Iran elects a new prime minister, one promising to reclaim the country’s oil industry. Sensing a threat to Western power, the U.K. and the U.S. launch a secret operation.
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May 2023
The "Kids for Cash" Kickback Scheme | Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania | 1
<p>Two Pennsylvania judges hatch a plan. If they pull it off, they'll score nearly a million dollars.</p><p>Want to listen to the remaining episodes of The "Kids for Cash" Kickback Scheme? Episodes 2-4 are available exclusively and ad-free on Wondery+. With Wondery+, enjoy exclus ... Show More
37m 31s
Nov 2020
Classic Tides | Peasants' Rebellions and Resistance
<p>Peasants and common folk were oppressed by their social superiors, but they didn't accept that as a natural state of affairs: They resisted in small, everyday ways, and they rebelled, sometimes spectacularly.</p><p><em>This episode originally aired on September 20, 2018.</em>< ... Show More
51m 53s
Jul 2021
The Bronze-Age Steppe and the Emergence of the Indo-Iranians
<p>Things didn't stop happening on the vast grasslands of the Eurasian steppes once the first waves of migrants had departed to make their mark on Europe and beyond. New societies, languages, and ethnic groups emerged. The chariot was invented, and bronze metallurgy spread far an ... Show More
49m 13s
Feb 2023
Himalayan Spy Mission | The Device | 1
<p>In 1965, with Cold War tensions escalating, the CIA and India’s Intelligence Bureau joined forces to spy on China’s budding nuclear program. Satellites and spy planes at the time were unreliable, so the agencies hatched an unusual plan: place a nuclear-powered spying device at ... Show More
47m 29s
Jan 2023
The Fall of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
<p>When the end came for the Assyrian Empire, it came quickly. Former enemies pounced on the weakened state, and brought home the violence that for so long had characterized Assyrian conquests abroad.</p><p><br></p><p>Patrick's book is now available! Get The Verge: Reformation, R ... Show More
40m 21s
Mar 2021
Thai Cave Rescue | Meet the Hosts | 6
<p>The two hosts of Against the Odds, Mike Corey and Cassie De Pecol, interview each other on their lives as adventurers in this special episode. They discuss what drives them to explore, why they’re drawn to the subject of survival, and what stories they’ll be diving into on Aga ... Show More
32m 36s
Jan 2021
The Americas from Foraging to Agriculture, 10,000 BC-4000 BC
<p>The initial migrations to the Americas get most of the attention, but people didn't stop living there in the aftermath of those first movements of peoples; they spread out over the Great Plains and the forests of the eastern United States, south into the deserts and jungles of ... Show More
47m 18s