Journey Through Time

Journey Through Time

Forgotten stories from history and how they shaped the way we live today. Hear about the ordinary people from history and the extraordinary impact they’ve had on the present. Hosted by historians David Olusoga and Sarah Churchwell, Journey Through Time will show how everyday actions have the most remarkable unintended consequences that ripple through time. From the first woman to run for President to the unknown story of how the world came to the brink of nuclear war in 1983, this podcast is for everyone, not just history lovers. To hear more Goalhanger podcasts, go to www.goalhanger.com

Episodes

32. From Lincoln to Obama: A History of the Special Relationship (Ep 1)

September 24, 2025 • 61 mins
David has just come off stage with Barack Obama - what does the 44th President think about the ‘Special Relationship’ between the UK and the US? What is the history of this relationship? What about during the American Civil war when the two countries very nearly went to war? Join David Olusoga and Sarah Churchwell as they explore a darker chapter in the relationship between Britain and America.  Email: journeythroughtime@goal...
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31. Martin Luther King: I Have A Dream (Ep 2)

September 17, 2025 • 63 mins
Harry Belafonte, Josephine Baker, Bob Dylan, and which other celebrities joined the 250,000 marching on Washington in August 1963? How were the American Nazi Party planning to incite violence? How did Martin Luther King improvise the most famous speech of the 20th century?  Join Sarah Churchwell and David Olusoga as they explore the ‘I Have a Dream’ speech and enduring its legacy.  Email: journeythroughtime@goalhanger.com  X...
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30. The March That Changed America (Ep 1)

September 14, 2025 • 49 mins
How were figures like Martin Luther King organising to fight for Civil Rights in the Jim Crow era? Why were tensions so exceptionally high in America in 1963? What caused hundreds of thousands of people from all over the country to descend on Washington that August?  Join David Olusoga and Sarah Churchwell as they look at the events leading up to the 1963 March on Washington, one of the most consequential rallies for Human Right...
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29. The Downfall of Billy the Kid: Gun Fights and Prison Breaks (Ep 2)

September 10, 2025 • 52 mins
How many times did Billy the Kid escape from prison? Who was Pat Garrett, the man who murdered Billy? Why does the story of Billy the Kid remain one of the most retold in history?  Join Sarah Churchwell and David Olusoga as they explore the enduring appeal of Billy the Kid.  Email: journeythroughtime@goalhanger.com  X: @ThroughTimePod Blue Sky: @ThroughTimePod Instagram: @ThroughTimePod Assistant Producer: Alice Horrell...
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28. Billy The Kid: The Outlaw Who Became A Legend (Ep 1)

September 3, 2025 • 46 mins
Who was the notorious Western icon, Billy the Kid? How did he get caught up in the murder which made him famous? And, who was really in charge in the lawless Wild West?  Join David Olusoga and Sarah Churchwell as they relive the true story behind the legend that is Billy The Kid. Email: journeythroughtime@goalhanger.com  X: @ThroughTimePod Blue Sky: @ThroughTimePod Instagram: @ThroughTimePod Assistant Producer: Alice Ho...
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27. The Trial That Made Hitler Famous (Ep 2)

August 27, 2025 • 52 mins
How did Hitler get caught after leading the failed Beer Hall Putsch, which killed 20 people? Why was he allowed to turn his 24 day trial into a piece of internationally received political theatre? How did a botched coup become a dangerous Nazi myth? Join Sarah Churchwell and David Olusoga as they explore how Hitler’s trial for the notorious Beer Hall Putsch catapulted him into the limelight.  Email: journeythroughtime@goalhan...
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26. The Failed Nazi Coup (Ep 1)

August 20, 2025 • 48 mins
The Nazis were voted into power in 1933, but how close did they come to seizing power 10 years before? What catastrophic economic conditions fuelled them? And where did Hitler take his inspiration from? Listen as David Olusoga and Sarah Churchwell discuss the 1923 Beer Hall putsch and the Nazis’ attempt to seize power. Email: journeythroughtime@goalhanger.com  X: ⁠@ThroughTimePod⁠ Blue Sky: ⁠@ThroughTimePod⁠ Instagram: ⁠@Throu...
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25. The Marketing of Fear: Selling Guns to America (Ep 3)

August 13, 2025 • 50 mins
How did the NRA manage to gain so much control over the American President and the Supreme Court? Who are the armed citizens masquerading as secret police in America today? Why is an understanding of history so important in the fight to regulate America's guns? Join David Olusoga and Sarah Churchwell as they discuss how The National Rifle Association became such a powerful force in American politics.  Email: journeythroughti...
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24. Cowboys, Gangsters, and Assassins: How Gun Laws Died (Ep 2)

August 10, 2025 • 42 mins
Was the Wild West really lawless? Why did the 1960s mark a turning point in the gun debate? How did a convicted killer become one of the most influential figures in modern gun politics?  Join Sarah Churchwell and David Olusoga as they discuss how the NRA changed from a sportsman's organisation to a pro-gun lobby.   Email: journeythroughtime@goalhanger.com  X: @ThroughTimePod Blue Sky: @ThroughTimePod Instagram: @ThroughTim...
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23. The Gun Myth That Shaped A Nation (Ep 1)

August 6, 2025 • 40 mins
How does the history of the National Rifle Association explain how the pro-gun lobby got such a stranglehold on modern US politics? Was the United States always a firearm-loving nation? How did race and class shape early American gun laws?  Join David Olusoga and Sarah Churchwell as they delve into the first chapter in the history of America’s National Rifle Association. Email: journeythroughtime@goalhanger.com  X: @Through...
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22. The Great Fire: London Rises From The Ashes (Ep 2)

July 30, 2025 • 56 mins
How did the flames engulf the stone building of St Paul’s Cathedral, jump over the River Fleet, and reach 1,700 degrees celsius? After four days, how was this monstrous fire finally put out? What scars remain on the modern capital city from this fire nearly 400 years ago?  Join Sarah Churchwell and David Olusoga to discuss the damage inflicted by The Great Fire of London.  Email: journeythroughtime@goalhanger.com  X: @Throug...
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21. The Great Fire: London’s Burning (Ep 1)

July 23, 2025 • 44 mins
What caused London to go up in flames on 2nd September, 1666? How did a fire that started in a bakery grow to engulf so much of the city? Who was Samuel Pepys, the great diarist who documented the fire?  Join David Olusoga and Sarah Churchwell as they relive the first day of The Great Fire of London.  Email: journeythroughtime@goalhanger.com  X: @ThroughTimePod Blue Sky: @ThroughTimePod Instagram: @ThroughTimePod Assist...
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20. How Sci-Fi Became Reality: The History of AI

July 20, 2025 • 62 mins
What role did WWII enigma hero Alan Turing play in the early development of AI? Why are games so important to the history of AI? Did 2001: A Space Odyssey influence the design of the iPad? Sarah Churchwell and David Olusoga are joined by Steven Johnson, author and co-founder of Notebook LM, to discuss all this and more.  Email: journeythroughtime@goalhanger.com  X: @ThroughTimePod Blue Sky: @ThroughTimePod Instagram: @Thro...
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19. The Wrath of God: England’s Greatest Natural Disaster (Ep 2)

July 16, 2025 • 47 mins
What death and destruction did the people of England wake up to after the 1703 storm? How did people make sense of this biblical devastation? Why do we remember The Great Fire of London and not The Great Storm? Join David Olusoga and Sarah Churchwell as they delve into the aftermath of the Great Storm.  Email: journeythroughtime@goalhanger.com  X: @ThroughTimePod Blue Sky: @ThroughTimePod Instagram: @ThroughTimePod Assi...
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18. England’s Hurricane: 10,000 Dead (Ep 1)

July 9, 2025 • 49 mins
How did a storm in November 1703 turn into one of the deadliest natural disasters in England’s history? Why is Daniel Defoe, ‘father of the British novel’ and author of Robinson Crusoe, at the centre of this story? With 10,000 people dead, why has this storm been forgotten?  Join Sarah Churchwell and David Olusoga as they tell the story of the Great Storm of 1703.  To find out more about Find My Past visit: https://www.findmy...
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17. Britain vs America: The Deadly Culture War (Ep 2)

July 2, 2025 • 52 mins
Why did the audience of Macbeth begin hurling theatre seats and food then cobble stones and bricks? What caused the militia, drafted in by New York’s mayor, to fire on the crowd? How did this riot change theatre and Shakespeare forever?  Join David Olusoga and Sarah Churchwell as the Astor Place Riots unfold, leaving many innocent New Yorkers dead.  To find out more about Find My Past visit: https://www.findmypast.co.uk/journ...
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16. Carnage in New York: Killing Over Shakespeare (Ep 1)

June 25, 2025 • 50 mins
How did a fight about Shakespeare descend into America’s bloodiest riot during peace time? Why were tensions so high in New York City in May 1849? Who were Edwin Forrest and William McCready, the actors whose personal rivalry was at the centre of all this?  Join Sarah Churchwell and David Olusoga as they explore the lead up to the Astor Place riots, the deadliest use of military force against civilians since the American Revolu...
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15. Showdown at Sea: Pirates vs Bounty Hunters (Ep 2)

June 18, 2025 • 58 mins
What piratical crimes did ‘good girl’ Anne Bonny and ‘bad girl’ Mary Reed commit on the high seas? Who were the bounty hunters chasing Calico Jack’s crew? How did the swash buckling, gender bending pair finally get captured and find themselves languishing in a Jamaican jail?  Join David Olusoga and Sarah Churchwell as they dive into all this and more in the story of the notorious female pirates. To find out more about Find M...
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14. The Real Pirates of the Caribbean: Sex, Scandal, and the Golden Age of Piracy (Ep 1)

June 11, 2025 • 59 mins
How did ‘good girl’ Anne Bonny and ‘bad girl’ Mary Reed end up sailing with Pirates of the Caribbean?  Who was ‘Calico Jack’ Rackham, the infamous Pirate Captain and ladies man? Did our notorious female pirates have a scandalous love affair with each other?  To find out more about Find My Past visit: https://www.findmypast.co.uk/journey-through-time Email: journeythroughtime@goalhanger.com  X: @ThroughTimePod Blue Sky: @Thr...
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13. The Woman Behind the Welfare State

June 4, 2025 • 59 mins
Eleanor Rathbone was instrumental to the implementation of child benefit and the welfare state, why have we forgotten her?  Who were the two million “superfluous women” recorded in the 1921 census? How did Eleanor campaign for over three decades for caregiving to be recognised as “real work”?  Joining David Olusoga and Sarah Churchwell as they explore the fascinating story of the campaigner and politician Eleanor Rathbone.  S...
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