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79. McCarthyism: Paving The Way For Trump (Ep 6)
Mar 23, 2026
40m 18s
78. McCarthyism: The Fall of Joseph McCarthy (Ep 5)
Mar 16, 2026
42m 24s
77. McCarthyism: The Crucible, High Noon, and Hollywood’s Revenge (Ep 4)
Mar 9, 2026
47m 26s
76. McCarthyism: Spies, Lies, And Smears (Ep 3)
Mar 2, 2026
37m 01s
75. McCarthyism: Hollywood on Trial (Ep 2)
Feb 23, 2026
36m 26s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3/23/26 | ![]() 79. McCarthyism: Paving The Way For Trump (Ep 6)✨ | McCarthyismHollywood blacklist+3 | Sarah Churchwell | HollywoodGoalhanger | — | McCarthyismHollywood+5 | — | 40m 18s | |
| 3/16/26 | ![]() 78. McCarthyism: The Fall of Joseph McCarthy (Ep 5)✨ | McCarthyismJoseph McCarthy+4 | Sarah ChurchwellDavid Olusoga | Elia KazanMarlon Brando | — | McCarthyismJoseph McCarthy+6 | — | 42m 24s | |
| 3/9/26 | ![]() 77. McCarthyism: The Crucible, High Noon, and Hollywood’s Revenge (Ep 4)✨ | McCarthyismHollywood+4 | — | GoalhangerHigh Noon+1 | — | McCarthyismHigh Noon+5 | — | 47m 26s | |
| 3/2/26 | ![]() 76. McCarthyism: Spies, Lies, And Smears (Ep 3)✨ | McCarthyismCold War+3 | David Olusoga | US GovernmentSoviet Union+1 | — | McCarthyismJoseph McCarthy+3 | — | 37m 01s | |
| 2/23/26 | ![]() 75. McCarthyism: Hollywood on Trial (Ep 2)✨ | McCarthyismHollywood+3 | — | House of Un-American Activities CommitteeHollywood Ten+1 | — | McCarthyismHollywood Ten+5 | — | 36m 26s | |
| 2/16/26 | ![]() 74. McCarthyism: How The Red Scare Gripped America (Ep 1)✨ | McCarthyismRed Scare+5 | — | House of Unamerican Activities Committee | America | McCarthyismRed Scare+6 | — | 45m 28s | |
| 2/12/26 | ![]() 73. Chernobyl: An Explosion That Brought Down A Superpower (Ep 6)✨ | Chernobyl disasterSoviet Union collapse+4 | Sarah Churchwell | Goalhanger | Soviet UnionExclusion Zone+1 | ChernobylSoviet Union+7 | — | 36m 45s | |
| 2/9/26 | ![]() 72. Chernobyl: Soviet Secrets Are Still Coming Out (Ep 5)✨ | ChernobylSoviet history+5 | Sarah ChurchwellDavid Olusoga | Soviet UnionUSSR+1 | — | ChernobylSoviet Union+8 | — | 23m 50s | |
| 2/5/26 | ![]() 71. Chernobyl: Three Men Who Saved Europe (Ep 4)✨ | Chernobyl disasternuclear fallout+3 | Sarah Churchwell | Goalhanger | ChernobylEurope | Chernobylnuclear disaster+3 | — | 41m 39s | |
| 2/2/26 | ![]() 70. Chernobyl: The Battle Against Nuclear Fallout (Ep 3)✨ | Chernobyl disasternuclear fallout+4 | Sarah ChurchwellDavid Olusoga | Soviets | ChernobylBelarus+1 | Chernobylnuclear fallout+5 | — | 44m 40s | |
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| 1/29/26 | ![]() 69. Chernobyl: The Countdown To Catastrophe (Ep 2) | Why was reactor four two years overdue a critical safety test? What happened in the seconds and minutes leading up to the explosion? Who was the first victim of the Chernobyl disaster? David Olusoga and Sarah Churchwell recall the fateful events leading up to the meltdown in reactor four on the night of the 26th April 1986. Email: journeythroughtime@goalhanger.com X: @ThroughTimePod Blue Sky: @ThroughTimePod Instagram: @JourneyThroughTimePod Social Producer: Emma Jackson Assistant Producers: Alfie Rowe, Alfie Norris Producer: Alice Horrell Head of History: Dom Johnson Exec Producer: Tony Pastor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 28m 36s | ||||||
| 1/26/26 | ![]() 68. Chernobyl: The Worst Nuclear Disaster In History (Ep 1) | How did a routine safety test turn into the worst nuclear disaster in history? How did Soviet secrecy, impossible targets, and corner-cutting set the stage for Chernobyl? Why did the disaster begin long before 1986, and end with the unravelling of the Soviet Union itself? Sarah Churchwell and David Olusoga trace the political and historical failures which led to the fateful Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Social Producer: Emma Jackson Assistant Producers: Alfie Rowe, Alfie Norris Producer: Alice Horrell Head of History: Dom Johnson Exec Producer: Tony Pastor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 38m 51s | ||||||
| 1/22/26 | ![]() 67. The Spanish Civil War: The Death of Democracy (Ep 6) | How did the Spanish Civil War inspire resistance movements throughout the 20th century? Why does Spain contain thousands of hidden mass graves? What is the legacy of the conflict in modern Spain? Why were American volunteers persecuted for opposing fascism? David Olusoga and Sarah Churchwell explore the long legacy of the Spanish Civil War and the shadow it still casts. Social Producer: Emma Jackson Assistant Producers: Alfie Rowe, Alfie Norris Producer: Alice Horrell Head of History: Dom Johnson Exec Producer: Tony Pastor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 35m 45s | ||||||
| 1/19/26 | ![]() 66. The Spanish Civil War: Guernica, Picasso and The Nazis (Ep 5) | How did Pablo Picasso capture the horror of aerial bombing? Why did Hitler use a small Spanish town to test the Blitzkrieg? What was Stalin’s role in the Spanish Civil War? David Olusoga and Sarah Churchwell explore how Spain became a testing ground for the Second World War. Social Producers: Emma Jackson Assistant Producers: Alfie Rowe, Alfie Norris Producer: Alice Horrell Head of History: Dom Johnson Exec Producer: Tony Pastor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 31m 26s | ||||||
| 1/15/26 | ![]() 65. The Spanish Civil War: Orwell V Stalin (Ep 4) | What were Barcelona’s ‘May Days’? How did Orwell manage to escape Stalinist agents? Why did communists and anarchists begin to fight each other? How did the Spanish Civil War inspire Animal Farm and 1984? Join David Olusoga and Sarah Churchwell as they look at the harrowing events that inspired one of the twentieth century's most iconic writers. Social Producers: Emma Jackson, Harry Balden Assistant Producers: Alfie Rowe, Alfie Norris Producer: Alice Horrell Head of History: Dom Johnson Exec Producer: Tony Pastor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 23m 45s | ||||||
| 1/12/26 | ![]() 64. The Spanish Civil War: A Nazi Training Ground (Ep 3) | What were Barcelona’s ‘May Days’? How did Orwell manage to escape Stalinist agents? Why did communists and anarchists begin to fight each other? How did the Spanish Civil War inspire Animal Farm and 1984? Join David Olusoga and Sarah Churchwell as they look at the harrowing events that inspired one of the twentieth century's most iconic writers. Social Producers: Emma Jackson, Harry Balden Assistant Producers: Alfie Rowe, Alfie Norris Producer: Alice Horrell Head of History: Dom Johnson Exec Producer: Tony Pastor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 23m 51s | ||||||
| 1/8/26 | ![]() 63. The Spanish Civil War: Fighting Fascism With Hemingway And Orwell (Ep 2) | Why did 35,000 foreign volunteers join the International Brigades? How did the conflict lead to the first racially integrated military unit in US history? What was women’s role in the conflict? How was modern conflict journalism pioneered in Spain? David Olusoga and Sarah Churchwell examine the role of foreign volunteers and journalists in the Spanish Civil War Social Producers: Emma Jackson, Harry Balden Assistant Producers: Alfie Rowe, Alfie Norris Producer: Alice Horrell Head of History: Dom Johnson Exec Producer: Tony Pastor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 34m 53s | ||||||
| 1/5/26 | ![]() 62. The Spanish Civil War: A Nation In Flames (Ep 1) | What caused Spain to collapse into civil war in 1936? How did Hitler, Mussolini, and Stalin become involved in the conflict? Why did western democracies do nothing to aid Spain’s government? What connected Ernest Hemingway, Martha Gelhorn, George Orwell and Kim Philby to the war? David Olusoga and Sarah Churchwell explore the events that led to Spain’s 1936-1939 Civil War. Social Producers: Emma Jackson, Harry Balden Assistant Producers: Alfie Rowe, Alfie Norris Producer: Alice Horrell Head of History: Dom Johnson Exec Producer: Tony Pastor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 41m 50s | ||||||
| 1/1/26 | ![]() 61. A Christmas Carol: From Alastair Sim To The Muppets (Ep 3) | In what significant ways did the bestselling book ‘A Christmas Carol’ change Victorian behaviour around Christmas? From Christmas movies to the office Christmas party, what traditions do we have Charles Dickens to thank for? Why does this story still resonate in modern debates around poverty, responsibility, and compassion? Join David Olusoga and Sarah Churchwell exploring the enduring legacy of Charles Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol’. Social Producers: Emma Jackson, Harry Balden Assistant Producers: Alfie Rowe, Alfie Norris Producer: Alice Horrell Head of History: Dom Johnson Exec Producer: Tony Pastor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 43m 44s | ||||||
| 12/29/25 | ![]() 60. A Christmas Carol: The Radical Message Hidden In A Holiday Classic (Ep 2) | How did the three Ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future manage to save Scrooge, Tiny Time, and the Christmas spirit? What deadly social problem was Dickens looking to solve with A Christmas Carol? Who is actually on trial in the story: Scrooge or the society that made him possible? Join Sarah Churchwell and David Olusoga as they look at the Ghost story that terrified Victorian Britain into helping the poor. Social Producers: Emma Jackson, Harry Balden Assistant Producers: Alfie Rowe, Alfie Norris Producer: Alice Horrell Head of History: Dom Johnson Exec Producer: Tony Pastor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 31m 38s | ||||||
| 12/25/25 | ![]() 59. A Christmas Carol: The Book That Brought Back Christmas (Ep 1) | Why had the Victorians stopped celebrating Christmas? How did the wretchedness of a London school for poor children inspire Charles Dickens’ famous Christmas tale? What does the story’s main character, Ebenezer Scrooge, tell us about the state of the UK? Join David Olusoga and Sarah Churchwell as they tell the story of how Charles Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol’ changed Victorian Britain. Social Producers: Emma Jackson, Harry Balden Assistant Producers: Alfie Rowe, Alfie Norris Producer: Alice Horrell Head of History: Dom Johnson Exec Producer: Tony Pastor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 57m 34s | ||||||
| 12/22/25 | ![]() 58. Black GIs: Brown Babies and Broken Hearts (Ep 5) | What does the hysteria around white women sleeping with Black GIs tell us about race and class in wartime Britain? Why were Black GIs banned from marrying their British sweethearts? What was the sad fate of many of the mixed raced babies left behind as a result of this encounter? Sarah Churchwell and David Olusoga tell the final chapter in the story of Black GIs in the UK. Social Producers: Emma Jackson, Harry Balden Assistant Producers: Alfie Rowe, Alfie Norris Producer: Alice Horrell Head of History: Dom Johnson Exec Producer: Tony Pastor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 38m 48s | ||||||
| 12/18/25 | ![]() 57. Black GIs: American Mutiny On British Streets (Ep 4) | What happened when Black GIs went on strike over their violent treatment at the hands of the white Military Police? Why did the American Army start fighting itself in the heart of a British city? How did the Ministry of Information stop the British public from hearing about this violence? Join David Olusoga and Sarah Churchwell as they tell the story of the Park Street Riots, the forgotten American mutiny on the streets of Bristol. Social Producers: Emma Jackson, Harry Balden Assistant Producers: Alfie Rowe, Alfie Norris Producer: Alice Horrell Head of History: Dom Johnson Exec Producer: Tony Pastor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 28m 24s | ||||||
| 12/15/25 | ![]() 56. Black GIs: The Battle of Bamber Bridge (Ep 3) | How did an altercation over the wrong uniform lead into a full scale gun battle with Americans shooting their fellow soldiers on the streets of Bamber Bridge? What caused the Black GIs to mutiny? How did this violence forever change the US army? Listen to Sarah Churchwell and David Olusoga as they tell the story of Americans firing on Americans in the village of Bamber Bridge. Social Producers: Emma Jackson, Harry Balden Assistant Producers: Alfie Rowe, Alfie Norris Producer: Alice Horrell Head of History: Dom Johnson Exec Producer: Tony Pastor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 35m 43s | ||||||
| 12/11/25 | ![]() 55. Black GIs: We Ain’t No Slaves, This Is England (Ep 2) | How did the American army try to enforce segregation by stealth on British towns? Why did the British public perceive the white American GIs as ‘over paid, over fed, over sexed and over here’? How did Churchill respond to the growing tensions in British towns as a result of the ‘friendly invasion’? David Olusoga and Sarah Churchwell tell the story of when the American army brought racial segregation to the UK during World War Two. Social Producers: Emma Jackson, Harry Balden Assistant Producers: Alfie Rowe, Alfie Norris Producer: Alice Horrell Head of History: Dom Johnson Exec Producer: Tony Pastor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 40m 21s | ||||||
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