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•Fill in our listener survey for a chance to win an exclusive Origin Story t-shirt. The final episode of our two-part... more

•Fill in our listener survey for a chance to win an exclusive Origin Story t-shirt. It can seem like conspiracy theories... more

•Fill in our listener survey for a chance to win an exclusive Origin Story t-shirt. This week we begin the story... more

•Fill in our listener survey for a chance to win an exclusive Origin Story t-shirt. This week we finish the story... more

•Fill in our listener survey for a chance to win an exclusive Origin Story t-shirt. This week we begin the tumultuous... more

•Fill in our listener survey for a chance to win an exclusive Origin Story t-shirt. What the hell happened to Russell... more

Sex! Violence! Censorship! These days the British Board of Film Classification rarely makes headlines but it was on the cultural... more

Emmanuel Macron is one of the most fascinating and infuriating figures in 21st century politics. Seven years ago, the philosopher-statesman... more

Over the past eight years, the word “gaslighting” has transformed from an obscure term in psychiatric literature into a ubiquitous... more

The Battle of Cable Street on 4 October 1936 has been described as “the greatest anti-fascist victory on British soil”.... more

Racist violence has inflamed several British cities this past week. Should we call the events protests, riots or pogroms? Are... more

Couldn’t make it to the Origin Story live show in London on Monday 15 July? Don’t worry, we’ve got audio... more

The final episode of season five covers the Rushdie Affair. On 14 February 1989, the Ayatollah Khomeini’s fatwa against Salman... more

The season five finale coincides with the general election, so we’ve decided to get very topical indeed with the story... more

This episode tells the tale of the anti-vaxxers. The word has only been around since 2001 but inoculation has inspired... more

The war in Gaza has led to accusations of genocide but that word operates on two levels. It’s both a... more

The war in Gaza has led to accusations of genocide but that word operates on two levels. It’s both a... more

Back for season five, Origin Story continues to explore the misunderstood ideas and people that shape our politics today. With... more

Back for season five, Origin Story continues to explore the misunderstood ideas and people that shape our politics today. With... more

Back for season five, Origin Story continues to explore the misunderstood ideas and people that shape our politics today. With... more

Back for season five, Origin Story continues to explore the misunderstood ideas and people that shape our politics today. With... more

We’ve covered ideas, phrases, people and historical events. Now Origin Story profiles its first building: Number 10 Downing Street.  Following Dorian’s... more

• Join Ian and Dorian for Origin Story Live in London on Tue 7 May. They’ll be looking at how the... more

For 1800 years, Western conceptions of the end of the world were dominated by the Book of Revelation: Armageddon, the... more