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Beyond Reason
Sarah Dunant looks through history to understand apparently irrational behaviour.
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Consider the Walrus: what can history tell us about the climate crisis?
Sarah Dunant looks to the past to help us think about the pressing climate change crisis.
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Fake History
Sarah explores the history of fake history, and its use to justify actions and ideology.
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Into the World
Sarah Dunant on the history of travel, how it has enchanted and alarmed us for centuries.
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The Shame Game
Sarah Dunant delves into the history of shame, this most potent but raw of emotions.
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Deadlock
Sarah Dunant on historical deadlocks and the ways they were resolved.
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Sleep: A Third of Human History
Sarah Dunant examines sleep as a source of preoccupation and worry throughout history.
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Poison: The Invisible Assassin
Sarah Dunant looks at moments in history when poison has sown fear, doubt and intrigue.
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Promises, Promises
Sarah Dunant explores the fractious history of promises made between rulers and the ruled.
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The Dating Game
Sarah Dunant delves into the past for stories of courtship to help us date better.
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Beyond Your Command
Sarah Dunant uncovers stories from history when children have challenged adult authority.
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The Deal
Sarah Dunant delves into the past for alternative stories to help frame today's anxieties.
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Resist
Sarah Dunant considers a post-antibiotic world with lessons from the past.
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This Old Year
Sarah Dunant delves into the past for alternative stories to help frame 2017.
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Speaking Out
Sarah Dunant looks at the history of women speaking out about inappropriate male behaviour
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Episode 4
Can history unlock the secret to a better old age?
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IOU
Sarah Dunant's look at events from a historical perspective plunges into personal debt.
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Take it to the Brink
Sarah Dunant's monthly look at events from a historical perspective takes her to the brink
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Generational Breakdown
Sarah Dunant delves into the past for alternative stories to help frame today's anxieties.
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Welcome to When Greeks Flew Kites
Welcome to this new BBC podcast. The first episode will be published within seven days.
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Resist
Sarah Dunant considers a post-antibiotic world with lessons from the past.

