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
76
Jordan B Peterson Part One: Ascension
50 min
77
Bonuscast! Oppenheimer: Fallout
38 min
78
Live in London
49 min
79
Elon Musk: The Man Who Fell to Earth
67 min
80
Zionism Part 2
44 min
81
Zionism Part 1
54 min
82
Climate Change Denial part 2: Fuelling the Flames
44 min
83
Climate Change Denial part 1: Science Friction
45 min
84
Nuclear War part 2: The Final Countdown
39 min
85
Nuclear War part 1: The Unthinkable
43 min
86
Atheism: No God, What Now?
70 min
87
Churchill part 2: Inside the Enigma Machine
66 min
88
Churchill part 1: Rebel Without A Cause
57 min
89
Special: Gary Lineker, Free Speech and the Nazis
46 min
90
New podcast: Mugshots with Michael Crick
12 min
91
A taster of JAM TOMORROW with Ros Taylor – our ...
14 min
92
Freedom of Speech: Censors working overtime
74 min
93
The War on Drugs: The smack of firm government
62 min
94
Fascism: The fraternity of violence
68 min
95
Satire: Laughter in the dark
54 min
96
Culture War: Inside the rage machine
57 min
97
Ayn Rand: The ego has landed
68 min
98
Neoliberalism: Everything’s for sale
69 min
99
Woke: The word that splits the world
61 min
100
Superheroes: Truth, justice and the outsider way
63 min