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What are the real stories behind the most misunderstood and abused ideas in politics? From Conspiracy Theory to Woke to Centrism and... more

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The British Board of Film Classification – Who watches the watchers?

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

09 Oct 2024 · 46 minutes
Emmanuel Macron – The centrist cannot hold

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

25 Sep 2024 · 49 minutes
Gaslighting – No, you’re not imagining it

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

28 Aug 2024 · 37 minutes
The Battle of Cable Street

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

13 Aug 2024 · 40 minutes
Bonus edition: Far-Right Riots

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

06 Aug 2024 · 47 minutes
Origin Story Post-Election Special – Live in Islington

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

22 Jul 2024 · 1 hour, 59 minutes
The Rushdie Affair – Blasphemous Rumours

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

10 Jul 2024 · 1 hour, 22 minutes
Keir Starmer – PM Dawn

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

01 Jul 2024 · 1 hour, 22 minutes
Anti-vaxxers – Herd impunity

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

26 Jun 2024 · 1 hour, 22 minutes
Genocide – Part Two – The search for justice

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

19 Jun 2024 · 1 hour, 9 minutes
Genocide – Part One – The ultimate crime

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

12 Jun 2024 · 1 hour, 2 minutes
John Stuart Mill & Harriet Taylor Mill – Part Two – Love, bravery and feminism

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

04 Jun 2024 · 1 hour, 18 minutes
John Stuart Mill & Harriet Taylor Mill – Part One – Liberalism's original power couple

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

29 May 2024 · 58 minutes
George Orwell Part 2 – From Broadcasting House to Airstrip One

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

22 May 2024 · 55 minutes
George Orwell Part 1 – From Eton to Barcelona

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

15 May 2024 · 1 hour, 7 minutes
10 Downing Street – The makeshift mansion

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

24 Apr 2024 · 37 minutes
The Illuminati – Top of the Plots

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

17 Apr 2024 · 42 minutes
Apocalypse How? Dorian on the birth of end of the world fiction

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

11 Apr 2024 · 38 minutes
Effective Altruism: Morality by numbers

In the last episode of season four, Ian Dunt and Dorian Lynskey discuss effective altruism. Last month the US entrepreneur... more

11 Dec 2023 · 1 hour, 13 minutes
Eugenics Part Two: The Murderous Science

In part two of the history of eugenics, Ian Dunt and Dorian Lynskey explain how the pseudo-science of “racial hygiene”... more

04 Dec 2023 · 1 hour, 5 minutes
Eugenics Part One: Gene Genies

This week, Ian Dunt and Dorian Lynskey get started on the history of eugenics, the idea of finding biological solutions... more

27 Nov 2023 · 1 hour, 4 minutes
Night of the Living Allegory: The Politics of Zombies

Born in Haitian folklore and inadvertently reinvented by director George A. Romero, the zombie is the most flexible metaphor in... more

20 Nov 2023 · 1 hour, 15 minutes
John Maynard Keynes Part Two: We’re all Keynesians now

In Part Two of John Maynard Keynes, Dorian Lynskey and Ian Dunt reconnect with Keynes in the 1930s, as he... more

13 Nov 2023 · 1 hour, 5 minutes
John Maynard Keynes Part One: The Establishment Radical

Ian Dunt and Dorian Lynskey discuss perhaps the most extraordinary individual they have encountered so far: John Maynard Keynes. The... more

06 Nov 2023 · 1 hour, 2 minutes
Boomers: You never had it so good

This week, Dorian Lynskey and Ian Dunt look at the most powerful and divisive generational cohort of them all: boomers.... more

30 Oct 2023 · 1 hour, 23 minutes
Jordan B Peterson Part Two: The Unravelling

This week, it’s part two of the riddle of Jordan B Peterson, the bestselling author and culture warrior. Ian Dunt... more

23 Oct 2023 · 1 hour, 2 minutes
Jordan B Peterson Part One: Ascension

Origin Story is back. The critically-acclaimed podcast uncovering the hidden histories of concepts, people and events you thought you knew.  To... more

16 Oct 2023 · 57 minutes
Bonuscast! Oppenheimer: Fallout

Christopher Nolan has been generous enough to put together a full-on Origin Story film, combining key elements from the Nuclear... more

10 Aug 2023 · 45 minutes
Live in London

Ian Dunt and Dorian Lynskey host an evening of storytelling, debate, gallows humour and intense irritation recorded with an audience... more

31 Jul 2023 · 57 minutes
Elon Musk: The Man Who Fell to Earth

Uncovering the hidden histories of concepts, people and events you thought you knew.  In a first for Origin Story, Dorian Lynskey... more

24 Jul 2023 · 1 hour, 14 minutes
Zionism Part 2

Explaining the most misunderstood ideas and people in politics In another two-parter, Dorian Lynskey and Ian Dunt break down the long,... more

17 Jul 2023 · 52 minutes
Zionism Part 1

Explaining the most misunderstood ideas and people in politics. In another two-parter, Dorian Lynskey and Ian Dunt break down the long... more

10 Jul 2023 · 1 hour, 1 minute
Climate Change Denial part 2: Fuelling the Flames

Uncovering the hidden histories of concepts, people and events you thought you knew. In part two of the story of climate... more

03 Jul 2023 · 51 minutes
Climate Change Denial part 1: Science Friction

Uncovering the hidden histories of concepts, people and events you thought you knew.  This time: Ian Dunt and Dorian Lynskey try... more

26 Jun 2023 · 52 minutes
Nuclear War part 2: The Final Countdown

Uncovering the hidden histories of concepts you thought you knew. Ian Dunt and Dorian Lynskey pick up the story of nuclear... more

19 Jun 2023 · 47 minutes
Nuclear War part 1: The Unthinkable

Uncovering the hidden histories of concepts you thought you knew.  This time: the ‘genocide machine’ – nuclear war. With Christopher Nolan’s biopic... more

12 Jun 2023 · 50 minutes
Atheism: No God, What Now?

This time: the tumultuous history of Atheism. The concept has been around since the ancient world but for centuries it... more

05 Jun 2023 · 1 hour, 17 minutes
Churchill part 2: Inside the Enigma Machine

Dorian Lynskey and Ian Dunt explain the most misunderstood ideas and people in politics. This time: part 2 of their Winston... more

29 May 2023 · 1 hour, 14 minutes
Churchill part 1: Rebel Without A Cause

New Series! Explaining the most misunderstood ideas and people in politics. This time: Winston Churchill is caricatured as either a bigoted... more

22 May 2023 · 1 hour, 3 minutes
Special: Gary Lineker, Free Speech and the Nazis

A between-seasons special: The Lineker Affair didn’t just expose the BBC’s fear of the Government. It triggered a flood of... more

15 Mar 2023 · 52 minutes
New podcast: Mugshots with Michael Crick

New series preview: How much do we really know about the people who make the headlines? In a provocative new... more

13 Feb 2023 · 14 minutes
A taster of JAM TOMORROW with Ros Taylor – our new documentary podcast

A taster of our new series. Search for Jam Tomorrow in your favourite podcast app or visit https://kite.link/JTS1 Episode One: Every... more

19 Jan 2023 · 16 minutes
Freedom of Speech: Censors working overtime

“We surely live in the stupidest possible era of debate about free speech,” says Ian Dunt. When a key arbiter... more

19 Dec 2022 · 1 hour, 20 minutes
The War on Drugs: The smack of firm government

Drugs won the War on Drugs decades ago, so why are governments still squandering billions on this unwinnable battle? Where... more

12 Dec 2022 · 1 hour, 8 minutes
Fascism: The fraternity of violence

Few terms are thrown about as freely now as “Fascist” but what does the ultimate political condemnation really mean? Where... more

05 Dec 2022 · 1 hour, 14 minutes
Satire: Laughter in the dark

“But it’s satire!” says every Twitter lout, demagogue or disinformationist to justify their abuse, pile-ons or straight-up lies. But what... more

28 Nov 2022 · 1 hour,
Culture War: Inside the rage machine

Culture war: it’s been around way longer than Fox News raging against drag queens or The Last Jedi. Dorian Lynskey... more

21 Nov 2022 · 1 hour, 4 minutes
Ayn Rand: The ego has landed

A new series of the podcast that explains the most misused ideas in politics. This time: In a rage against... more

14 Nov 2022 · 1 hour, 14 minutes
Neoliberalism: Everything’s for sale

Neoliberalism has become an all-purpose insult, but what does it actually mean? In the final episode of Series 1, Dorian... more

27 Jun 2022 · 1 hour, 15 minutes
Woke: The word that splits the world

Who turned Woke from a badge of African-American pride into a hammer to beat liberals with? How does it relate... more

20 Jun 2022 · 1 hour, 7 minutes
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Neoliberalism: Everything’s for sale
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Neoliberalism has become an all-purpose insult, but what does it actually mean? In the final episode of Series 1, Dorian and Ian... more