11. Scotland’s Most Notorious Serial Killers (Ep 1)
How did Burke and Hare get into the lucrative business of murder? Why was there such a demand for fresh corpses in 1820s Edinburgh? What gruesome methods did the pair use to kill their victims?
Join David Olusoga and Sarah Churchwell as they delve into the gothic story of Burke and Hare, the mass murderers who scandalised the nation.
To find out more about Find My Past visit: https://www.findmypast.co.uk/journey-through-time
Email: journeythroughtime@goalhanger.com
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Assistant Producer: Alice Horrell
Producer: Callum Hill
Senior Producer: Dom Johnson
Exec Producer: Tony Pastor
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10. 1983: The World On The Brink (Ep 2)
Why did a military training exercise seem like an imminent threat of nuclear attack? Despite being minutes away from launching Nuclear missiles, what made the Soviets back down? Why does no one know how close we came to total annihilation?
Join Sarah Churchwell and David Olusoga on Journey Through Time as they discuss the days where we narrowly escaped full scale nuclear war.
To find out more about Find My Past visit: https://www.findmypast.co.uk/journey-through-time
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
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9. Able Archer: The Closest We Ever Came To Nuclear War (Ep 1)
Why was the world so close to the brink of nuclear war in November 1983?
What tactics were the Americans employing to play high stakes mind games with the Soviets?
And, what made the Soviets so exceptionally paranoid?
Join David Olusoga and Sarah Churchwell on Journey Through Time as they discuss how a routine military training exercise in November 1983 nearly had cataclysmic effects.
To find out more about Find My Past visit: https://www.findmypast.co.uk/journey-through-time
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
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8. The Myth of Tokyo Rose: Truman and the FBI Witch Hunt (Ep 2)
Why did Iva Toguri get branded America’s first female traitor, despite there being no evidence to convict her?
How did her case become important to President Harry Truman’s re-election campaign?
And, after decades, how did Iva and her supporters finally clear her name?
Join Sarah Churchwell and David Olusoga on Journey Through Time as they delve into the sad story behind the scandalous myth of Tokyo Rose.
To find out more about Find My Past visit: https://www.findmypast.co.uk/journey-through-time
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
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7. The Myth of Tokyo Rose: The Woman Accused of Betraying America (Ep 1)
How did Tokyo Rose, a woman who never existed, become one of WWII’s most well known Japanese figures?
Who was Iva Toguri, the American citizen caught up in the myth?
How did sensationalist journalists weaponise the story of Tokyo Rose to create a vicious narrative about post war Japan?
To find out more about Find My Past visit: https://www.findmypast.co.uk/journey-through-time
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
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Forgotten stories from history and how they shaped the way we live today.
Hear about the ordinary people from history and the extraordinary impact they’ve had on the present. Hosted by historians David Olusoga and Sarah Churchwell, Journey Through Time will show how everyday actions have the most remarkable unintended consequences that ripple through time.
From the first woman to run for President to the unknown story of how the world came to the brink of nuclear war in 1983, this podcast is for everyone, not just history lovers.
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To find out more about Find My Past visit: https://www.findmypast.co.uk/journey-through-time
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