1472 Episoder

  1. Octavia E. Butler: Visionary black sci-fi writer

    Udgivet: 6.3.2023
  2. Zoran Djindjic: The murder of Serbia's prime minister

    Udgivet: 3.3.2023
  3. The museum at the end of the world

    Udgivet: 2.3.2023
  4. Grenada's underwater sculpture park

    Udgivet: 1.3.2023
  5. Pink Triangles: Gay men in Nazi concentration camps

    Udgivet: 28.2.2023
  6. Wounded Knee siege

    Udgivet: 27.2.2023
  7. When the Queen 'jumped out of a helicopter'

    Udgivet: 24.2.2023
  8. Families interned in WW2 China

    Udgivet: 23.2.2023
  9. The invention of Semtex

    Udgivet: 22.2.2023
  10. Seggae riots in Mauritius

    Udgivet: 21.2.2023
  11. Battle for the capital: Bonn v Berlin

    Udgivet: 20.2.2023
  12. First winter ascent of Everest

    Udgivet: 17.2.2023
  13. Discovering Tutankhamun’s tomb

    Udgivet: 16.2.2023
  14. 'I developed Pokémon'

    Udgivet: 15.2.2023
  15. First Danish queen for 600 years

    Udgivet: 14.2.2023
  16. 'Hot Autumn': When Italy’s workers revolted

    Udgivet: 13.2.2023
  17. 'I told the world Pope Benedict XVI was resigning'

    Udgivet: 10.2.2023
  18. The Pope and Jews

    Udgivet: 9.2.2023
  19. Pope John Paul I’s sudden death

    Udgivet: 8.2.2023
  20. Reforming the Catholic Church with Vatican II

    Udgivet: 7.2.2023

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