# Origin Story

A podcast by Podmasters. What are the real stories behind the most misunderstood and abused ideas in politics? From Conspiracy Theory to Woke to Centrism and beyond, Ian Dunt and Dorian Lynskey dig into the astonishing secret histories of concepts you thought you knew. Want to support us in making future seasons? There are now two ways you can help out: • Patreon – Get early episodes, live Zooms, merchandise and more from just £5 per month. • Apple Podcasts – Want everything in one place with one easy payment? Subscribe to our premium feed on Apple Podcasts for ad-free shows early and bonus editions too. From Podmasters, the makers of Oh God, What Now?, American Friction and The Bunker.

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## Latest episodes

- [Rupert Murdoch – Part One – Empire of The Sun](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1624704966/a9d5e403ea88) (2026-10-28, 97 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR5690094788.mp3
- [Anti-vaxxers – Herd impunity – Origin Story Revisited](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1624704966/e1f48ea64650) (2026-10-21, 85 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR3500061963.mp3
- [Russell Brand – Confidence man – Origin Story Revisited](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1624704966/5e2f050b3ad6) (2026-10-14, 89 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR5869996547.mp3
- [Ayn Rand: The ego has landed – Origin Story Revisited](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1624704966/d5c2ab5c669e) (2026-10-07, 82 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR4710773054.mp3
- [The Battle of Cable Street – Origin Story Revisited](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1624704966/01d97ba33edd) (2026-09-30, 46 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR4177908114.mp3
- [John Rawls – Philosopher king of the 20th Century](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1624704966/2630d468de67) (2026-09-23, 65 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR2671982106.mp3
- [Origin Story Live at Union Chapel](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1624704966/71d02f87034f) (2026-09-08, 128 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR8146320362.mp3
- [Section 28 – Anatomy of a Moral Panic](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1624704966/991717be4119) (2026-08-26, 83 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR3295143172.mp3
- [The Duke of Buckingham – How a queer love story predicted modern politics](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1624704966/f3d406d124da) (2026-08-12, 78 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR5944192393.mp3
- [Origin Story live show announcement!](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1624704966/002becb75d01) (2026-07-22, 4 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR5991343557.mp3
- [Starmer Revisited – Where Did It All Go Wrong?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1624704966/3a4bd0299ef1) (2026-07-17, 88 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR4274066404.mp3
- [The Luddites – Rage Against the Machine](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1624704966/66a2651003b2) (2026-07-08, 104 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR5959249219.mp3
- [Paranormal Investigations – Is There Anybody Out There?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1624704966/0d9510df6080) (2026-07-01, 104 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR3695286439.mp3
- [Think Tanks – Part Two – The Room Where It Happens](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1624704966/cc71f74b97cd) (2026-06-24, 82 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR8895156410.mp3
- [Think Tanks – Part One – What’s the Big Idea?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1624704966/ef2ecf0a3f17) (2026-06-17, 80 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR1749787256.mp3
- [Evangelicals – Part Two – Good News, Bad News](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1624704966/10823ec638d0) (2026-06-09, 85 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR1207546695.mp3
- [Evangelicals – Part One – Altared States](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1624704966/36bdc28d23c9) (2026-06-03, 94 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR3772266725.mp3
- [J.K. Rowling – Part Two – Transparent](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1624704966/b1896bea8760) (2026-05-27, 88 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR6542167806.mp3
- [J.K. Rowling – Part One – Transformation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1624704966/eb424aa230db) (2026-05-20, 70 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR4690546416.mp3
- [European Union – Part Three – The Expanse](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1624704966/6ee497bcc3a3) (2026-05-13, 84 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR5179409412.mp3?updated=1778011479
- [European Union – Part Two – Reality Bites](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1624704966/037f03aaea62) (2026-05-06, 70 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR5065488011.mp3?updated=1777392091
- [European Union – Part One – Come Together](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1624704966/77e896a454a7) (2026-04-29, 84 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR2001176416.mp3?updated=1777381527
- [Origin Story – Live at Bloomsbury Theatre, 15th April 2026](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1624704966/0d6e4372e32c) (2026-04-22, 107 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR8116511445.mp3?updated=1776791854
- [The General Strike – The Revolution That Wasn’t](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1624704966/fd8e911ec2ef) (2026-04-08, 86 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR5462853222.mp3?updated=1775573274
- [Introvert / Extrovert – In Two Minds](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1624704966/66eacfd366b0) (2026-03-25, 59 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR5809086487.mp3?updated=1774394624
- [Stephen Miller – American Fascist](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1624704966/062268f01fa2) (2026-03-11, 79 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR6149815644.mp3?updated=1773182486
- [15-Minute Cities – How Urban Design Entered the Culture War](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1624704966/72d675446fbe) (2026-02-25, 67 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR2237477666.mp3?updated=1771963900
- [Blue Labour: We Need to Talk About Maurice](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1624704966/83e9a3df6c80) (2026-02-04, 91 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR7414660134.mp3?updated=1770129079
- [Socialism: The Finale – What’s Left?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1624704966/796693493dd6) (2025-12-20, 100 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR4321921658.mp3?updated=1771849813
- [The Fall of the USSR – End Game](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1624704966/e0f16c3c79c5) (2025-12-17, 95 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR3411663303.mp3?updated=1765892134
- [Che Guevara – Guerrilla in the Mist](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1624704966/31f3e3cca176) (2025-12-10, 93 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR4547075838.mp3?updated=1765319151
- [The New Left – Part Two – Children of the Revolution](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1624704966/09df272f71e9) (2025-12-06, 73 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR8956683126.mp3?updated=1764962226
- [The New Left – Part One – Generation Next](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1624704966/ef07534512ee) (2025-12-03, 66 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR5794362042.mp3?updated=1764349058
- [Origin Story – Live at the Tabernacle, 13th Nov 2025](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1624704966/31d5a67a1ded) (2025-11-26, 123 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR5710620864.mp3?updated=1764083203
- [The Labour Party – Part Three – One Battle After Another](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1624704966/3c69e79c56b6) (2025-11-19, 95 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR4564388708.mp3?updated=1763544625
- [The Labour Party – Part Two – War and Peace](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1624704966/b61e4e4f8041) (2025-11-12, 97 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR4319146975.mp3?updated=1762899902
- [The Labour Party – Part One – A Very British Socialism](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1624704966/8ea5861bb476) (2025-11-05, 92 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR4511670828.mp3?updated=1762256933
- [Lenin, Trotsky, Stalin – Part Three – Terror](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1624704966/6bf230be104c) (2025-10-29, 97 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR2361065188.mp3?updated=1761659034
- [Lenin, Trotsky, Stalin – Part Two – Power](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1624704966/fb8f46b35bc4) (2025-10-22, 92 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR4627677261.mp3?updated=1761051476
- [Lenin, Trotsky, Stalin – Part One – Revolution](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1624704966/ca0ec5c07773) (2025-10-15, 92 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR9403154509.mp3?updated=1760453699
- [Karl Marx – Part Two – The Father](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1624704966/76294d715aac) (2025-10-08, 83 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR8946165320.mp3?updated=1759855888
- [Karl Marx – Part One – The Fighter](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1624704966/51940cc757cf) (2025-10-01, 89 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR2624582926.mp3?updated=1758626498
- [The Birth of Socialism – A Better World is Possible](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1624704966/ea5af7404879) (2025-09-24, 93 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR7474363831.mp3?updated=1758628887
- [The British Chinese – Hidden generations](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1624704966/c8001efc98dc) (2025-09-03, 65 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR3383657237.mp3?updated=1756819291
- [Rivers of Blood – How Enoch Powell poisoned Britain](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1624704966/0699c6d7a95f) (2025-08-20, 86 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR5546341443.mp3?updated=1755621259
- [Shostakovich and Stalin – The Composer and the Dictator](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1624704966/bec9ef584246) (2025-08-06, 56 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR7867898889.mp3?updated=1754403539
- [ICE – How Trump built an American Gestapo](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1624704966/f4e3ed0ae4bc) (2025-07-23, 55 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR7166941874.mp3?updated=1753935610
- [Martin Luther King Jr. – Part Two – Owning the dream](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1624704966/502f5ba5274b) (2025-06-11, 84 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR9032049022.mp3?updated=1748987706
- [Martin Luther King Jr. – Part One – Eyes on the Prize](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1624704966/4012e0c48218) (2025-06-04, 93 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR9188343191.mp3?updated=1748987715
- [Growth – GDP is the Magic Number](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1624704966/94dc2f0d9ecb) (2025-05-28, 90 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR6989983635.mp3?updated=1747793544

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