Scramble for Africa - Who Took What and ...

Iran’s protests flare up, the internet fills with “this is it,” and then… silence. In this episode of Bro History, we watch and react to a sharp (and frankly blackpilling) breakdown from Sharghzadeh — an Iranian diaspora creator — on why Iranian protest movements repeatedly fail, ... Show More

Venezuela’s collapse didn’t start with sanctions — and it didn’t start with Hugo Chávez either. In this clip from our Bro History series on Venezuela, we break down how decades of oil dependence, political exclusion, corruption, and institutional fragility created a system that w ... Show More

This clip breaks down the rhetorical shift behind U.S. policy toward Venezuela — and why language matters more than missiles. We examine how Washington reframed Venezuela from a collapsing petro-state into a “narco-terrorist threat”, unlocking expanded legal war powers. The cente ... Show More

Writer and critic Tomiwa Owolade joins Dominic and Tom to discuss the pan-African movement and the varying ways in which African states became independent from their European colonisers during the 20th century. *The Rest Is History Live Tour 2023*: Tom and Dominic are back on t ... Show More

Now mostly overlooked by history, Burgundy was a major political and cultural power in western Europe during the Middle Ages, rivalling France and England. How did the kingdom gain such prominence, and why did it disappear? Bart van Loo, author of "The Burgundians", joins Dominic ... Show More

<p>Dans ce nouvel entretien historique je reçois François-Xavier Fauvelle, professeur au collège de France et titulaire de la chaire Histoire et Archéologie des mondes africains. François-Xavier est aussi l’auteur de best-seller comme “le Rhinocéros d’or” et il a pu dirigé l’ouvr ... Show More

<p>In 1848, Europe was wracked by a series of revolutions that turned the established political order on its head. Across the continent populations erupted in revolt, and the shockwaves of these revolutions rippled across the globe. But these uprisings hold a strange place in Eur ... Show More

Popular historic dramas like Bridgerton, Hamilton and Sanditon sometimes receive criticism that their diverse casts are historically inaccurate. But in fact there have been people of color in Britain and France since Roman times. By the 18th century the trans Atlantic slave trade ... Show More

This is the second instalment of a three-part conversation. Too often historians have told the history of Africa through the prism of colonialism. But what picture of the continent emerges when we do away with making the story of Africa so anchored in European colonialism? Award- ... Show More

Today we’re using our time machine to travel back in time in AFRICA! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

Il Mediterraneo è da sempre fonte di ispirazione per canzoni, racconti, miti e leggende. Storicamente, il mare è il simbolo del limes, del confine. Oltrepassarlo significava, nei tempi antichi, arrivare nell’altrove per eccellenza, il continente africano. Una terra incontaminata, ... Show More