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Condensed Histories
Condensed Histories bridges the gap between history and popular culture. In each episode of Condensed Histories our host, Jem Duducu, takes an item of popular culture and looks under the surface to find real history hiding inside.
From shows on Netflix, Prime or Disney Plus, to the lastest blockbuster films, and even video games, songs, board games and food, Jem shows us how much history is lurking in our everyday entertainment.
Wandavision, The Dig, Warhammer, Queen’s Gambit, Assassin’s Creed, Jojo Rabbit, Cobra Kai, The Lord of the Rings and Monopoly are among the subjects in which which Jem has so far discovered a surprising amount of history!
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Podcasts
Big Trouble in Little China
Published: March 16, 2021, 7 a.m.Duration: 33 minutes 59 seconds
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The National Anthem!
Published: Jan. 12, 2021, 7 a.m.Duration: 34 minutes 22 seconds
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Assassin's Creed
Published: Nov. 17, 2020, 6:49 p.m.Duration: 31 minutes 34 seconds
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Last of the Mohicans
Published: Nov. 10, 2020, 9:05 a.m.Duration: 33 minutes 52 seconds
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Money, Money, Money!
Published: Nov. 3, 2020, 7 a.m.Duration: 33 minutes 37 seconds
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A Spooky Halloween Episode!
Published: Oct. 27, 2020, 7 a.m.Duration: 30 minutes 51 seconds
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Condensed Histories and Cobra Kai!
Published: Oct. 20, 2020, 6 a.m.Duration: 32 minutes 22 seconds
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The Lord of the Rings
Published: Sept. 22, 2020, 6 a.m.Duration: 35 minutes 33 seconds
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Condensed Histories Returns!
Published: Sept. 15, 2020, 6 a.m.Duration: 30 minutes 49 seconds
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Is Churchill overrated?
Published: May 29, 2020, 4:24 p.m.Duration: 35 minutes 7 seconds
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Medicine Through Time
Published: May 19, 2020, 5:30 p.m.Duration: 29 minutes 56 seconds
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Jem and the Napoleonic Wars!
Published: May 12, 2020, 11:02 a.m.Duration: 32 minutes 20 seconds
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Empires! Do we teach them right?
Published: May 5, 2020, 6:08 p.m.Duration: 30 minutes 10 seconds
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Greg (Almost) Live
Published: April 30, 2020, 10:25 a.m.Duration: 23 minutes 52 seconds
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Are we in a siege?
Published: April 21, 2020, 6:45 p.m.Duration: 30 minutes 28 seconds
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And God Watched...
Published: April 14, 2020, 3:57 p.m.Duration: 29 minutes 46 seconds
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Historical Fiction - Good or Bad?
Published: April 7, 2020, 5:20 p.m.Duration: 33 minutes 58 seconds
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Romania - Seeking Dracula's Castle
Published: April 1, 2020, 7:08 p.m.Duration: 24 minutes 38 seconds
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History Of Economics (Which Isn't As Boring As It May Sound!)
Published: March 25, 2020, 11:16 p.m.Duration: 32 minutes 27 seconds
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The Sultans - Jem Episode
Published: March 18, 2020, 10:22 p.m.Duration: 32 minutes 21 seconds
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Should We Use History To Look At Present Situations?
Published: March 10, 2020, 6:32 p.m.Duration: 30 minutes 3 seconds
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Purpose - A Greg Episode!
Published: March 6, 2020, 8:26 a.m.Duration: 26 minutes 23 seconds
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Unusual Museums... and an unusual episode!
Published: Feb. 26, 2020, 5:11 p.m.Duration: 32 minutes 17 seconds
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Would We Have Been Better Without The American Revolution?
Published: Feb. 18, 2020, 5:07 p.m.Duration: 30 minutes 22 seconds
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Deus Vult - A Jem Episode
Published: Feb. 11, 2020, 3:28 p.m.Duration: 38 minutes 8 seconds
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A Right Royal Scandal
Published: Feb. 5, 2020, 8:34 a.m.Duration: 32 minutes 3 seconds
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Meet Greg - Out On His Own!
Published: Jan. 28, 2020, 4:48 p.m.Duration: 17 minutes 19 seconds
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Should We Rebuild?
Published: Jan. 21, 2020, 6:29 p.m.Duration: 30 minutes 55 seconds
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Meet Jem - Out On His Own!
Published: Jan. 14, 2020, 7 a.m.Duration: 30 minutes 16 seconds
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Condensed Histories!
Published: Jan. 7, 2020, 6:41 a.m.Duration: 26 minutes 43 seconds
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A Special 'Jem' Of An Episode
Published: Nov. 10, 2019, 7:09 a.m.Duration: 17 minutes 21 seconds
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Fast 5 with Jem - News!
Published: Oct. 20, 2019, 8:26 a.m.Duration: 5 minutes 4 seconds
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101 Things to do with a dead cow!
Published: Oct. 15, 2019, 9:35 a.m.Duration: 28 minutes 6 seconds
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Fast 5 with Greg - The Isle of Man
Published: Oct. 14, 2019, 4:40 p.m.Duration: 5 minutes 3 seconds
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Fast 5 with Jem - Tired History
Published: Oct. 4, 2019, 5:09 p.m.Duration: 5 minutes 1 second
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Fast 5 with Greg - A Public Apology
Published: Sept. 27, 2019, 1:58 p.m.Duration: 5 minutes 32 seconds
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Warrior Training
Published: Sept. 23, 2019, 11:07 a.m.Duration: 26 minutes 19 seconds
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Fast 5 with Jem - The Black Library
Published: Sept. 21, 2019, 12:50 a.m.Duration: 5 minutes 5 seconds
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Food of Change
Published: Sept. 17, 2019, 6:32 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 12 seconds
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Historical Technicalities
Published: Sept. 10, 2019, 2:37 p.m.Duration: 26 minutes
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Fast 5 with Jem - History in Education
Published: Sept. 6, 2019, 2:21 p.m.Duration: 5 minutes 33 seconds
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Fast 5 with Greg - History and Politics
Published: Aug. 30, 2019, 4:31 p.m.Duration: 6 minutes 14 seconds
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Not all historical films are 'Historical Films'
Published: Aug. 27, 2019, 12:36 p.m.Duration: 30 minutes 27 seconds
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Fast 5 with Jem - The Worst in History
Published: Aug. 22, 2019, 9:16 p.m.Duration: 5 minutes 11 seconds
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Fast 5 with Greg - Travelling Onwards
Published: Aug. 16, 2019, 5 p.m.Duration: 5 minutes 13 seconds
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Mexico: Mayan Mystery and Marine Majesty
Published: Aug. 13, 2019, 10:54 a.m.Duration: 28 minutes 23 seconds
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State of the Nation Address
Published: Aug. 6, 2019, 6:46 p.m.Duration: 26 minutes 43 seconds
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The Magna Carta
Published: July 24, 2019, 9:06 p.m.Duration: 26 minutes 36 seconds
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Fast 5 with Jem - The Problem With Hindsight
Published: July 19, 2019, 8:58 p.m.Duration: 5 minutes 58 seconds
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The Podcast Reborn - and a Baby Born
Published: July 16, 2019, 7:17 a.m.Duration: 28 minutes 27 seconds
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An Announcement From Jem
Published: May 25, 2019, 6:13 p.m.Duration: 3 minutes 8 seconds
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Fast 5 with Jem - The Ego of Historians
Published: May 17, 2019, 5 p.m.Duration: 5 minutes 7 seconds
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Fast 5 with Greg - Passing It On
Published: May 10, 2019, 1:45 p.m.Duration: 5 minutes 13 seconds
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Fast 5 with Jem - The 1700s
Published: May 3, 2019, 5 p.m.Duration: 4 minutes 50 seconds
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Hamilton - The Musical That Only One Of Us Has Seen
Published: April 30, 2019, 7 a.m.Duration: 30 minutes 38 seconds
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Comedy Of (Historical) Errors
Published: April 23, 2019, 2:26 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 53 seconds
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Fast 5 with Greg- Miniatures and Models
Published: April 19, 2019, 5:31 p.m.Duration: 6 minutes 24 seconds
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Notre-Dame De Paris
Published: April 16, 2019, 5 p.m.Duration: 23 minutes 47 seconds
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Fast 5 with Jem - Echoes Update
Published: April 12, 2019, 3:41 p.m.Duration: 6 minutes 46 seconds
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Founders of Legend... or Legends of Founders?
Published: April 9, 2019, 9:06 a.m.Duration: 29 minutes 23 seconds
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Fast 5 with Greg - What's Your Real Job?
Published: April 6, 2019, 5:46 p.m.Duration: 6 minutes 7 seconds
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A Honeymoon Amongst The Maya - Part Two
Published: April 2, 2019, 11:52 a.m.Duration: 30 minutes 7 seconds
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341 - Fast 5 with Jem - Vegetarianism and Veganism
Published: March 29, 2019, 5 p.m.Duration: 5 minutes 57 seconds
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A Honeymoon Amongst The Maya - Part One
Published: March 26, 2019, 5:24 p.m.Duration: 29 minutes 26 seconds
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Fast 5 with Greg - Travel Documentaries
Published: March 22, 2019, 5 p.m.Duration: 5 minutes 26 seconds
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The Hundred Year's War
Published: March 19, 2019, 6:15 p.m.Duration: 34 minutes 28 seconds
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337 - Fast 5 with Jem - Jem's Facebook Page
Published: March 15, 2019, 1:51 p.m.Duration: 5 minutes 16 seconds
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336 - 80 Years Since The War Began!
Published: March 12, 2019, 7 a.m.Duration: 31 minutes 40 seconds
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333 - Fast 5 with Jem - The Big Inventions
Published: March 1, 2019, 5 p.m.Duration: 6 minutes 2 seconds
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332 - Jem's New Book
Published: Feb. 26, 2019, 1:26 p.m.Duration: 36 minutes 49 seconds
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Fast 5 with Greg - Chichen Itza
Published: Feb. 23, 2019, 11:55 a.m.Duration: 5 minutes 20 seconds
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330 - I See Dead People!
Published: Feb. 19, 2019, 7 a.m.Duration: 30 minutes 35 seconds
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329 - Fast 5 with Jem - A Danger To Society
Published: Feb. 15, 2019, 5 p.m.Duration: 5 minutes 27 seconds
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327 - Fast 5 with Greg - The Ever So Slightly Exagerrated Tales Of Mr Greg Chapman
Published: Feb. 9, 2019, 11:44 a.m.Duration: 4 minutes 32 seconds
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326 - What Should Schools Be Teaching?
Published: Feb. 5, 2019, 6:15 p.m.Duration: 31 minutes 41 seconds
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325 - Fast 5 with Jem - Cinematic History
Published: Feb. 2, 2019, 10:52 a.m.Duration: 7 minutes 3 seconds
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324 - What is the difference between the U.S. Civil War and the English Civil War?
Published: Jan. 30, 2019, 12:02 a.m.Duration: 31 minutes 55 seconds
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323 - Fast 5 with Greg - Greg Has Earache!
Published: Jan. 27, 2019, 1:40 p.m.Duration: 5 minutes 22 seconds
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322 - Rebirth of the Circus... Reborn!
Published: Jan. 22, 2019, 9:40 a.m.Duration: 30 minutes 7 seconds
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321 - Greatest Person of the 20th Century
Published: Jan. 19, 2019, 9:08 a.m.Duration: 4 minutes 55 seconds
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320 - Creating Worlds From Worlds
Published: Jan. 15, 2019, 10:51 a.m.Duration: 33 minutes 10 seconds
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319 - Fast 5 - The Circus Reborn
Published: Jan. 11, 2019, 9 p.m.Duration: 5 minutes 14 seconds
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318 - Prototypes of Flight
Published: Jan. 8, 2019, 7:15 p.m.Duration: 27 minutes 35 seconds
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317 - Moving Homes
Published: Jan. 4, 2019, 2:39 p.m.Duration: 3 minutes 32 seconds
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316 - Christmas 2018!
Published: Dec. 28, 2018, 2:17 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 6 seconds
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315 - Fast 5 with Jem - Clothes... The Inside Story
Published: Dec. 21, 2018, 9 p.m.Duration: 5 minutes 21 seconds
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314 - The Vikings Don't Exist
Published: Dec. 18, 2018, 3:36 p.m.Duration: 29 minutes 55 seconds
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313 - Fast 5 with Greg - Important Moments
Published: Dec. 15, 2018, 4:08 a.m.Duration: 5 minutes 4 seconds
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312 - Winter 2018
Published: Dec. 11, 2018, 12:41 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 3 seconds
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311 - The wars before The War
Published: Dec. 4, 2018, 11:14 a.m.Duration: 27 minutes 49 seconds
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310 - Fast 5 with Jem - Something For Nothing
Published: Dec. 1, 2018, 3:29 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 2 seconds
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309 - The Wheel!
Published: Nov. 28, 2018, 10:35 p.m.Duration: 26 minutes 58 seconds
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308 - Fast 5 with Greg - Economics of Entertainment
Published: Nov. 23, 2018, 10:46 p.m.Duration: 5 minutes 30 seconds
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307 - Forgotten People
Published: Nov. 20, 2018, 7:40 p.m.Duration: 33 minutes 33 seconds
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306 - They Shall Not Grow Old
Published: Nov. 16, 2018, 9:22 p.m.Duration: 5 minutes 30 seconds
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305 - What's in a name?
Published: Nov. 13, 2018, 11 a.m.Duration: 27 minutes 37 seconds
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304 - Fast 5 - Posters
Published: Nov. 10, 2018, 7:54 p.m.Duration: 5 minutes 40 seconds
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303 - Alpha Males... or not...
Published: Nov. 6, 2018, 11 a.m.Duration: 28 minutes 20 seconds
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302 - Fast 5 with Jem - Ignoring History
Published: Nov. 2, 2018, 8 p.m.Duration: 5 minutes 46 seconds
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301st Episode Celebration!
Published: Oct. 30, 2018, 9 a.m.Duration: 27 minutes 37 seconds
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300 - Not the 300th Episode Celebration...
Published: Oct. 26, 2018, 10:14 p.m.Duration: 6 minutes 54 seconds
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299 - Special Guest Paul Bingley
Published: Oct. 25, 2018, 12:11 a.m.Duration: 29 minutes 14 seconds
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298 - Fast 5 with Jem - Black History Month
Published: Oct. 20, 2018, 12:08 p.m.Duration: 5 minutes 1 second
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297 - The Armistice
Published: Oct. 16, 2018, 1:22 p.m.Duration: 26 minutes 1 second
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296 - Fast 5 with Greg - Dinosaurs in Brussels
Published: Oct. 14, 2018, 9:41 p.m.Duration: 5 minutes 30 seconds
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295 - The Economic Crisis!
Published: Oct. 9, 2018, 10 a.m.Duration: 32 minutes 53 seconds
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294 - Fast Five With Jem - The Trouble With Travel - The Sequel!
Published: Oct. 5, 2018, 8 p.m.Duration: 5 minutes 24 seconds
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293 - Special Guest Tyler Shorter!
Published: Oct. 4, 2018, 1:12 a.m.Duration: 34 minutes 17 seconds
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292 - Fast 5 with Greg - Communications From The Outside!
Published: Sept. 28, 2018, 8 p.m.Duration: 5 minutes 52 seconds
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291 - Language Barriers - Part 2
Published: Sept. 25, 2018, 10 a.m.Duration: 26 minutes 13 seconds
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290 - The Trouble With Travel
Published: Sept. 21, 2018, 8 p.m.Duration: 5 minutes 18 seconds
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289 - The War of 1812
Published: Sept. 18, 2018, 3:31 p.m.Duration: 33 minutes 17 seconds
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288 - Fast 5 with Greg - Assigning Personalities
Published: Sept. 14, 2018, 8 p.m.Duration: 5 minutes 7 seconds
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287 - Historical Drama
Published: Sept. 11, 2018, 10 a.m.Duration: 26 minutes 42 seconds
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286 - Dynastic Branding
Published: Sept. 7, 2018, 12:24 p.m.Duration: 5 minutes 6 seconds
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285 - Language Barriers
Published: Sept. 4, 2018, 10:27 p.m.Duration: 32 minutes 3 seconds
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284 - Fast 5 with Greg - Responding to Fossils
Published: Sept. 1, 2018, 3:43 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 9 seconds
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282 - Pick a Pocket
Published: Aug. 21, 2018, 11:53 p.m.Duration: 31 minutes 31 seconds
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281 - Fast 5 with Jem - Fossil Hunter!
Published: Aug. 17, 2018, 8 p.m.Duration: 5 minutes 47 seconds
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280 - Sources and Sauces...
Published: Aug. 14, 2018, 10 a.m.Duration: 29 minutes 22 seconds
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279 - Fast 5 with Jem - The One About Arguments
Published: Aug. 10, 2018, 8 p.m.Duration: 5 minutes 20 seconds
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