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Fascinating history

Be transported through the centuries with these talks for your inner (and outer) history buff.

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David Christian

The history of our world in 18 minutes

17 minutes 23 seconds

Genevieve von Petzinger

Why are these 32 symbols found in ancient caves all over Europe?

11 minutes 55 seconds

Latif Nasser

The amazing story of the man who gave us modern pain relief

13 minutes 42 seconds

Steve Silberman

The forgotten history of autism

13 minutes 38 seconds

Jennifer 8. Lee

The hunt for General Tso

16 minutes 16 seconds

Rajesh Rao

A Rosetta Stone for a lost language

16 minutes 44 seconds

John Graham-Cumming

The greatest machine that never was

11 minutes 57 seconds

Frances Larson

Why public beheadings get millions of views

15 minutes 47 seconds

James Watson

How we discovered DNA

19 minutes 57 seconds

David Hoffman

Sputnik mania

3 minutes 30 seconds

Neil MacGregor

2600 years of history in one object

19 minutes 20 seconds