Were returning to the movies in this episode, digging into the first of David Lean's canonical epic films, The Bridge On the River Kwai.A defining film both in the history of war movies, and in cinema in general, The Bridge On the River Kwai is as

This episode takes us to communist China in the 1950s, where we explore the life of Premier Zhou Enlai. Zhou Enlai was the suave revolutionary who became Chairman Mao’s most skilled diplomat. In the West, he’s known as the man who helped foster a warmer r

In this episode we’re focussing on one of the most often talked about periods of the cold war, the Space Race.  More specifically we’re travelling back to the very start of it, with the launch of the first satellite - Sputnik One. This metal sphere, barel

 This episode takes us into the life of one of the 20th century’s most iconic authors, edgy beat writer and cultural icon Jack Kerouac. Reading his most famous book, On the Road, is still a rite of passage for many teens and people in their early 20s: and

This episode takes us into the life and times of one of the best-known sportsmen of the 1950s, star baseball player Mickey Mantle.Mickey was the charismatic golden boy who rose from the mines of Oklahoma to become perhaps the best-known Yankee slugger of

This weeks episode covers Russian Author and Poet Boris Pasternak, whose epic novel Doctor Zhivago, released in 1957, became an instant classic, won him the Nobel Prize, and ended up a weapon in the Cold War. In her book Lara: The Untold Love Story that I

This episode we have a unique situation for our podcast.  While we’ve always been blessed with amazing guests, people who are experts in their field - we’re rarely given the opportunity to speak to people directly involved in the events themselves.  Hence

This episode takes us to Egypt in 1956, when the nationalisation of the Suez Canal by General Nasser led to the “mother of all conspiracies”. Behind closed doors, Great Britain and France made a secret plot with Israel to gain control of the waterway, and

In this weeks episode, we’re taking a look at the bestselling novel that scandalized America in the 1950s, Peyton Place by Grace Metalious.Its themes include abortion, incest and alcoholism, and even today, it probably deserves a trigger warning. It’s als

This time around, we’re exploring the life and work of movie star, fashion icon, and eventual royal - the princess of Monaco herself, Grace Kelly.  Setting new expectations of poise and - no pun intended - grace, in America after the events of the Second