Quebec's secret biological warfare history
In this episode of the Explaining History Podcast, we are joined by award-winning French Canadian author Mireille Gagné to discuss her accla...
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20 of 942 episodesBelfast and the international networked far right
Northern Ireland, the Far-Right, and the Battle for Democracy with Heidi Birick In this episode of the Explaining History Podcast, we are jo...
Italy from the fascism to post war republic
The Toscanini Conspiracy – Arturo Toscanini, Fascism, and the Italian Resistance with Filippo Iannarone In this episode of the Explaining Hi...
Militarism, Masculinity, and the Making of the American Warrior
In this episode of the Explaining History Podcast, we are joined by investigative journalist Jasper Craven to discuss his new book, *God For...
The Ottoman March on Egypt 1915
In this episode of the Explaining History Podcast, we examine the opening moves of the Ottoman Empire’s war against Britain – a desperate, a...
Adoption, Colonialism, and the Korean War
*The history that this podcast episode explores involves harm and neglect to children and some listeners may find the details disclosed dist...
The Shortest History of Scotland – Nation, Union, and the Rise of Nationalism
In this episode of the Explaining History Podcast, we are joined by cultural historian Murray Pittock to discuss his new book, The Shortest...
Trump and Nixon in Beijing - an instructive comparison
In this episode of the Explaining History podcast, Nick sets the scene for an upcoming interview with historian Murray Pittock on The Shorte...
Master of Lies – Anthony Blunt, the Cambridge Spy Who Changed the Course of World War II
In this episode of the Explaining History Podcast, we are joined by author Piers Blofeld to discuss his new book, Master of Lies: The Untold...
The Neocons Admit Defeat in Iran
In this episode of the Explaining History Podcast, we examine a remarkable moment: the leading architect of the Project for a New American C...
Hobsbawm's Age of Extremes – The Golden Age, the Fall of Communism, and the Crisis of Social Democracy
**In this solo episode of the Explaining History Podcast, we return to Eric Hobsbawm's magisterial overview of the 20th century, *Age of Ext...
The Tsar's Generals and the Press – Russian Military Journalism in the Reform Era
In this episode of the Explaining History Podcast, we explore a little‑known but revealing corner of Russian history: the military press dur...
Austerity Never Ended – The Cultural Politics of Thrift in Modern Britain
In this episode of the Explaining History Podcast, we examine the enduring legacy of austerity – a policy that officially ran from 2010 to 2...
The Lost Empire of Emmanuel Nobel – Oil, Revolution, and the Birth of the Soviet State
In this episode of the Explaining History Podcast, we are joined by author Douglas Brunt to discuss his fascinating new book, The Lost Empir...
The Death of Britain's Two-Party System – A Century in the Making
In this episode of the Explaining History Podcast, I examine the slow-motion collapse of the political order that has defined British politi...
The Transnational Far Right – Hate, Vigilantism, and the Mainstreaming of Extremism
**In this episode of the Explaining History Podcast, we are joined by Wendy Via of the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism – a former...
The Gulf Crisis – Two Theories of American Decline
There are roughly two camps. One argues that there is an overarching grand plan behind America's actions in Venezuela, Iran, Greenland, and...
The New World Order and Its Unravelling – From Bush Snr to Trump
On 29th January 1991, President George H.W. Bush addressed a joint session of Congress. America was at war with Iraq, having launched Operat...
China's Transformation 1978-84
In the 21st century, China stands as a global economic powerhouse, a trajectory heavily influenced by the reforms initiated in 1978 under De...
Capitalism without Democracy
In this solo episode of the Explaining History Podcast, we step back from the daily news cycle to examine a question that has shaped the mod...