Podcasts by How to Invent a Country
When did countries become countries? Misha Glenny on the borders, the stories and the people of countries worldwide.
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Turkey - Ottoman or Turk from 2023-11-20T14:00
A bonus episode with Hannah Lucinda Smith, Christopher de Bellaigue and Misha Glenny
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Turkey - A Delicate Balancing Act from 2023-10-27T12:58
Ep 3 - How the republic of Turkey emerged from the ruins of World War One
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Turkey - The Military and Decline from 2023-10-27T11:44
EP 2 - The Invention of Turkey and slow decline of the empire from the siege of Vienna
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Turkey - The Ottomans: East or West from 2023-10-27T10:15
Ep1 - Istanbul and Mehmet the Conqueror. Misha Glenny on the birth of the Ottoman empire
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Russia - the sacred song of war from 2023-01-09T11:29
Ep 4 - The Invention of Russia, presented by Misha Glenny and produced by Miles Warde
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Russia - the bear moves west from 2023-01-09T11:29
Ep 3 - The Invention of Russia and Catherine the Great, presented by Misha Glenny
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Russia - the Empire Strikes Back from 2023-01-09T11:29
Ep 2 - The Invention of Russia and the expansion east to Siberia, west into Ukraine
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Russia - A Tale of Two Ivans from 2023-01-09T11:29
Ep 1 The Invention of Russia ... told from a time when it was still very small
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Poland - Stalin on one side, Hitler to the left from 2022-04-08T10:55
Ep 3 - Poland reborn and invaded again. Misha Glenny presents, Miles Warde holds the mic.
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Poland - a nation without a state from 2022-03-28T10:55
EP 2 - Misha Glenny on Poland's 123 year absence from the map, produced by Miles Warde
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Poland - Obliterated from the map from 2022-03-28T10:30
Ep 1 - how Europe's largest state was sliced and diced by Russia, Prussia and Austria.
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Scandinavia - the narcissism of small differences from 2020-11-24T15:12
Ep3 Norway and fish, followed by oil
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Scandinavia - The Viking Inheritance from 2020-11-17T10:21
The Swedish Baltic Empire ... why it's not all Abba and social democracy with the Swedes
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Scandinavia - The Bridge from 2020-11-10T13:36
Ep 1 "Danes talk about Swedes all the time. Swedes don't talk about Danes so much."
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Ireland - escalation! from 2019-10-01T15:54
"The thing about the border - we've lived it. It doesn't feel like history to us."
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Ireland - plantation and conflict from 2019-09-19T11:25
Dr Joan Redmond talks to Misha Glenny about Ireland, England and the early seeds of war
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Ireland - we used the word pagan as kids! from 2019-09-09T15:54
Fintan O'Toole talks to Misha Glenny about Catholics, Protestants, and Top of the Pops
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The Invention of Britain #4 - so many different little corners! from 2019-03-17T14:00
Scotland, England, Ireland, Wales - why all these borders, and what do they mean?
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The Invention of Britain #3 from 2019-03-10T14:00
Insecurity - from Dover to Dublin, presented by Misha Glenny and produced by Miles Warde
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The Invention of Britain #2 from 2019-03-04T11:28
Anglocentrism .... or why Britons Never Will Be Slaves
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The Invention of Britain #1- like quicksand for the uninitiated from 2019-02-24T13:30
What is Britain? Who are the Scots, the Welsh, the Irish, the English?
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Italy - Garibaldi's Grand Scheme #2 from 2019-01-07T17:32
Are we Italian or not? With Leoluca Orlando, Lucy Riall, Tim Parks, Lucy Hughes-Hallett.
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Italy - Garibaldi's Grand Scheme #1 from 2019-01-07T15:27
Back to Italy with guerrilla numero uno
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The Alps - Did the English invent skiing? from 2018-12-20T18:14
Misha Glenny on the early alpine visitors who were either very ill, or very rich.
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The Alps - and why Switzerland exists from 2018-12-04T18:24
Natural borders vs mountain borders
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Joan of Arc and England's role in defining France from 2018-10-18T15:48
The Invention of France #1
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The Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Habsburgs #3 from 2018-07-16T08:38
The end of the dynasty
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The Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Habsburgs #2 from 2018-07-09T10:20
King of Spain, Archduke of Austria, Holy Roman Emperor - where did it all go wrong?
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The Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Habsburgs #1 from 2018-07-03T09:43
How did a small family from Switzerland become Europe's greatest dynasty?
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The Netherlands - Why Belgium? from 2018-06-25T09:45
There is a faultline in Europe, from the North Sea to the Alps. Belgium sits halfway.
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The Netherlands - The Dutch Golden Age from 2018-06-18T10:03
How Amsterdam became one of the world's leading cities in a few short decades
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The Netherlands - Orange Fever from 2018-06-08T09:43
How did a few boggy provinces become one of the trading heavyweights of the world?
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The USA - The Melting Pot from 2018-06-04T17:01
Misha Glenny on the people came to America, and the people who were there first
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The USA - The Borderlands from 2018-06-04T16:49
To invent a country you have to define a country. Misha Glenny on the borders of the USA.
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The USA - It'll Never Work! from 2018-06-04T10:31
Misha Glenny on the invention of the most powerful country in the world
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Germany - Germany Unified from 2018-06-04T10:02
Bismarck, Prussia ... and just how big will Germany be? Produced by Miles Warde
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Germany - The Rise of Prussia from 2018-05-29T17:30
Misha Glenny on how a sandy backwater called Prussia began to change the shape and size of Germany
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Germany - A Hotly Contested Piece of Real Estate from 2018-05-29T15:30
Misha Glenny presents a new history of Germany before the Nazis and two world wars, when this region was the stomping ground for foreign invaders
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Welcome to How to Invent a Country from 2018-05-24T14:28
When did countries become countries? Misha Glenny on the borders, the stories and the people of countries worldwide.
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