The programme that explains the present by exploring the past.
Latest episodes
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51 min
Political parties and us
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49 min
Political Parties and Us
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49 min
What makes a good boss?
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41 min
The Kalevala: the Finnish epic that inspired a nation
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41 min
Abraham Maslow’s psychology of human needs
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41 min
Making waves: the history of swimming
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41 min
BR Ambedkar: The Dalit hero of India
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41 min
Adventures with dentures: The story of dentistry
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42 min
The One Thousand and One Nights
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40 min
Pauline Viardot: 19th-Century diva
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41 min
Rabindranath Tagore: The Bard of Bengal
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41 min
One Hundred Years of Solitude: The story of Latin America
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42 min
Unravelling the history of knitting
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41 min
The census: A snapshot of life
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41 min
Tadeusz Kosciuszko, groundbreaking fort builder
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40 min
Ukulele - a history of Hawaii's national instrument
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41 min
The birth of the modern car
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40 min
Machiavelli, master of power
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41 min
X-rays: New ways of seeing
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41 min
Aramaic: An imperial language without an empire