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
Martin Luther King Jr. – Part Two – Owning the ...
78 min
2
Martin Luther King Jr. – Part One – Eyes on the...
88 min
3
Growth – GDP is the Magic Number
84 min
4
Mars – The Next Frontier?
80 min
5
Appeasement – Part Two – Betrayal
80 min
6
Appeasement – Part One – The Bitter Cup
81 min
7
Origin Story Live at 21 Soho – Grand Theft America
90 min
8
Partition – Part Two – Dividing Lines
71 min
9
Partition – Part One – Before Midnight
71 min
10
Thatcherism – Part Two – Imperial phase
88 min
11
Thatcherism – Part One – Birth of a Notion
86 min
12
Kemi Badenoch – Identity crisis
68 min
13
The Myth of Cultural Marxism – Anatomy of a con...
55 min
14
Doctor Who – The Regeneration Game
57 min
15
Trump’s inauguration: Can we call it fascism ye...
36 min
16
Elon Musk and the Death of Twitter
55 min
17
The Daily Mail – Part two – Paper Tigers
72 min
18
The Daily Mail – Part one – Barons and Blackshirts
51 min
19
The BBC – Part two – Balancing act
77 min
20
The BBC – Part one – Inform, educate, entertain
72 min
21
Benjamin Netanyahu – Part two – Divide and conquer
74 min
22
Benjamin Netanyahu – Part one – Making enemies
55 min
23
US Post-Election Live Show – Part Two
63 min
24
US Post-Election Live Show – Part One
46 min
25
Artificial Intelligence – Part Two – Skynet’s t...
68 min