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We Didn't Start the Fire: The History Podcast

This brand new pop culture history podcast is nothing like anything you've heard before, and it's ev

Episodes

Total: 136

Ben Hur

2022/6/5

It's the queer-coded biblical epic that rivals the Fast and the Furious in its action sequences and

Buddy Holly

2022/5/30

He's the king of nerd chic and the inventor of the power trio. He changes the way bands play and pop

Children of Thalidomide

2022/5/16

It's been called the most scandalous medical cover up of the 20th century. A pill that was given to

Starkweather Homicide

2022/5/9

What's the difference between a serial and a spree killer? Was Charles Starkweather a psychopath, an

California Baseball

2022/5/2

It's here. The fifth and final chapter in Billy's accolade to his favourite sport. Why did New York'

Charles de Gaulle

2022/4/25

"The General." "The Great Asparagus." "A man with the most oversized personality." Charles de Gaulle

Lebanon

2022/4/18

In May 1958, Lebanon erupted into crisis. Political and religious tensions had got too much, and peo

Bridge on the River Kwai

2022/4/11

We've finally scrambled our way to the end of 1957 in Billy's smash hit, and with it we're off to Th

Zhou Enlai

2022/4/4

Communist China's first-ever Premier Zhou Enlai was Chairman Mao's right-hand man, and he was loved

Sputnik

2022/3/28

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Kerouac

2022/3/21

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Mickey Mantle

2022/3/14

We have some exciting news nuggets for you Fire lovers: firstly, we're doing our first live show! We

Pasternak

2022/3/7

Boris Pasternak's magnum opus, Doctor Zhivago, came out in Italy in 1957 but was banned in his home

Little Rock

2022/2/28

On the morning of the 25th September, 1957, nine African-American teenagers climbed the steps into L

Trouble in the Suez

2022/2/21

Four words that bring together Nasser, Eisenhower, Khrushchev and British Prime Minister Anthony Ede

Peyton Place

2022/2/14

It’s 1956 and Peyton Place is “the extraordinary new novel that lifts the lid off a small New Englan