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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From Podmasters, the makers of Oh God, What Now?, American Friction and The Bunker.
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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
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Boomers: You never had it so good
76 min
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Jordan B Peterson Part Two: The Unravelling
55 min
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Jordan B Peterson Part One: Ascension
50 min
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Bonuscast! Oppenheimer: Fallout
38 min
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Live in London
49 min
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Elon Musk: The Man Who Fell to Earth
67 min
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Zionism Part 2
44 min
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Zionism Part 1
54 min
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Climate Change Denial part 2: Fuelling the Flames
44 min
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Climate Change Denial part 1: Science Friction
45 min
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Nuclear War part 2: The Final Countdown
39 min
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Nuclear War part 1: The Unthinkable
43 min
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Atheism: No God, What Now?
70 min
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Churchill part 2: Inside the Enigma Machine
66 min
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Churchill part 1: Rebel Without A Cause
57 min
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Special: Gary Lineker, Free Speech and the Nazis
46 min
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New podcast: Mugshots with Michael Crick
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A taster of JAM TOMORROW with Ros Taylor – our ...
14 min