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