1514 Episodes

  1. Supermalt: The malt drink created after the Nigerian civil war

    Published: 2/16/2024

  2. The small Irish town known as ‘Little Brazil’

    Published: 2/15/2024

  3. The Juliet letters

    Published: 2/14/2024

  4. Patty Hearst: Rebel heiress

    Published: 2/13/2024

  5. The WW2 escape line that fooled the Nazis

    Published: 2/12/2024

  6. The Battle of Versailles: Catwalk clash of American and French fashion

    Published: 2/9/2024

  7. How Rosa Parks took a stand against racism

    Published: 2/8/2024

  8. Lucha Reyes: Peruvian music star

    Published: 2/7/2024

  9. A young mother saved from death by stoning

    Published: 2/6/2024

  10. Queen of the 'fro

    Published: 2/5/2024

  11. First internet cafe

    Published: 2/1/2024

  12. The Arctic’s doomsday seed vault

    Published: 1/31/2024

  13. Brazil's Landless Workers Movement

    Published: 1/30/2024

  14. Silenced by the Vatican

    Published: 1/29/2024

  15. Jack Strong aka Ryszard Kukliński: Cold War traitor or hero?

    Published: 1/26/2024

  16. The Hungarian footballer executed for love

    Published: 1/25/2024

  17. Wang Jingwei: China’s traitor or protector?

    Published: 1/24/2024

  18. Axis Sally: World War II traitor who broadcast for the Nazis

    Published: 1/23/2024

  19. Vidkun Quisling: Norway's traitor

    Published: 1/22/2024

  20. Jamuna Tudu: The real life 'Lady Tarzan'

    Published: 1/19/2024

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