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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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
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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