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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Appeasement – Part Two – Betrayal
80 min
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Appeasement – Part One – The Bitter Cup
81 min
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Origin Story Live at 21 Soho – Grand Theft America
90 min
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Partition – Part Two – Dividing Lines
71 min
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Partition – Part One – Before Midnight
71 min
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Thatcherism – Part Two – Imperial phase
88 min
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Thatcherism – Part One – Birth of a Notion
86 min
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Kemi Badenoch – Identity crisis
68 min
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The Myth of Cultural Marxism – Anatomy of a con...
55 min
35
Doctor Who – The Regeneration Game
57 min
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Trump’s inauguration: Can we call it fascism ye...
36 min
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Elon Musk and the Death of Twitter
55 min
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The Daily Mail – Part two – Paper Tigers
72 min
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The Daily Mail – Part one – Barons and Blackshirts
51 min
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The BBC – Part two – Balancing act
77 min
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The BBC – Part one – Inform, educate, entertain
72 min
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Benjamin Netanyahu – Part two – Divide and conquer
74 min
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Benjamin Netanyahu – Part one – Making enemies
55 min
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US Post-Election Live Show – Part Two
63 min
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US Post-Election Live Show – Part One
46 min
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Artificial Intelligence – Part Two – Skynet’s t...
68 min
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Conspiracy Theory - Exclusive audiobook excerpt
22 min
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Artificial Intelligence – Part One – Deus ex ma...
60 min
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The Suffragettes – Part Two – By any means nece...
70 min
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The Suffragettes – Part one – Deeds not words
59 min