Episodes

  • 26. The Failed Nazi Coup (Ep 1)

    26. The Failed Nazi Coup (Ep 1)
    Aug 20 2025
    The Nazis were voted into power in 1933, but how close did they come to seizing power 10 years before? What catastrophic economic conditions fuelled them? And where did Hitler take his inspiration from? Listen as David Olusoga and Sarah Churchwell discuss the 1923 Beer Hall putsch and the Nazis’ attempt to seize power. Email: journeythroughtime@goalhanger.com X: ⁠@ThroughTimePod⁠ Blue Sky: ⁠@ThroughTimePod⁠ Instagram: ⁠@ThroughTimePod⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    48 mins
  • 25. The Marketing of Fear: Selling Guns to America (Ep 3)

    25. The Marketing of Fear: Selling Guns to America (Ep 3)
    Aug 13 2025
    How did the NRA manage to gain so much control over the American President and the Supreme Court? Who are the armed citizens masquerading as secret police in America today? Why is an understanding of history so important in the fight to regulate America's guns? Join David Olusoga and Sarah Churchwell as they discuss how The National Rifle Association became such a powerful force in American politics. Email: journeythroughtime@goalhanger.com X: @ThroughTimePod Blue Sky: @ThroughTimePod Instagram: @ThroughTimePod Assistant Producer: Alice Horrell Producer: Callum Hill Senior Producer: Dom Johnson Exec Producer: Tony Pastor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    51 mins
  • 24. Cowboys, Gangsters, and Assassins: How Gun Laws Died (Ep 2)

    24. Cowboys, Gangsters, and Assassins: How Gun Laws Died (Ep 2)
    Aug 10 2025
    Was the Wild West really lawless? Why did the 1960s mark a turning point in the gun debate? How did a convicted killer become one of the most influential figures in modern gun politics? Join Sarah Churchwell and David Olusoga as they discuss how the NRA changed from a sportsman's organisation to a pro-gun lobby. Email: journeythroughtime@goalhanger.com X: @ThroughTimePod Blue Sky: @ThroughTimePod Instagram: @ThroughTimePod Assistant Producer: Alice Horrell Producer: Callum Hill Senior Producer: Dom Johnson Exec Producer: Tony Pastor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    42 mins
  • 23. The Gun Myth That Shaped A Nation (Ep 1)

    23. The Gun Myth That Shaped A Nation (Ep 1)
    Aug 6 2025
    How does the history of the National Rifle Association explain how the pro-gun lobby got such a stranglehold on modern US politics? Was the United States always a firearm-loving nation? How did race and class shape early American gun laws? Join David Olusoga and Sarah Churchwell as they delve into the first chapter in the history of America’s National Rifle Association. Email: journeythroughtime@goalhanger.com X: @ThroughTimePod Blue Sky: @ThroughTimePod Instagram: @ThroughTimePod Assistant Producer: Alice Horrell Producer: Callum Hill Senior Producer: Dom Johnson Exec Producer: Tony Pastor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    41 mins
  • 22. The Great Fire: London Rises From The Ashes (Ep 2)

    22. The Great Fire: London Rises From The Ashes (Ep 2)
    Jul 30 2025
    How did the flames engulf the stone building of St Paul’s Cathedral, jump over the River Fleet, and reach 1,700 degrees celsius? After four days, how was this monstrous fire finally put out? What scars remain on the modern capital city from this fire nearly 400 years ago? Join Sarah Churchwell and David Olusoga to discuss the damage inflicted by The Great Fire of London. Email: journeythroughtime@goalhanger.com X: @ThroughTimePod Blue Sky: @ThroughTimePod Instagram: @ThroughTimePod Assistant Producer: Alice Horrell Producer: Callum Hill Senior Producer: Dom Johnson Exec Producer: Tony Pastor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    56 mins
  • 21. The Great Fire: London’s Burning (Ep 1)

    21. The Great Fire: London’s Burning (Ep 1)
    Jul 23 2025
    What caused London to go up in flames on 2nd September, 1666? How did a fire that started in a bakery grow to engulf so much of the city? Who was Samuel Pepys, the great diarist who documented the fire? Join David Olusoga and Sarah Churchwell as they relive the first day of The Great Fire of London. Email: journeythroughtime@goalhanger.com X: @ThroughTimePod Blue Sky: @ThroughTimePod Instagram: @ThroughTimePod Assistant Producer: Alice Horrell Producer: Callum Hill Senior Producer: Dom Johnson Exec Producer: Tony Pastor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    45 mins
  • 20. How Sci-Fi Became Reality: The History of AI

    20. How Sci-Fi Became Reality: The History of AI
    Jul 20 2025
    What role did WWII enigma hero Alan Turing play in the early development of AI? Why are games so important to the history of AI? Did 2001: A Space Odyssey influence the design of the iPad? Sarah Churchwell and David Olusoga are joined by Steven Johnson, author and co-founder of Notebook LM, to discuss all this and more. Email: journeythroughtime@goalhanger.com X: @ThroughTimePod Blue Sky: @ThroughTimePod Instagram: @ThroughTimePod Assistant Producer: Alice Horrell Producer: Callum Hill Senior Producer: Dom Johnson Exec Producer: Tony Pastor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • 19. The Wrath of God: England’s Greatest Natural Disaster (Ep 2)

    19. The Wrath of God: England’s Greatest Natural Disaster (Ep 2)
    Jul 16 2025
    What death and destruction did the people of England wake up to after the 1703 storm? How did people make sense of this biblical devastation? Why do we remember The Great Fire of London and not The Great Storm? Join David Olusoga and Sarah Churchwell as they delve into the aftermath of the Great Storm. Email: journeythroughtime@goalhanger.com X: @ThroughTimePod Blue Sky: @ThroughTimePod Instagram: @ThroughTimePod Assistant Producer: Alice Horrell Producer: Callum Hill Senior Producer: Dom Johnson Exec Producer: Tony Pastor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    47 mins