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The Rise And Fall Of The Vanderbilts
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19th Century
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USA
Money
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J.D Rockefeller | America’s Richest Man
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19th Century
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Oil
Money
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The French Foreign Legion
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The Discovery of Tutankhamen
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Degrowth vs E/Acc | How To Save The World
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The Lottery
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Ernest Shackleton | Antarctic Explorer
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Exploration
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The Barnum Effect
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Pseudoscience
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The Extraordinary Life of Kim Dotcom: Hacker, Entrepreneur, Fugitive
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The Internet
Hacking
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Aum Shinrikyo | Japan’s Most Deadly Cult
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What Is Hell?
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Henry Kissinger | War Criminal or Diplomat Extraordinaire?
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Homes, Homelessness & Evolving English
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The British Invasion | 1960s Music
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Edward VIII | The King Who Said No
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Hitler
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Harry Houdini | The Master of Escape
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Vardy vs. Rooney | The Battle Of The Footballers’ Wives
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The Flat Earth Theory
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The Creation of The Modern Office
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The Dreyfus Affair | The Biggest Miscarriage of Justice in French History
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France
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Napoleon Bonaparte
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France
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Joan of Arc
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France
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Geli Raubal | Hitler’s Murdered Lover?
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Hitler
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How Dark Were The Dark Ages?
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The Middle Ages
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Marc Rich: The King of Oil
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Smackdown | A Short History of WWE
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[2023] Meet the English Learning for Curious Minds podcast
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Leonardo English
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Operation Underworld | The American Mafia & World War II
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Porn & Big Money
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Capitalism
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The Paradoxes of Zeno
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The Rise And Fall of “The Fake Sheikh”
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The News
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Hiroo Onoda | The Soldier Who Refused To Surrender
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The War on Milk
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A Short History of The London Underground
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May 30, 2023
London
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FIFA: The Most Corrupt Name in Sport
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Football
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The Most Scandalous Headlines in British Tabloid History
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Britain's Tabloid Culture: A Love-Hate Relationship
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New York’s Five Families and The Business of Crime - Part II | Business, Culture & Downfall
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New York’s Five Families and The Business of Crime - Part I | History & Creation
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New York
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The Trojan Horse Scandal Part Two
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Do Idioms Really Matter?
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The Trojan Horse Scandal Part One
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UK politics
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Great Britain
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Anna Delvey | The Fake German Heiress
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Fraud
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New York
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Liver King | The Man Who Eats Raw Testicles
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Fyre Festival | The Worst Festival In The World
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The Evolution of "Woke"
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Poker Island | How Malta Became A Gambling Hub
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Malta
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David Duke | American Most Famous White Supremacist
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Racism
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USA
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The Ku Klux Klan: A History of Hate
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Thomas Cook | The Father of Modern Tourism
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The Disappearance of Lord Lucan
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British class system
London
1970s
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Who Killed JFK? | America’s Greatest Conspiracy Theory
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USA
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Lee Harvey Oswald | The Man Who Killed A President
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Dr. John Snow & The Mystery of Cholera
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The Unusual Names of Cocktails
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The Most Unusual Street Names in London
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London
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Great Britain
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The Cambridge Five Part III | Beer & Betrayal
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Communism
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Russia
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The Cambridge Five Part II | Secrets & Spycraft
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The Cold War
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The Cambridge Five Part I | The Recruitment
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The Cold War
1930s
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The Golden Age of The American Serial Killer
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1970s
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Adolf Hitler | Der Führer
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Dictators
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1930s
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Benito Mussolini | Il Duce
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Dictators
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Italy
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Josef Stalin | The Grey Blur
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Norse Mythology | Thunder, Lightning & Trolls
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Catherine The Great | Russia’s Fearless Empress
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Russia
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Elizabeth I | The Virgin Queen
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Kings & Queens
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England
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The Tragic Life of Anne Boleyn
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Henry VIII
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Penny Dreadfuls | “The Victorian Video Game”
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The Victorian Era
Literature
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“The British Disease” | A Short History of Football Hooliganism in the UK
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Sports
Football
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European history
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A Turnip Is A Turnip | Genders in the English Language
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Language learning
English writing
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The Magical Life of Roald Dahl
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English books
Children
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20th Century
Literature
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Enid Blyton | Britain’s Most Divisive Children’s Writer
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Literature
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English books
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The Bizarre Life of Lewis Carroll
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20th Century
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Literature
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Sir Jimmy Savile | A Monster Hiding In Plain Sight
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A Short History of Measurements
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“Kaiser Karl” | The Life of Karl Lagerfeld
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The Unusual British News of 2022
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The News
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Liz Truss: The 44-Day Prime Minister
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How TikTok Took Over The World
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China
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Can A Robot Write A Podcast?
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Podcasting
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Artificial Intelligence & Language Learning
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Who Is The Real King Charles III?
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Great Britain
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21st Century
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A King in Waiting | The Life of Charles III
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How To Negotiate With Hostage Takers
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The Florida & Munich Hostage Disasters
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Bloody Celebrities | Gladiators in Ancient Rome
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Romans
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A Job From Hell | Slaves in Ancient Rome
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Romans
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Republic to Empire | The Politics of Ancient Rome
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Ancient History
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The World Cup’s Five Biggest Controversies
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Alger Hiss | American Patriot or Cold War Spy?
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Michael Jackson | The Troubled Life of The King of Pop
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Prison
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The Titanic
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The Murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia Part 3 | A Culture of Impunity
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The Murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia Part 2 | Crooks Everywhere You Look
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The Murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia Part 1 | Cocaine, Corruption, and Filthy Money
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