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Origin Story
Origin Story
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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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Episodes

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 · 41 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 · 53 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, 10 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 · 48 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 · 58 minutes
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 · 49 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 · 50 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 · 44 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 · 47 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, 14 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, 11 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,
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 · 51 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 · 13 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 · 15 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, 7 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, 13 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, 3 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, 14 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, 6 minutes
Superheroes: Truth, justice and the outsider way

It had to happen! Superheroes have shaped our shared culture – both popular and political – but where did the idea of... more

13 Jun 2022 · 1 hour, 8 minutes
Centrism: Stuck in the middle with you

Centrism has become an all-purpose term of abuse but what does it actually mean? And what does Centrism want? Dorian... more

06 Jun 2022 · 59 minutes
Conspiracy Theory: What they’re not telling you

How did conspiracy theory grow from a fringe belief to a quasi-religious movement capable of toppling democracies? Ian and Dorian... more

30 May 2022 · 1 hour, 13 minutes
McCarthyism: How one grifter still poisons America

What are the real stories behind the most misunderstood ideas in politics? Ian Dunt and Dorian Lynskey explore the histories... more

19 May 2022 · 1 hour, 13 minutes
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17 May 2022 · 2 minutes
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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