1518 Episodes

  1. The trial of South Africa’s 'Dr Death'

    Published: 5/13/2021

  2. The Jewish exodus from Iraq

    Published: 5/12/2021

  3. Legalising contraception in Ireland

    Published: 5/11/2021

  4. Why a British MP was filmed taking mescaline

    Published: 5/10/2021

  5. The Great Wine Fraud

    Published: 5/6/2021

  6. Ursula Le Guin

    Published: 5/5/2021

  7. The IRA hunger strikes

    Published: 5/4/2021

  8. How Amsterdam became the cannabis smoking capital of Europe

    Published: 5/3/2021

  9. The killing of Osama Bin Laden

    Published: 4/30/2021

  10. The battle of Tora Bora

    Published: 4/29/2021

  11. The Nairobi US Embassy bombing

    Published: 4/28/2021

  12. Meeting Osama bin Laden

    Published: 4/27/2021

  13. The siege of Mecca

    Published: 4/26/2021

  14. The first space shuttle mission

    Published: 4/23/2021

  15. How the NRA became a US political lobbying giant

    Published: 4/22/2021

  16. The Raymond Davis Incident

    Published: 4/21/2021

  17. The return of Blue Lake

    Published: 4/20/2021

  18. The Eichmann trial

    Published: 4/19/2021

  19. China's 'Kingdom of women'

    Published: 4/16/2021

  20. The vultures saved from extinction

    Published: 4/15/2021

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