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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

Marilyn Monroe

2021/4/26

Norma Jean is surely the most iconic figure of the 20th century. She was painted by men, photographe

South Korea

2021/4/19

The second of four episodes on Korea. Author of award-winning 'White Crysanthemum' and captivating s

North Korea

2021/4/12

The world's most elusive country, Billy's 12th lyric, and the first of four on Korea. Dr Sojin Lim f

Television

2021/4/5

"The babysitter." Television is Billy's eleventh lyric, and the BFI's TV expert Dick Fiddy takes Tom

Studebaker

2021/3/29

Studebaker: a central cog in 20th century America's booming automobile industry, or just a punchy rh

Richard Nixon

2021/3/22

"A mystery wrapped in an enigma." Episode nine is the first of three that will follow Nixon's rise f

Joe McCarthy

2021/3/15

Billy's eighth lyric invites Katie, Tom and UCL's Josh Hollands into the world of the Red Scare, the

Joe DiMaggio

2021/3/8

Katie and Tom's romp through the 20th century meets baseball, and there's a darkness behind one of t

Walter Winchell

2021/3/1

Sixth lyric, sixth topic. Katie and Tom are joined by historian of the popular press Dr Chris Shoop-

South Pacific

2021/2/22

We're five lyrics in, and Katie and Tom are getting musical. Literally, if you make it to the end. D

Johnnie Ray

2021/2/15

Deaf in one ear, shy, bisexual, sensitive - are these the reasons Johnnie Ray isn't worshipped as th

Red China

2021/2/8

It's episode 3 and Billy's transported us back to post-1949 Communist China. Katie and Tom talk to P

Doris Day

2021/2/1

Episode two brings us swanning into the Golden Age of Hollywood, with the charisma, charm and contro

Harry Truman

2021/1/25

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

Trailer

2021/1/15

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