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How Did We Get Here?

How Did We Get Here?

The deep back-stories behind the most consequential events in the world right now.

How Did We Get Here?

Episodes (14 available)

How Did We Get Here?, No World Order, Trailer

Tristan Redman and guests trace the fall of the post-Cold War world order

22 Jul 2026

4 mins

How Did We Get Here?, No World Order, 1. The Responsibility to Protect

Tristan Redman and guests discuss the first decade after the end of the Cold War.

27 Jul 2026

36 mins

How Did We Get Here?, No World Order, 2. The View from Beijing

The decade in which China reshaped its relationship with the international system.

3 Aug 2026

33 mins

How Did We Get Here?, Israel and the Palestinians, Trailer

Jonny Dymond and guests explore the complicated back-story of the Middle East conflict

4 Feb 2026

2 mins

How Did We Get Here?, Israel and the Palestinians, 1: From Earliest Times to the Romans

Jonny Dymond and guests explore the complicated back-story of the Middle East conflict

9 Feb 2026

29 mins

How Did We Get Here?, Israel and the Palestinians, 2: From the Muslim Conquest to the Nineteenth Century

Jonny Dymond and guests explore the complicated back-story of the Middle East conflict.

16 Feb 2026

28 mins

How Did We Get Here?, Israel and the Palestinians, 3: From the Nineteenth Century to the First World War

Jonny Dymond and guests explore the complicated back-story of the Middle East conflict.

23 Feb 2026

29 mins

How Did We Get Here?, Israel and the Palestinians, 4: The Balfour Declaration to the Arab Revolt

Jonny Dymond and guests explore the complicated back-story of the Middle East conflict.

2 Mar 2026

29 mins

How Did We Get Here?, Israel and the Palestinians, 5. From WWII to the First Arab-Israeli war

Jonny Dymond and guests explore the complicated back-story of the Middle East conflict.

9 Mar 2026

29 mins

How Did We Get Here?, Israel and the Palestinians, 6: From Israel’s Early Years to the Six Day War

Jonny Dymond and guests explore the complicated back-story of the Middle East conflict.

16 Mar 2026

28 mins

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