Welcome back to Origin Story. This bonus episode is something a bit different: a story about the power of music and the music of power.
Tortured genius? Stalinist stooge? Undercover dissident? Perhaps no musician better represents the competing demands of art and politics than Dmitri Shostakovich, who died 50 years ago this week. He has been called the mos ... Show More
Jul 23
ICE – How Trump built an American Gestapo
What is ICE? Who are these men we see gathered around students and politicians in the US, with their faces covered, wearing unmarked clothing, often throwing people into unmarked cars? Where did this organisation originate? How did it turn into what looks like a militia? And wher ... Show More
54m 46s
Jun 11
Martin Luther King Jr. – Part Two – Owning the dream
Welcome to the grand finale of Origin Story season seven, as we conclude the remarkable story of Martin Luther King Jr. With the march from Selma to Montgomery and the passing of the Voting Rights Act, 1965 marked the zenith of the civil rights movement as a unified, effective fo ... Show More
1h 23m