1508 Episodes

  1. The first Aboriginal MP

    Published: 5/29/2024

  2. The first ever quintuplets

    Published: 5/28/2024

  3. Carlos Lamarca: From army captain to Brazil's 'most wanted'

    Published: 5/27/2024

  4. How Air Jordans were created

    Published: 5/24/2024

  5. Imelda Marcos's famous shoe collection

    Published: 5/23/2024

  6. Adi Dassler's sports shoe obsession

    Published: 5/22/2024

  7. How a Brazilian flip-flop took over the world

    Published: 5/21/2024

  8. Bata: Pioneering shoemakers

    Published: 5/20/2024

  9. When Cuban spy Ana Montes was caught

    Published: 5/17/2024

  10. Baghdad heavy metal

    Published: 5/16/2024

  11. How nuclear testing changed politics in French Polynesia

    Published: 5/15/2024

  12. The creation of the state of Israel

    Published: 5/14/2024

  13. The ‘Catastrophe’ for Palestinians

    Published: 5/13/2024

  14. Princess Diana at the Taj Mahal

    Published: 5/10/2024

  15. How a billion Indians got a digital ID

    Published: 5/9/2024

  16. The pioneering eye surgery that led to Lasik

    Published: 5/8/2024

  17. East Germany's coffee from Vietnam

    Published: 5/7/2024

  18. Friends: The making of a smash hit

    Published: 5/6/2024

  19. The Channel Tunnel breakthrough

    Published: 5/3/2024

  20. Ukraine's 'museum of corruption'

    Published: 5/2/2024

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