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Dec 11, 2021

Tracing the path of the birth restaurants across the globe and the history of some popular foods across the globe - the hamburger, pizza, etc.


Nov 13, 2021

The United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference was held in July 1944 at the Mount Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, where delegates from 44 nations created a new international monetary system known as the Bretton Woods system. These countries saw the opportunity for a new international system after...


Oct 30, 2021

The League of Nations was formed post WWI to maintain World peace. During the course of WWII, the United Nations was conceived as the new global body to maintain peace. However, as the Cold War ensued, the US and its western allies formed NATO and the Soviet Union retaliated with the creation of the Warsaw Pact. The...


Oct 16, 2021

Tracing the origins and source of the current refugee crises across Syria, Afghanistan, South Sudan and Myanmar. The episode looks at the scale and the economic and social impact of the crises and explores potential solutions.


Oct 2, 2021

History of Climate Change starts in  1824 when French physicist Joseph Fourier describes the Earth's natural greenhouse effect.  In 1958 Charles Keeling is instrumental in outlining a way to record CO2 levels and in securing funding for the observatory, which is positioned in the center of the Pacific Ocean. Data from...