Trouble in the Suez

The time has finally come... we’ve made it to the end of the song. This episode description is being written on a tearstained laptop as we speak. But we PROMISE we’re going out with a very fizzy bang. The cola wars was a tense battle between soda giants Coca Cola and Pepsi, as th ...  Show more

It’s the penultimate episode, and Billy’s taken us back to China to talk about the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, and the massacre that followed. In classic To this day, discussion of the events are strictly censored in China but in this episode we’ll explore it all. What happen ...  Show more

The Suez Canal is one of the world’s most famous waterways - connecting the Red Sea to the Mediterranean, and opening up trade between the East and the West. But ever since its legendary construction in 1869, the Suez Canal has been at the centre of conflict and controversy. Why ...  Show more

Le canal de Suez a aussi été en 1956 le lieu d’une des grandes crises de la guerre froide. 

Pas vraiment cette fois-ci d’opposition États-Unis/URSS mais plutôt et c’est assez rare pour le souligner, une coalition des deux superpuissances pour faire plier la Fr ...

Le canal de Suez est une vieille idée... Mais genre vieille vieille vieille. C'est une idée qui remonte au 19ème siècle avant Jésus Christ. On était au Moyen Age égyptien, sous le règne de Sésostris III. Et l'idée était déjà de rejoindre la Mer Rouge à la Méditerranée. Puis il y ...  Show more

April 25, 1859. About 150 people have gathered on the shores of Lake Manzala in Egypt. And one of them, a mustachioed, retired French diplomat, steps forward. He raises his pickaxe and strikes a ceremonial blow. The audacious goal is to cut through the desert to connect the Medit ...  Show more