In this episode, we look at the astonishing rise of The Beatles the band once described as Bigger than Jesus.Were joined by special guest Dr Kenneth L. Campbell, a history professor at Monmouth University in New Jersey where he teaches a course on

For the second time this series, or third if you count our episode on Doctor Zhivago, we find ourselves discussing the work of film director David Lean. Famous for his epics that pushed the limits of Hollywood technology and budgets, ‘Lawrence of Arabia’

For the second time this series, or third if you count our episode on Doctor Zhivago, we find ourselves discussing the work of film director David Lean. Famous for his epics that pushed the limits of Hollywood technology and budgets, ‘Lawrence of Arabia’

In this episode, we return to Cuba and to the regime of socialist leader Fidel Castro. Were traveling to the Bay of Pigs, the site of a botched invasion carried out by Cuban exiles, and financed by the US Government.Today, its remembered as a minor di

This time were heading to the turbulent city of Berlin. Over its four-hundred-year lifetime, Berlin has been through unparalleled amounts of change. Finding itself at the epicentre of two world wars, and then split in half by the Cold War, history never

In this episode we take a look at an enigmatic cultural icon and a Nobel Prize-winner, whos been well-known for six decades hes Bob Dylan, one of the worlds most famous singer- songwriters.Were joined by special guest Dennis McDougal, a music journ

In this episode, were seeing Earth through the eyes of a Martian named Smith, and everything looks a little bit off. Robert A. Heinleins seminal science fiction novel Stranger in a Strange Land was released on the first of June, 1961, and to this day re

This episode takes us into the 1960s, as we return to the legacy of WWII, and look at a chilly figure who has fascinated historians for decades.Hes Adolf Eichmann, the man responsible for the transportation network that took hundreds of thousands of peo

In this episode we explore the life of iconic 20th century fiction writer Ernest Hemingway. Throughout his life Hemingway cultivated an image of hyper-masculinity: he was a heavy drinker, a big game hunter, a deep sea fisher, and a war correspondent.He

We return to the theme of colonialism as we visit the Belgian Congo. Its a tale of two countries: one a huge territory deep inside the equatorial rainforest, and the other a tiny European nation, led by a King with imperial dreams.Were joined by a speci