# Explaining History Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/explaining-history-524006 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/explaining-history-524006.md RSS feed: https://rss.acast.com/explaininghistory Official site: http://www.explaininghistory.org Author: Nick Shepley Episodes: 943 ## Resource How do we make sense of the modern world? We find the answers in the history of the 20th Century. For over a decade, The Explaining History Podcast has been the guide for curious minds. Host Nick Shepley and expert guests break down the world wars, the Cold War, and the rise and fall of ideologies into concise, 25-minute episodes. This isn't a dry lecture. It's a critical, narrative-driven conversation that connects the past to your present. Perfect for students, history buffs, and anyone who wants to understand how we got here. Hit subscribe and start exploring. Join us at Explaining History for daily modern history articles and news. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Machine-readable JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/explaining-history-524006 Markdown: https://stenobird.com/podcast/explaining-history-524006.md ## Episodes - [Mamdani, Corbyn and the War Within the Centre-Left](https://stenobird.com/podcast/explaining-history-524006/mamdani-corbyn-and-the-war-within-the-centre-left) — 2026-07-01T15:33:50+00:00 - [Quebec's secret biological warfare history](https://stenobird.com/podcast/explaining-history-524006/quebec-s-secret-biological-warfare-history) — 2026-06-25T09:29:16+00:00 - [Belfast and the international networked far right](https://stenobird.com/podcast/explaining-history-524006/belfast-and-the-international-networked-far-right) — 2026-06-18T10:11:35+00:00 - [Italy from the fascism to post war republic](https://stenobird.com/podcast/explaining-history-524006/italy-from-the-fascism-to-post-war-republic) — 2026-06-17T17:35:44+00:00 - [Militarism, Masculinity, and the Making of the American Warrior](https://stenobird.com/podcast/explaining-history-524006/militarism-masculinity-and-the-making-of-the-american-warrior) — 2026-06-10T15:10:58+00:00 - [The Ottoman March on Egypt 1915](https://stenobird.com/podcast/explaining-history-524006/the-ottoman-march-on-egypt-1915) — 2026-06-03T15:44:03+00:00 - [Adoption, Colonialism, and the Korean War](https://stenobird.com/podcast/explaining-history-524006/adoption-colonialism-and-the-korean-war) — 2026-05-28T20:30:39+00:00 - [The Shortest History of Scotland – Nation, Union, and the Rise of Nationalism](https://stenobird.com/podcast/explaining-history-524006/the-shortest-history-of-scotland-nation-union-and-the-rise-of-nationalism) — 2026-05-20T14:12:27+00:00 - [Trump and Nixon in Beijing - an instructive comparison](https://stenobird.com/podcast/explaining-history-524006/trump-and-nixon-in-beijing-an-instructive-comparison) — 2026-05-19T12:16:37+00:00 - [Master of Lies – Anthony Blunt, the Cambridge Spy Who Changed the Course of World War II](https://stenobird.com/podcast/explaining-history-524006/master-of-lies-anthony-blunt-the-cambridge-spy-who-changed-the-course-of-world-war-ii) — 2026-05-13T14:00:37+00:00 - [The Neocons Admit Defeat in Iran](https://stenobird.com/podcast/explaining-history-524006/the-neocons-admit-defeat-in-iran) — 2026-05-11T09:27:53+00:00 - [Hobsbawm's Age of Extremes – The Golden Age, the Fall of Communism, and the Crisis of Social Democracy](https://stenobird.com/podcast/explaining-history-524006/hobsbawm-s-age-of-extremes-the-golden-age-the-fall-of-communism-and-the-crisis-of-social-democracy) — 2026-05-09T14:28:53+00:00 - [The Tsar's Generals and the Press – Russian Military Journalism in the Reform Era](https://stenobird.com/podcast/explaining-history-524006/the-tsar-s-generals-and-the-press-russian-military-journalism-in-the-reform-era) — 2026-05-05T18:36:36+00:00 - [Austerity Never Ended – The Cultural Politics of Thrift in Modern Britain](https://stenobird.com/podcast/explaining-history-524006/austerity-never-ended-the-cultural-politics-of-thrift-in-modern-britain) — 2026-05-04T15:53:46+00:00 - [The Lost Empire of Emmanuel Nobel – Oil, Revolution, and the Birth of the Soviet State](https://stenobird.com/podcast/explaining-history-524006/the-lost-empire-of-emmanuel-nobel-oil-revolution-and-the-birth-of-the-soviet-state) — 2026-04-29T16:05:43+00:00 - [The Death of Britain's Two-Party System – A Century in the Making](https://stenobird.com/podcast/explaining-history-524006/the-death-of-britain-s-two-party-system-a-century-in-the-making) — 2026-04-27T15:48:33+00:00 - [The Transnational Far Right – Hate, Vigilantism, and the Mainstreaming of Extremism](https://stenobird.com/podcast/explaining-history-524006/the-transnational-far-right-hate-vigilantism-and-the-mainstreaming-of-extremism) — 2026-04-16T10:39:21+00:00 - [The Gulf Crisis – Two Theories of American Decline](https://stenobird.com/podcast/explaining-history-524006/the-gulf-crisis-two-theories-of-american-decline) — 2026-04-13T08:59:08+00:00 - [The New World Order and Its Unravelling – From Bush Snr to Trump](https://stenobird.com/podcast/explaining-history-524006/the-new-world-order-and-its-unravelling-from-bush-snr-to-trump) — 2026-04-10T18:01:46+00:00 - [China's Transformation 1978-84](https://stenobird.com/podcast/explaining-history-524006/china-s-transformation-1978-84) — 2026-04-07T15:23:06+00:00 - [Capitalism without Democracy](https://stenobird.com/podcast/explaining-history-524006/capitalism-without-democracy) — 2026-04-06T11:32:14+00:00 - [The End of NATO?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/explaining-history-524006/the-end-of-nato) — 2026-04-03T13:18:58+00:00 - [Petitions, protests and the Mandate System 1919-21](https://stenobird.com/podcast/explaining-history-524006/petitions-protests-and-the-mandate-system-1919-21) — 2026-03-25T16:48:02+00:00 - [The Birth of the Multipolar Order and the "Evisceration" of the West](https://stenobird.com/podcast/explaining-history-524006/the-birth-of-the-multipolar-order-and-the-evisceration-of-the-west) — 2026-03-24T13:49:40+00:00 - [Trump's self created gulf trap](https://stenobird.com/podcast/explaining-history-524006/trump-s-self-created-gulf-trap) — 2026-03-23T14:19:35+00:00 - [Are We Already in World War III?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/explaining-history-524006/are-we-already-in-world-war-iii) — 2026-03-18T18:03:32+00:00 - [Iran, the Straits of Hormuz, and the Graveyard of Navies](https://stenobird.com/podcast/explaining-history-524006/iran-the-straits-of-hormuz-and-the-graveyard-of-navies) — 2026-03-16T10:37:51+00:00 - [The Oscars and the Making of Hollywood](https://stenobird.com/podcast/explaining-history-524006/the-oscars-and-the-making-of-hollywood) — 2026-03-14T10:26:23+00:00 - [Civil crisis in the Ottoman Empire in 1913](https://stenobird.com/podcast/explaining-history-524006/civil-crisis-in-the-ottoman-empire-in-1913) — 2026-03-11T14:55:27+00:00 - [Iran Roundup – America's Escalating Crisis in the Persian Gulf](https://stenobird.com/podcast/explaining-history-524006/iran-roundup-america-s-escalating-crisis-in-the-persian-gulf) — 2026-03-10T12:59:19+00:00 - [Gambling, Pornography, and the Making of Modern America with Dennis Broe](https://stenobird.com/podcast/explaining-history-524006/gambling-pornography-and-the-making-of-modern-america-with-dennis-broe) — 2026-03-06T20:27:24+00:00 - [London, New York and the Russian Revolution – The Emigré Hub of 1917](https://stenobird.com/podcast/explaining-history-524006/london-new-york-and-the-russian-revolution-the-emigr-hub-of-1917) — 2026-03-04T14:38:25+00:00 - [The Habsburg Army in 1914 – Incompetence, Illusion, and the Road to Disaster](https://stenobird.com/podcast/explaining-history-524006/the-habsburg-army-in-1914-incompetence-illusion-and-the-road-to-disaster) — 2026-03-03T14:04:18+00:00 - [Trump, Iran, and the Trajectory of American Empire](https://stenobird.com/podcast/explaining-history-524006/trump-iran-and-the-trajectory-of-american-empire) — 2026-03-02T10:24:35+00:00 - [Serial Killers, the Blitz, and the Cracks in Britain's Wartime Myth](https://stenobird.com/podcast/explaining-history-524006/serial-killers-the-blitz-and-the-cracks-in-britain-s-wartime-myth) — 2026-02-25T18:43:01+00:00 - [Defending Britain, Defending the Empire](https://stenobird.com/podcast/explaining-history-524006/defending-britain-defending-the-empire) — 2026-02-24T14:15:34+00:00 ## Actions Episode pages expose an explicit `request_transcript` action. 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