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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Russell Brand – Confidence man
78 min
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The British Board of Film Classification – Who ...
38 min
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Emmanuel Macron – The centrist cannot hold
41 min
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Gaslighting – No, you’re not imagining it
30 min
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The Battle of Cable Street
32 min
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Bonus edition: Far-Right Riots
40 min
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Origin Story Post-Election Special – Live in Is...
111 min
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The Rushdie Affair – Blasphemous Rumours
75 min
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Keir Starmer – PM Dawn
75 min
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Anti-vaxxers – Herd impunity
74 min
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Genocide – Part Two – The search for justice
62 min
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Genocide – Part One – The ultimate crime
55 min
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John Stuart Mill & Harriet Taylor Mill – Part T...
70 min
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John Stuart Mill & Harriet Taylor Mill – Part O...
51 min
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George Orwell Part 2 – From Broadcasting House ...
48 min
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George Orwell Part 1 – From Eton to Barcelona
59 min
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10 Downing Street – The makeshift mansion
31 min
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The Illuminati – Top of the Plots
37 min
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Apocalypse How? Dorian on the birth of end of t...
32 min
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Effective Altruism: Morality by numbers
66 min
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Eugenics Part Two: The Murderous Science
57 min
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Eugenics Part One: Gene Genies
57 min
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Night of the Living Allegory: The Politics of Z...
68 min
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John Maynard Keynes Part Two: We’re all Keynesi...
58 min
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John Maynard Keynes Part One: The Establishment...
54 min