The Rest Is History
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History + bad accents, with @Holland_Tom & @DCSandbrook. From @GoalhangerPods
Joined November 2020
🚨NEW EPISODE🚨. 🐘Hannibal: Elephants Cross the Alps🐘. In 218 BC, the Carthaginian general Hannibal made a fateful choice, the consequences of which would echo through eternity: he would invade Rome by crossing the Alps…with elephants. Was it tactical genius, or reckless
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Historian Tom Holland Debunks Putin's Historical Inaccuracies in Tucker Carlson Interview
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We've reached peak The Rest Is History - Tom Hanks miming Tom Holland's JFK impression is Dominic's dream come true 😍. @tomhanks x The Rest Is History, coming soon…
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The Rest is History has arrived in Washington DC
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Why even try and explain it yourself when there is a Rest Is History series right there. .
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🧨💥At this spot in Sarajevo, in 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by Gavrilo Princip…the storm clouds of war were gathering🌪️
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They're calling it the Sandbrook election. .
@RestIsPolitics @campbellclaret @RoryStewartUK @Scaramucci @MarinaHyde @dcsandbrook Forget Trump. The winner of the whole election is Dominic Sandbrook. Well done 👏🏼.
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Extraordinary scenes as @holland_tom & @dcsandbrook bring the show to a sell-out audience at the Royal Albert Hall.
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😊😊😊.
Today, we announce an exciting new chapter for @TheRestHistory as we partner with Wheelhouse to bring the globally celebrated podcast to television. Read the full story here:
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50,000,000 downloads! 🍾🎉🎊. Thanks so much to everyone who has shared, reviewed, recommended, or listened to the podcast over the last two years. Here’s to 2023, if you want to see @dcsandbrook + @holland_tom on tour, click the link below:.
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🇵🇸🇮🇱The Balfour Declaration & The Origins of the Israel-Palestine Conflict. Earlier this year on @EmpirePodUK, the great Anita Anand and William Dalrymple looked at how the Declaration planted the seeds of the conflict that continues to this day. @tweeter_anita @DalrympleWill
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On 21st February, Vladimir Putin declared that Ukraine was entirely created by Russia. The truth is, of course, rather different. Although Russia and Ukraine have an interlinked history, a distinct Ukrainian national sensibility is centuries-old. Here’s the history:. 🇺🇦 🧵 ⬇️.
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It’s been the biggest month for any show in @GoalhangerPods 's history, and we couldn’t do it without all of you - thank you for tuning in!
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Coming this Saturday, 30th November. The Battle Of Agincourt: Animated Episode
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“For my money, the very best podcast there is” 🎉🎊🍾. A massive thanks to @j_amesmarriott for including us in @thetimes top 25 podcasts of 2022! 🔥. Read more here 👇.
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The Fall of the Aztecs. EIGHT episodes. First ep out on Monday. ALL EIGHT episodes available to friends of the show from Monday.
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"The British Academy – the national body for humanities and social sciences – has awarded its 2023 President’s Medal to a podcast: The Rest is History, for the first time ever."🏆🎉🙌 .A HUGE congratulations to @dcsandbrook and @holland_tom for achieving this enormous honour -.
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In honour of this award, three years and 500+ episodes, here's the origin of the name that launched a thousand podcasts. Did we get it right?! @holland_tom @dcsandbrook @jackwdavenport @tonypastor70
The British Academy has awarded its 2023 President’s Medal to a podcast: The Rest is History, for the first time ever. The prize recognises the podcast’s work to promote and popularise history to a global audience. Congratulations! @TheRestHistory .
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⭐️We love a Christmas Number 1 on The Rest Is History. 🎄Merry Christmas and happy holidays to all our listeners, thank you for all your support this year!
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⚔️THE FRENCH REVOLUTION⚔️. 🇫🇷To celebrate the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, we thought we’d take a look at the most dramatic events to ever take place in the French Capital🇫🇷. 🚨From this Monday 29/07, we’ll be releasing 8 episodes on the French Revolution, running over the course
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TODAY MARKS AN HISTORIC OCCASION - It has been 2 YEARS since we started our beloved THE REST IS HISTORY CLUB! Thank you to all our devoted members, upon whom the very foundations of this podcast are built
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𝄞⨾𓍢ִ໋⋆.✨TONIGHT: The Rest Is History Live at the Royal Albert Hall with a LIVE Orchestra ✨𝄞⨾𓍢ִ໋⋆. Who's excited for this evening? Tom and Dominic can't wait to see you all!
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Can you win a Golden Boot for podcasting? If you can, @holland_tom and @dcsandbrook most definitely deserve one.
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Introducing Tom Snow. Commander of the Podcasts of the North and Heir to the Podcast Throne.
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Have you just seen Oppenheimer? Or you’re planning to go soon?.Listen to @dcsandbrook & @holland_tom in our two part special on the man and his work for added context:.Oppenheimer (Ep 1):. Oppenheimer (Ep 2):.
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We interrupt your timelines for a very special message.
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🚨The history of the SUIT🚨. 🧤 What is the origin of this most venerable of fashions - so long the official attire of men in Britain, Europe and the Western World?. 💰 Traditionally the uniform of the elites and an indicator of class, its purpose and design has evolved over
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40,000 followers!. Thanks so much to everyone who has tweeted us, recommended the pod to a friend or simply listened to the show - this is an almost sacral moment. Hope you're all enjoying the first Oil pod today and looking forward to the Falklands series next week!. 🎙 🎧 📖
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🚨🇬🇧THE BRITISH ARE COMING🇬🇧🚨. 🇺🇸 The Rest Is History will be touring the U.S.A. in November from coast to coast, with shows in: . 🍀 BOSTON - SOLD OUT.🗽 NEW YORK .🔔 PHILADELPHIA.🏛️ WASHINGTON DC - SOLD OUT.🐂 CHICAGO - LAST FEW TICKETS.🌉 SAN FRANCISCO - SOLD OUT.🌴 LA
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Tax dodgers ! Tom & Dominic are hosting a special The Rest Is History category on @Jeopardy this Wednesday, January 29, at 7 PM ET! Don’t miss the chance to watch and play along!
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We’re on a tour of Londinium today. @dcsandbrook & @holland_tom bestride the great city like Roman conquerors
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Captain Cook’s cottage in Fitzroy Gardens, Melbourne. No sign of his 🐐, sadly 🇦🇺
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🇺🇸📢CHICAGO: THE REST IS HISTORY LIVE📢🇺🇸. 🎭🔥Who will be at the show tonight at The Vic Theatre with @holland_tom + @dcsandbrook ??🔥🎭. ⏰Three hours to go. ‼️
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🚨The Moonwalkers with TOM HANKS!!🚨. 🚀 It would take 11 missions of astonishing danger to reach the goal laid out by President John F. Kennedy in 1962: to LAND A MAN ON THE MOON. 👨🚀 Then, on July 21st, 1969, the unimaginable happened, as Neil Armstrong became the first man to
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Tom Hanks’ odd encounter with a London taxi driver 😂
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He’s ready for tonight’s live show. A dozen roses in his dressing room and we’ve removed all the brown M&Ms. @holland_tom #RIHLive
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🚨THE HABSBURGS🚨. 🦅 One of the most influential families in all European history, with a lineage stretching back to Noah’s Ark, and a name derived in Ancient Rome. 🏰 Kings and Queens, masters of mighty empires; the Habsburgs have influenced the course of Nations for
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There was space on it for two 😤
Titanic 'door' prop that kept Rose alive sells for $718,750
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The worst name we have ever encountered on The Rest Is History.
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To lose one podcaster in Washington is unfortunate. Two, is careless… @holland_tom & @dcsandbrook record our episodes on Oscar Wilde in the sunshine beside the Potomac river.
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"Let's have bank holidays and a five-and-a-half day working week". Learn how George Cadbury pioneered workers' rights @CadburyUK #ad
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And so to Leadenhall Market, where Scrooge sent an “intelligent boy! A remarkable boy!” for a turkey to send to Bob Cratchett. #AChristmasCarol @holland_tom @dcsandbrook
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New Zealand and Australia - IT’S A WRAP 🎊🍾✅. Auckland, Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney, Adelaide, and Perth 😅. Thank you so much everyone, we’ve loved every minute!. Until next time 🇦🇺🇳🇿
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Too soon 😤.
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He’s here. A home fixture for @holland_tom as he arrives for tonight’s live show in Cambridge. Oxford alumni @dcsandbrook will arrive under police escort shortly.
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For today’s The Rest is History, we turn to J.R.R. TOLKIEN, his life, and impact on Britain and the world in the 20th century. From his childhood to his religion, and the influences all this had on the creation of ‘Middle Earth’, make sure to listen below ⬇️
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For those of you who missed it, here is the entirety of Tom and Dominic's appearance on Jeopardy.
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🥇It's great to finish the Olympic Games at the top of the medal table. If you're desperate for more Paris-based action, why not check out our recent series on The French Revolution?
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🚨🇺🇸 🗽The Rest Is History in the U.S.A.🗽🇺🇸🚨. It's official: Tom and Dominic will in America this November, performing across the country, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, with shows in Boston, Chicago, L.A., and San Francisco, to name a few. 🎟️🍿Members of The Rest Is
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We’ve just put together our first attempt at a YouTube version of the podcast - let us know what you think!🗣️.
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Podcasting 🤝 defending hedgehogs. When @RestIsPolitics and @TheRestHistory come together!
Prince Consort Road thronged with excited centrist dads.
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In today's episode, Tom and Dominic delve into the Chilean Coup of 1973 against Chile’s socialist president Salvador Allende, led by General Pinochet with the support of Richard Nixon. This remains a seismic chapter in the history of Latin America, from the rise of Allende, the
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The Rest is We Have Ways at the Oval @holland_tom @James1940 @dcsandbrook @almurray @WeHaveWaysPod
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🚨MARTIN LUTHER🚨. ⚡️ One of history’s most transformative figures. 🌏 The man who launched a religious revolution of such bombastic magnitude that it would change the world forever; shattering Christendom and dividing Europe in ways that still reverberate today. ⛪️ But, before
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Fabulous crowd in for The Rest is History Live in Washington DC @holland_tom @dcsandbrook
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☠️Today begins our 4 part series on the MURDER OF FRANZ FERDINAND, which would lead to the outbreak of the FIRST WORLD WAR. 🔫In EP 1, we look at THE KILLER, Gavrilo Princip, his rural upbringing, how he was radicalised whilst going to school in Sarajevo, and his dream of a
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“Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.�� @dcsandbrook @holland_tom
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🚨🔫THE MURDER OF FRANZ FERDINAND🔫🚨. 🪖 The Archduke and his wife, Sophie, arrive in Sarajevo for a military inspection on the 28th of June 1914. 🔪 Unbeknownst to them, six assassins, including one Gavrilo Princip, line the route of the motorcade, from Sarajevo train station
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Our first ever recording from the Southern Hemisphere ✅. @holland_tom + @dcsandbrook discuss the history of the massive lad, Aztec gold, and much, much more…. It’s a bonus episode, out Wednesday.
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Calling all Friends of The Show!. We are very proud to say we’ve been nominated for the Webby Award for Best History Podcast. We wouldn’t dream of telling you how to vote, but not voting for us is very poor form indeed. The link to vote is below !
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🌎 THE REST IS HISTORY GOES GLOBAL! 🌍. Some incredibly exciting news to start the week - we're extending our live tour to the Republic of Ireland and the USA 🇮🇪🇺🇸. 16th May - Dublin.5th June - Washington DC.7th June - New York City. Ticket info here:
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The final episode of our series on The Road To WW1 is now available to watch on YouTube. This episode is parts 5 and 6 of our audio podcast from earlier in the year, combined into one video.
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Vladimir Putin claims Ukraine was invented by Bolshevik Russia. The reality is far more complicated. It involves Vikings, Mongols, Cossacks, and the chaos of the 20th century. @dcsandbrook & @hollandtom attempt to unpick a brutal & fractured history.
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We are currently in 2nd place for the Webby Awards category for Best History Podcast !. We need YOUR help to get to no. 1. Not voting for The Rest Is History is very poor form indeed.
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The death of the Queen at the age of 96 brings to an end seven decades of her reign over Britain and the Commonwealth. In the first of two episodes, we look back at the early years of her remarkable life.
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We kick off 2024 with an epic new series on the NAZIS IN POWER, and today we look at the bloody story of THE NIGHT OF THE LONG KNIVES. Why did Hitler turn against his stormtroopers? Was Ernst Röhm really planning a coup? How did the Nazis win army support? . Venomous rivalries,
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All 8 Aztec episodes are out now for friends of the show 😎. WARNING: This bumper release amounts to 3 WEEKS' worth of episodes in your feed. If you're going to binge them, you know the risks. In the words of the great Captain Cook/Neil Warnock:
The Fall of the Aztecs. EIGHT episodes. First ep out on Monday. ALL EIGHT episodes available to friends of the show from Monday.
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🚨NEW EPISODE🚨. ⚓️NELSON: HERO OF THE SEAS⚓️️. Growing up with a zeal for king and country, the young Horatio Nelson climbs the ranks of the Royal Navy and embarks upon a remarkable string of adventures -from the North Pole to Mysore- that will lead him to his ultimate destiny.
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The Rest Is History: the book!. Coming this autumn - pre-order your signed copy now!.
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⚔️THE CONQUEST OF ROMAN BRITAIN⚔️. 🪙PART 1: JULIUS CAESAR'S INVASION🪙. After sending scouts along the Kentish coast, Caesar launches an invasion of Britain in 55BC, as part of his Gallic Wars campaign. The Romans have long feared the Britons to be brutal savages - but are they?
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Today on The Rest is History, we are joined by @hoyer_kat to discuss EAST GERMANY. We cover living standards, police surveillance, access to luxury goods, elections, political unrest, and the eventual demise of the country across its 40 year lifespan.
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Today we begin our four-part series on THE RISE OF THE NAZIS, exploring just how far back the roots of the movement can be traced. Do the origins lie with the Second Reich? Hitler’s time in Vienna? The First World War?. Listen ⬇️.
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Episode 1 of our series on the Causes of WW1 is premiering now on YouTube. The episode is parts 1 and 2 of our podcast series from earlier in the year, combined into one video.
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Spotted at Plough Lane tonight! . The Rest is History live 🤝 AFC Wimbledon vs Stevenage.
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With Spotify Wrapped upon us once again, we want to know who has managed to listen to the most The Rest Is History. ⏰ How many minutes have you clocked up?.% Are you in the top 1% of fans?.🙏Is TRIH/TRIHC your No. 1️⃣ ?. Screenshots below 👇
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Thank you The Most Sacral Discourse of Wangs for sending us this MAGNIFICENT CAKE to celebrate 500 episodes of TRIH!!🎉🎂💯💯💯💯💯
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In today’s podcast Tom and Dominic discuss ANCIENT CARTHAGE: LORDS OF THE SEA. The origins of this strange and sophisticated city-state lies in an equally mysterious people - the Phoenicians. Merchants, artisans and masters of the waves, who were the Phoenicians? Did they truly
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🚨MINI SERIES🚨 . This week we're talking the Soviet Union, Russia and Putin. Monday:.YOUNG PUTIN, THE KGB, AND THE SOVIET UNION. Tuesday:.THE FALL OF THE SOVIET EMPIRE. Wednesday:.DRUNKEN YELTSIN, ECONOMIC CHAOS AND PRESIDENT PUTIN. Thursday:.PUTIN'S RUSSIA. See you tomorrow!
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In today's landmark 400th episode, Tom and Dominic are joined by best-selling author Zadie Smith to discuss the case of the Tichborne Claimant, the greatest trial of British history: in 1854 Roger Tichborne, heir to a vast fortune, died at sea . Or did he? Was Arthur Orton, the
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Is this Scrooge’s house? Is this the door upon which Marley’s face appeared? A new The Rest is History being recorded - in search of A Christmas Carol. @holland_tom @dcsandbrook
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🚨📚Our new book, THE REST IS HISTORY RETURNS, is out today! It is packed to the brim with the most colourful historical questions you never thought to ask, all in a handy A-Z format.
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The most important object in the universe, but an almost invisible presence in the Bible, the Ark of the Covenant has fuelled stories for millennia. Today we explore the mystery of the LOST ARK, kicking off our journey into the tales of Indiana Jones.
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In today’s episode, Tom and Dominic discuss the RISE OF ROME. From minor backwater to the supreme power of antiquity, how did it achieve this extraordinary ascent? Was it the radical shift from monarchy to republic? Or the sacred nature of Roman citizenship, with its unified
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Schoolboy error! 👞.
The day takes a calamitous turn, as I realise I am WEARING THE WRONG SHOES!!!!
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The jokes Nixon's aides liked to make about him behind his back.
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🇺🇦"If there's any people who deserve a break, it's the Ukrainians" @dcsandbrook . Their history is complicated, bloody, and sad. Our attempt to explain it all in an hour 👇. Apple: Spotify: Others:
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