1498 Episodes

  1. Thich Quang Duc: Buddhist monk who set himself on fire

    Published: 11/27/2024

  2. The Iran-Contra Affair

    Published: 11/26/2024

  3. Strictly Come Dancing

    Published: 11/25/2024

  4. Creation of the UFC

    Published: 11/22/2024

  5. Lord of the Flies

    Published: 11/21/2024

  6. Handover of Macau

    Published: 11/20/2024

  7. The Siege of Yarmouk

    Published: 11/19/2024

  8. Iran's secret Christian 'house churches'

    Published: 11/18/2024

  9. German naturists

    Published: 11/15/2024

  10. Luana Mansilla: Changing gender aged six

    Published: 11/14/2024

  11. India's capsule coal mine rescue

    Published: 11/13/2024

  12. How Greece got rid of their king

    Published: 11/12/2024

  13. The Pakistan mountain massacre

    Published: 11/11/2024

  14. The invention of the ‘Baby’ computer

    Published: 11/8/2024

  15. The woman who saved 2,500 children from the Warsaw ghetto

    Published: 11/7/2024

  16. The Shah of Iran's party

    Published: 11/6/2024

  17. In exile from Iran

    Published: 11/5/2024

  18. Iran hostage crisis

    Published: 11/4/2024

  19. Siegfried and Roy tiger attack

    Published: 11/1/2024

  20. Brazil’s electronic voting

    Published: 10/31/2024

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