Entirely Unofficial Rest is History Catalogue and Interrogator

Mid-20th Century & Cold War

180 Episodes 43 Series 238 Figures 128 Events 450 Books 2 Authors

Covering roughly 1945–1991, this era examines political, military and cultural upheavals of the Cold War and post‑war world. Series include America in 1968 (multi‑episode treatment of Vietnam, mass protests, George Wallace and 1968 crises), American Crusades (Christianity’s influence on US foreign policy and warfare), ARCHIVE: Watergate (two‑part account of Nixon’s rise and fall), Australian Prime Ministers (surveys from federation through 20th–21st century leaders, including Bob Hawke to Scott Morrison), and Britain in 1974 (economic crisis and political turmoil). Episodes address the Mexico City massacre, Grosvenor Square protests, Vietnam War, San José hijacking (1971), Indian independence/Partition (1947), Falklands War and the founding of NATO. Figures and texts discussed include Richard Nixon, Enoch Powell, George Wallace, Mohammad Mosaddegh, Nixon’s memoirs, The Power Broker, State of Emergency, Dead Babies and White Noise.

Mid-20th Century & Cold War

Episodes by year

2025

The Beatles: The British Invasion, with Conan O’Brien (Part 2)

The Beatles: The Band that Changed the World, with Conan O’Brien (Part 1)

RIHC: Disney's Legacy, with Bob Iger

Disneyland: The Modern American Utopia

Walt Disney: The Great American Storyteller

RIHC: WWI Counterfactuals, 1970s Britain, and Pivotal Historical Figures

Enoch Powell: Rivers of Blood

L'étranger, by Albert Camus

In Cold Blood, by Truman Capote

CHATHAM HIGH STREET

The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood

RIHC: Ronald Reagan’s Near Assassination, JFK’s Ghost, and Jodie Foster’s Stalker

RIHC: Lenin’s Russian Return, Mao’s Long March, and Fidel Castro’s Triumph

The Rolling Stones: Satanic Majesties of Sixties Rebellion (Part 2)

The Rolling Stones: Sex, Drugs and Rock ‘n’ Roll (Part 1)

RIHC: Cold War Secrets, American Conspiracies, and Ghosts of Iron Mountain

RIHC: The Five Eyes, Donald Trump, and the Nazi Spy

Heart of Darkness: Fear and Loathing in the Congo

RIHC: American Presidents, From FDR To Trump: The Invasion of Iraq, Obama's Failures, and the Biden Blip (Part 2)

Horror in the Congo: A Conspiracy Unmasked (Part 3)

RIHC: American Presidents from FDR to Trump: Cuba, Watergate, and the Atomic Bomb (Part 1)

RIHC: Secret Nazi Tunnels, Europe’s Deep History, and Mysterious Frontiers

RIHC: Fallen Empires, The Dark Ages, and Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey

Wojtek: The Bear Who Beat the Nazis

2024

RIHC: Paul McCartney, Churchill’s Roaring Lion, and Stalinist Propaganda

RIHC: Trump’s Election Victory, Spectacular Battlefields, and Star Wars

RIHC: The Revolutionary Rock and Roll of 1968

America in '68: The Chicago Riots (Part 5)

America in '68: The Assassination of Martin Luther King (Part 2)

America in ’68: Nightmare in Vietnam (Part 1)

America in '68: Nixon's Great Comeback (Part 6)

America in '68: George Wallace, The First Donald Trump (Part 4)

America in '68: The Killing of Robert Kennedy (Part 3)

RIHC: Roman Legions vs. Norman Invaders, The Killing Fields of Agincourt, and American Aristocracy

RIHC: Assassinations, American Exceptionalism, and Clinton's Lost Election

RIHC: British Inventions, Ronald Reagan, and Roman Conquests

Evita: The World’s Most Powerful Woman (Part 3)

Evita: The Rise of General Perón (Part 2)

Evita: The Mystery of the Missing Body (Part 5)

Evita: Death of a Martyr (Part 4)

The War on Beards: From Peter the Great to John Lennon (Part 2)

The Mysterious Case of the Ape Man

Modern British Elections (Part 2)

RIHC: British Elections, Watergate, and Margaret Thatcher's Assassination

The First Emperor of China

RIHC: World War Three (Livestream)

RIHC: Harold Wilson's Affair, Russell Crowe and Historical Rotters

Disco: Sex and Race in Seventies America

The Moonwalkers, with Tom Hanks

RIHC: Henry VIII, Thatcherism and Roman Counterfactuals

RIHC: Medieval Monarchs, Historical Epochs and The Crown

Britain in 1974: Thatcher Enters the Ring (Part 4)

Britain in 1974: State of Emergency (Part 1)

Britain in 1974: The Crisis Election (Part 2)

Britain in 1974: Countdown to a Coup (Part 3)

RIHC: History's Greatest Knight, Kings vs. Tabloids, and Storms in Belfast

2023

Windrush: The Story of Black Britain

RIHC: The New Julius Caesar, Henry Kissinger, and Power in American Politics

JFK: Death in Dallas (Part 3)

JFK: The Road to the White House (Part 1)

JFK: A Conspiracy Unmasked (Part 6)

JFK: The Second Assassin Strikes (Part 5)

JFK: Cuba, Camelot and the Cold War (Part 2)

JFK: The Mystery is Solved (Part 7)

JFK: Hunt for a Killer (Part 4)

RIHC: History’s Greatest Warrior, JFK vs. Nixon, and Roman Civil Wars

RIHC: Historical Vampires, Watergate, and Ancient Scriptures

RIHC: History’s Top Dictators, European Fascism, and Norman Vikings

The 1973 Chilean Coup: General Pinochet Seizes Power (Ep 2)

The 1973 Chilean Coup: Allende, Nixon and the CIA (Ep 1)

The Architect of Modern China

RIHC: The French Invasion of Britain, Marxism without Marx, and Right-Wing Painters

Sixties Fashion: The Teenage Revolution (Ep 1)

Sixties Fashion: Swinging London (Ep 2)

Fear City: New York in the 1970s