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🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 Join David Olusoga and Sarah Churchwell for the second episode of their series on notorious Scottish serial killers, Burke & Hare, as they delve into the dramatic finale of how these men were brought to justice. Link in replies👇

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 Scotland's Most Notorious Serial Killers Join @davidolusoga.bsky.social and @sarahchurchwell.bsky.social as they dive into the morbid story behind Burke and Hare - the infamous duo who turned murder into profit in 19th-century Edinburgh...💀 Link to full episode in replies👇

submitted 13 days ago • 2 comments

Why were the Soviets so paranoid?🤔 @davidolusoga.bsky.social explains why the Soviet leadership were so suspicious of NATO during the Cold War...

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🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 1983: The World On The Brink Join @davidolusoga.bsky.social and @sarahchurchwell.bsky.social in the latest episode of Journey Through Time as they dive into the story of Operation Able Archer, a little-known war game that almost caused WW3...💥 Link to full episode in replies👇

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

What role would the BBC play in the event of a nuclear war..?💥 @davidolusoga.bsky.social explains...

submitted 21 days ago • 4 comments

🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 Able Archer: The Closest We've Ever Come To Nuclear War Join @davidolusoga.bsky.social and @sarahchurchwell.bsky.social as they dive into the story of Able Archer and discuss: 💥How close did we really come to nuclear war? 👀Why were the Soviets so paranoid? Link in replies👇

submitted 27 days ago • 6 comments

Why did US soldiers enjoy WW2 Japanese propaganda broadcasts..? 📻 @sarahchurchwell.bsky.social explains...

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 The Myth of Tokyo Rose: Truman and the FBI Witch Hunt Join @davidolusoga.bsky.social and @sarahchurchwell.bsky.social in this second episode on Tokyo Rose as they delve into to the scandalous story behind the trial of Iva Toguri for treason... Link to episode in replies👇

submitted 34 days ago • 1 comment

🇯🇵What happened to Japanese-Americans during WW2?🇺🇸 @sarahchurchwell.bsky.social and @davidolusoga.bsky.social have the disturbing answer...

submitted 36 days ago • 4 comments

🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 The Myth of Tokyo Rose: The Woman Accused of Betraying America Join @davidolusoga.bsky.social and @sarahchurchwell.bsky.social as they explore the remarkable story of Tokyo Rose, a Japanese-American woman forced to broadcast propaganda to US troops... Link in replies👇

submitted 41 days ago • 2 comments

🗣️"The gathering of working class people in London in 1848 had been a moment of national crisis." @davidolusoga.bsky.social explains who the Chartists were and why the Victorians were so terrified of them...📜

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Could there have been a British Revolution?✊ @davidolusoga.bsky.social discusses the fear in 1851 that the European revolutions of 1848 would spread to Britain...

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🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 Darwin, Dickens and a Giant Diamond: Inside The Great Exhibition Join @davidolusoga.bsky.social and @sarahchurchwell.bsky.social as they discuss the story behind one of the greatest exhibitions Britain and the world has ever known... Link in replies👇

submitted 48 days ago • 3 comments

You won't believe how many people went to the Crystal Palace for The Great Exhibition...😱 @davidolusoga.bsky.social and @sarahchurchwell.bsky.social uncover the crazy numbers behind a Victorian phenomenon...

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How does inequality today compare with Victorian inequality..? 🤔 @davidolusoga.bsky.social has the answer...

submitted 51 days ago • 1 comment

🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 The Great Exhibition: Prince Albert, Revolutionaries, and the Duke of Wellington Join @davidolusoga.bsky.social and @sarahchurchwell.bsky.social as they explore: 🏗️The brilliance of Victorian engineering 👊Revolutionary fervour in 19th century Britain and much more Link in replies👇

submitted 55 days ago • 3 comments

What was it like to be an interracial couple in the 19th century..? 💍

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How Uncle Tom's Cabin changed America forever...🇺🇸

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She was running a stock brokerage on Wall Street whilst calling for the overthrow of capitalism...✊ @davidolusoga.bsky.social and @sarahchurchwell.bsky.social explore the contradictory personality of Victoria Woodhull, the first woman to run for President...

submitted 57 days ago • 2 comments

🗣️"Enforced sterilisation was on the books in the United States until the 1970s." @sarahchurchwell.bsky.social and @davidolusoga.bsky.social break down the dark history of eugenics in the US...

submitted 58 days ago • 3 comments

🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 The First Woman to Run for President: Sex, Scandal and Suffragists Join @davidolusoga.bsky.social and @sarahchurchwell.bsky.social as the explore: 📚The influence of Uncle Tom's Cabin 🩷Free love in the 19th Century 🧬The dark story of eugenics and much more... Link in replies 👇

submitted 62 days ago • 1 comment

How old was the average bride in the 19th century?🤔 @davidolusoga.bsky.social and @sarahchurchwell.bsky.social tell the story of Victoria Woodhull, the first woman to run for president who got married at just 15..

submitted 64 days ago • 1 comment

👻What is Spiritualism..? 👻 🗣️ @davidolusoga.bsky.social and @sarahchurchwell.bsky.social have the answer!

submitted 65 days ago • 2 comments

🗣️"She wasn't just the first woman to run for President..." @sarahchurchwell.bsky.social gives the low-down on the fascinating Victoria Woodhull.

submitted 68 days ago • 1 comment

🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 The First Woman to Run for President: Rags to Riches Tune in to hear @davidolusoga.bsky.social and @sarahchurchwell.bsky.social tell the incredible tale of Victoria Woodhull, the first woman to run for President. Watch/listen now👇 📺 youtu.be/59DZySzJnSM 🎙️ linktr.ee/journeythrou...

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🇺🇸"The war had really come home to America."🇺🇸 @davidolusoga.bsky.social and @sarahchurchwell.bsky.social recount the story of New York's Black Tom explosion... Full episode here👇 📺 youtu.be/lzNZhz9yqsg

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What were the largest explosions of World War 1? 💥 @davidolusoga.bsky.social and @sarahchurchwell.bsky.social have the answer... Tune into the latest episode of Journey Through Time 👇 🎙️ linktr.ee/journeythrou... 📺 youtu.be/lzNZhz9yqsg

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These German spies were right under American noses...👃 Tune in to the latest episode of Journey Through Time here 👇 linktr.ee/journeythrou...

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