Origin Story
What are the real stories behind the most misunderstood and abused ideas in politics? From Conspiracy Theory to Woke to Centrism and beyond, Ian Dunt and Dorian Lynskey dig into the astonishing secret histories of concepts you thought you knew.
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Latest Episode
Rivers of Blood – How Enoch Powell poisoned Britain (20.08.2025)
Previous Episodes
- Shostakovich and Stalin – The Composer and the Dictator 06.08.2025
- ICE – How Trump built an American Gestapo 23.07.2025
- Martin Luther King Jr. – Part Two – Owning the dream 11.06.2025
- Martin Luther King Jr. – Part One – Eyes on the Prize 04.06.2025
- Growth – GDP is the Magic Number 28.05.2025
- Mars – The Next Frontier? 21.05.2025
- Appeasement – Part Two – Betrayal 14.05.2025
- Appeasement – Part One – The Bitter Cup 07.05.2025
- Origin Story Live at 21 Soho – Grand Theft America 30.04.2025
- Partition – Part Two – Dividing Lines 23.04.2025
- Partition – Part One – Before Midnight 16.04.2025
- Thatcherism – Part Two – Imperial phase 09.04.2025
- Thatcherism – Part One – Birth of a Notion 02.04.2025
- Kemi Badenoch – Identity crisis 19.03.2025
- The Myth of Cultural Marxism – Anatomy of a conspiracy theory 12.02.2025
- Doctor Who – The Regeneration Game 29.01.2025
- Trump’s inauguration: Can we call it fascism yet? – Plus exclusive audiobook excerpt 21.01.2025
- Elon Musk and the Death of Twitter 08.01.2025
- The Daily Mail – Part two – Paper Tigers 18.12.2024
- The Daily Mail – Part one – Barons and Blackshirts 18.12.2024
