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What are the real stories behind the most misunderstood and abused ideas in politics? From Conspiracy Theory to Woke to Centrism and beyond, Ian Dunt and Dorian Lynskey dig into the astonishing secret histories of concepts you thought you knew.Want to support us in making future seasons? There are now two ways you can help out:• Patreon – Get early episodes, live Zooms, merchandise and more from just £5 per month.• Apple Podcasts – Want everything in one place with one easy payment? Subscribe to...
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Episodes (124)
Thatcherism – Part One – Birth of a Notion
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Kemi Badenoch – Identity crisis
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The Myth of Cultural Marxism – Anatomy of a conspiracy theory
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Doctor Who – The Regeneration Game
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Trump’s inauguration: Can we call it fascism yet? – Plus exclusive audiobook exc...
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Elon Musk and the Death of Twitter
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The Daily Mail – Part two – Paper Tigers
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The Daily Mail – Part one – Barons and Blackshirts
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The BBC – Part two – Balancing act
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The BBC – Part one – Inform, educate, entertain
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Benjamin Netanyahu – Part two – Divide and conquer
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Benjamin Netanyahu – Part one – Making enemies
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US Post-Election Live Show – Part Two
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US Post-Election Live Show – Part One
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Artificial Intelligence – Part Two – Skynet’s the limit
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Conspiracy Theory - Exclusive audiobook excerpt
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Artificial Intelligence – Part One – Deus ex machina
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The Suffragettes – Part Two – By any means necessary
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The Suffragettes – Part one – Deeds not words
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Russell Brand – Confidence man
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The British Board of Film Classification – Who watches the watchers?
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Emmanuel Macron – The centrist cannot hold
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Gaslighting – No, you’re not imagining it
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The Battle of Cable Street
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Bonus edition: Far-Right Riots
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Origin Story Post-Election Special – Live in Islington
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The Rushdie Affair – Blasphemous Rumours
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Keir Starmer – PM Dawn
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Anti-vaxxers – Herd impunity
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Genocide – Part Two – The search for justice
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Genocide – Part One – The ultimate crime
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John Stuart Mill & Harriet Taylor Mill – Part Two – Love, bravery and feminism
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John Stuart Mill & Harriet Taylor Mill – Part One – Liberalism's original power...
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George Orwell Part 2 – From Broadcasting House to Airstrip One
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George Orwell Part 1 – From Eton to Barcelona
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10 Downing Street – The makeshift mansion
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The Illuminati – Top of the Plots
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Apocalypse How? Dorian on the birth of end of the world fiction
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Effective Altruism: Morality by numbers
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Eugenics Part Two: The Murderous Science
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Eugenics Part One: Gene Genies
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Night of the Living Allegory: The Politics of Zombies
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John Maynard Keynes Part Two: We’re all Keynesians now
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John Maynard Keynes Part One: The Establishment Radical
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Boomers: You never had it so good
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Jordan B Peterson Part Two: The Unravelling
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Jordan B Peterson Part One: Ascension
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Bonuscast! Oppenheimer: Fallout
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Live in London
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Elon Musk: The Man Who Fell to Earth
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