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 To find out more about Find My Past visit: https://www.findmypast.co.uk/journey-through-time

Episodes

9. Able Archer: The Closest We Ever Came To Nuclear War (Ep 1)

May 7, 2025 • 65 mins
Why was the world so close to the brink of nuclear war in November 1983?  What tactics were the Americans employing to play high stakes mind games with the Soviets?  And, what made the Soviets so exceptionally paranoid? Join David Olusoga and Sarah Churchwell on Journey Through Time as they discuss how a routine military training exercise in November 1983 nearly had cataclysmic effects.  To find out more about Find My P...
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8. The Myth of Tokyo Rose: Truman and the FBI Witch Hunt (Ep 2)

April 30, 2025 • 60 mins
Why did Iva Toguri get branded America’s first female traitor, despite there being no evidence to convict her? How did her case become important to President Harry Truman’s re-election campaign?  And, after decades, how did Iva and her supporters finally clear her name?  Join Sarah Churchwell and David Olusoga on Journey Through Time as they delve into the sad story behind the scandalous myth of Tokyo Rose. To find out...
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7. The Myth of Tokyo Rose: The Woman Accused of Betraying America (Ep 1)

April 23, 2025 • 52 mins
How did Tokyo Rose, a woman who never existed, become one of WWII’s most well known Japanese figures?  Who was Iva Toguri, the American citizen caught up in the myth?  How did sensationalist journalists weaponise the story of Tokyo Rose to create a vicious narrative about post war Japan?  To find out more about Find My Past visit: https://www.findmypast.co.uk/journey-through-time Email: journeythroughtime@goalhanger.com  X: @Th...
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6. Darwin, Dickens, and a Giant Diamond: Inside The Great Exhibition (Ep 2)

April 16, 2025 • 57 mins
Paranoid predictions of crime fill the newspapers - so how will the well-to-do react to the incoming crowds of the working-class? From Harrods to the Eiffel Tower, what iconic attractions do we have The Great Exhibition to thank for?  Did this 'Peace Festival' unite a nation or expose the deep-seated class divisions of Victorian society?  Join Sarah Churchwell and David Olusoga on Journey Through Time as they delve into the surp...
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5. The Great Exhibition: Prince Albert, Revolutionaries, and the Duke of Wellington (Ep 1)

April 9, 2025 • 49 mins
The Great Exhibition is to open in May 1851 and millions of people will descend on the capital to marvel at exhibitions of culture and industry. Victorian engineering and determination will transform one million square feet of glass into the Crystal Palace in London’s Hyde Park in just five months, ready to house the wares of the world.  However, this celebration of progress also exposed the stark inequalities of Victorian society...
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4. The First Woman to Run for President: Sex, Scandal, and Suffragists (Ep 2)

April 2, 2025 • 67 mins
From the trading floor of Wall Street to the campaign trail, Victoria Woodhull was a force to be reckoned with. Sadly, her scandalous presidential campaign ends in disaster, and she spends election night in a cell. She’s been arrested for trying to expose the hypocrisy of one of America's most revered figures, the preacher Henry Ward Beecher, and his secret affair.  Victoria Woodhull’s explosive confrontation with societal hypocri...
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3. The First Woman to Run for President: Rags to Riches (Ep 1)

March 27, 2025 • 62 mins
The American public is outraged by the announcement of a woman running for president. The year is 1872 and the candidate is Victoria Woodhull.  Victoria Woodhull’s fascinating life started in a rural frontier town in Ohio. By age twelve she had become her family’s main breadwinner, working as a travelling spiritual medium and faith healer. Her eccentric yet poor beginnings provided no clues that she would end up the first woman to...
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2. The Attack that Shook America: Black Tom Explodes (Ep 2)

March 20, 2025 • 48 mins
New York harbour erupts with an explosion as Black Tom island is ripped apart. The shock waves ripple out around Manhattan and New Jersey, shattering windows miles away and even registering on the Richter scale. However, despite the widespread destruction, the attack was downplayed as an accident by the US authorities and it was only years later that the truth of the event came to light.  Despite its absence from public knowledge,...
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1. The Attack That Shook America: German Spies in New York (Ep 1)

March 19, 2025 • 49 mins
New York, 1916. America is supposedly neutral in the war but they are shipping huge quantities of supplies to the allies. However, it being a nation of immigrants means loyalties across the United States are divided and members of the German-American community are causing trouble. Led by Franz von Papen and funded from Berlin, a ring of spies and saboteurs are trying to disrupt these arms shipments any way they can.  Soon their ey...
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Journey Through Time Trailer

March 13, 2025 • 1 min
Join historians Sarah Churchwell and David Olusoga on Journey Through Time, as they expose forgotten history, and bring to light extraordinary events you should have heard of. Journey through Time, a new show from Goalhanger. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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