Season 2 episodes2026-01-07

The year 2026

Did democracy actually originate in Greece? Was the plague the worst epidemic of all time? And did we really work harder in the past than we do today? Is it true that ...? questions what we think we know and takes another look at history.

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Episodes

Season 2

Episode 1

...The principle of "an eye for an eye" used to apply?

23m

Episode 2

...Raw materials really make countries richer?

22m

Episode 3

...Witch hunts began as early as the Middle Ages?

25m

Episode 4

...Only silk was transported on the Silk Road?

24m

Episode 5

...The Past Was Less Violent?

21m

The year 2026

Season 2

...The principle of "an eye for an eye" used to apply?

...Raw materials really make countries richer?

...Witch hunts began as early as the Middle Ages?

...Only silk was transported on the Silk Road?

...The Past Was Less Violent?

...There was less paperwork in the past?

...Slavery was abolished for moral reasons?

...Global trade does make us richer?

...The dog has always been man's best friend?

...humans have always experienced intoxication?

...Columbus was the first to cross an ocean?

...dirndls and lederhosen are quintessentially Bavarian?

...all African countries were European colonies?

...there is no progress without war?

...the modern age began with the printing press?

...tourism was invented thanks to the railway?

...The Gap Between Rich and Poor Has Never Been Bigger?

...we have always been addicted to sugar?

...the super-rich have made the world a better place?

...we have always enjoyed gaming?

Have secret messages changed history?

Do true geniuses exist?

Did People Have Drinking Water in the Past?

Why Did Monogamy Become the Norm?

...There Was More Free Speech in the Past?

...In the Past Surnames Did Not Exist?

... In The Past We Were Never Alone?

Is Life Really Getting Faster?

Was the Future Once Brighter?

Did Sigmund Freud invent psychotherapy?

Were we all cavemen?

Did killing tyrants make the world better?

Did Islam spread through conquest?

Have we ever been this exhausted?