusive audiobook excerpt
22 min
15
Artificial Intelligence – Part One – Deus ex ma...
60 min
16
The Suffragettes – Part Two – By any means nece...
70 min
17
The Suffragettes – Part one – Deeds not words
59 min
18
Russell Brand – Confidence man
78 min
19
The British Board of Film Classification – Who ...
38 min
20
Emmanuel Macron – The centrist cannot hold
41 min
21
Gaslighting – No, you’re not imagining it
30 min
22
The Battle of Cable Street
32 min
23
Bonus edition: Far-Right Riots
40 min
24
Origin Story Post-Election Special – Live in Is...
111 min
25
The Rushdie Affair – Blasphemous Rumours
75 min