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The Y in History — 101 episodes

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Episode 131: Rivalries - Adidas, Coke, Tesla and Scotland

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Episode 130: 2026 - Operation Absolute Resolve: Venezuela and Nicolas Maduro

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Episode 129: the Collapse of Empires - Great Britain and Japan

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Episode 128: The origins of phrases

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Episode 127: Iran part 2: the Shah, White Revolution and Islamic Revolution

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Episode 126: Iran - the Qajars, the Constitution and Reza Shah Pahlavi

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Episode 125: 1960 - OPEC - the emergence of a national oil cartel

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Episode 124: Greenland - the Inuit and Denmark

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Episode 123: The Japanese Economic Miracle

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Episode 122: Unbelievable facts from History

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Episode 121: Greatest Heists

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Episode 120: A history of Technology - part II

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Episode 119: A history of Technology

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Episode 118: 1991 - India's Economic Liberation and rise as an economic superpower

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Episode 117: 2025 - the Nepal Gen Z Protests

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Episode 116: The Nuremberg and Tokyo Trials

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Episiode 115: Capitalism, Socialism and Communism

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Episode 114: the Bermuda Triangle

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Episode 113: 2025 - Israel's Operation Rising Lion

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Episode 112: A history of Cyberattacks

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Episode 111: Global Aviation Disasters

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Episode 110: 1989 - Tiananmen Square massacre

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Episode 109: The US rise to Global Power

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Episode 108: Pakistan Terror Camps

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Episode 107: Globalization - a history

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Episode 106: 1914 - the Panama Canal

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Episode 105: 2023 - the Israel Gaza War

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Episode 104: 2023 - the HAMAS Oct 7 Attack

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Episode 103: Espionage - the Moles

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Episode 102: 1948 - the Marshall Plan

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Episode 101: US Democracy and Oligarchy

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Episode 100: Nuclear disaster - near misses

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Episode 99: US Healthcare - a history

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Episode 98: US Presidential Elections (1936 - 1996)

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Episode 97: Bizarre Events from History

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Episode 96: US Presidential Elections (1872 - 1932)

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Episode 95: US Presidential Elections (1789 - 1868)

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Episode 94: Vietnam War - the battles, bombings, accords and conclusion

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Episode 93: Vietnam War - the origins and early days

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Episode 92: Covert Ops - Hitler, CIA and Civil War

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Episode 91: the history of Cinema

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Episode 90: the physics of Dictatorships

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Episode 89: Singapore - the Economic miracle

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Episode 88: 1975 - Emergency in India

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Episode 87: Explorers and Cosmonauts

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Episode 86: Great Political Upsets

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Episode 85: A history of Medicine

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Episode 84: The Children of Dictators

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Episode 83: A history of Tibet

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Episode 82: Corporate Cheating - Boeing, VW and Wells Fargo

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Episode 81: Putin and Xi - the powerful Authoritarians

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Episode 80: Cricket - 1950s through 1980s

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Episode 79: Cricket - early times to 1950s

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Episode 78: 20th Century Political Assassinations

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Episode 77: Silicon Valley

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Episode 76: Financial Coups - Haiti, FDR and Guatemala

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Episode 75: Patterns in History

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Episode 74: 2016 - the Panama Papers

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Episode 73: Artificial Intelligence - a history

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Episode 72: The Spice Trade

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Episode 71: Immigration across the globe

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Episode 70: The Middle East Peace Accords

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Episode 69: 1918 - World War I - key battles, the impact and conclusion

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Episode 68: 1914 - World War I - the origins and early days

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Episode 67: Cold War Era-Eastern Europe Uprisings

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Episode 66: Hyperinflation - the worst cases in history

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Episode 65: Nearshoring and China+1

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Episode 64: Modern Engineering Marvels

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Episode 63: 1980 - Iran - Iraq War

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Episode 62: US Political Scandals

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Episode 61: China's Territorial Disputes

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Episode 60: Space Exploration - a history

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Episode 59: A Multipolar World

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Episode 58: Europe-a continent of wars

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Episode 57: Most Impactful Inventions

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Episode 56: Iran, North Korea, Pakistan and Iraq - the race to Nuclear weapons

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Episode 55: The British East India Company

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Episode 54: Financial Scandals and Cons

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Episode 53: Great Environmental Disasters

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Episode 52: 1967 - The Arab-Israeli Six Day War

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Episode 51: The Transatlantic Slave Trade

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Episode 50: 2021 - US withdrawal from Afghanistan

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Episode 49: 2022 - The Russia-Ukraine War

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Episode 48: Great Spy Operations (Mossad, CIA, KGB)

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Episode 47: Coffee and Tea - the global beverages

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Episode 46: Taiwan - ROC vs PRC

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Episode 45: 1962 - the India-China War

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Episode 44: 1962 - the Cuban Missile Crisis

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Episode 43: History of Democracy

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Episode 42: History of Money

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Episode 41: 1760 - the Industrial Revolution

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Episode 40: 1978 China - the emergence of an Economic Power

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Episode 39: Cold War Spies and Espionage - I

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Episode 38: America's Political Parties

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Episode 37: 1989 The Internet - from concept to global adoption

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Episode 36: The United Kingdom, Great Britain and England

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Episode 35: Economic Crises in modern times

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Episode 34: 2021-The Global Supply Chain Crisis

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Episode 33: Women's Rights - Obstacles, Wins and Challenges

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Episode 32: 1991 Soviet Union - the political and economic collapse

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Episode 31: 1958 Pakistan - the military as the government