BBC Radio Podcasts from The Invention Of...
The Balkans: The Birth and Death of Yugoslavia
Misha Glenny returns to the Balkans to report on the birth and death of Yugoslavia.
The Balkans: Episode 2
Misha Glenny returns to the Balkans on a 19th-century road trip.
The Balkans: What Are the Balkans?
Misha Glenny returns to the Balkans, powder keg of eastern Europe.
Hungary: Two World Wars and One Failed Revolution
Misha Glenny on Hungary's dramatic and tragic history in two world wars.
Hungary: The Butcher and the Poet
Misha Glenny heads to Hungary in a series about history and power.
Hungary: Hungary and Mohacs 500
Misha Glenny heads to Budapest to find where Hungary came from.
Taiwan
When did countries become countries? Misha Glenny on what is happening in Taiwan now.
China: The Life and Times of Chairman Mao
Misha Glenny completes our travels round China with the story of Chairman Mao
China: Imperial Collapse
Misha Glenny on the end of the Qing, and what happened next.
China: To Kowtow or Not Kowtow
Misha Glenny and producer Miles Warde head to Hong Kong.
China: The First Emperor
Misha Glenny on where China came from and what it is now.
Turkey: Ottoman or Turk
A bonus episode with Hannah Lucinda Smith, Christopher de Bellaigue and Misha Glenny.
Turkey: A Balancing Act
Misha Glenny on the birth of Turkey from the ruins of the old Ottoman Empire in 1923.
Turkey: The Military
East versus west, secular versus religious, how the empire came to the point of collapse.
Turkey: The Ottomans: East or West
Misha Glenny in Istanbul on the 100th anniversary of the Turkish Republic.
Russia: The Sacred Song of War
Misha Glenny on Russia and defensive war.
Russia: Catherine the Great and the Question of Europe
The Bear moves west.
Russia: The Empire Strikes Back
How little Moscow expanded into the biggest country in the world.
Russia: A Tale of Two Ivans
What is Russia and where did it come from? Misha Glenny presents.
Return to Spain
With Sir John Eliot, plus exciting news.
Poland: Stalin on One Side, Hitler From the Left
In August 1939, the Russians and the Germans agreed to slice Poland up.
Poland: A Nation Without a State
For 123 years Poland was divided between Russia, Prussia and Austria - how did it survive?
Poland: Obliterated From the Map
Misha Glenny on how Poland, Lithuania and Ukraine were wiped from the map.
Scandinavia: The Narcissism of Small Differences
Misha Glenny looks at how Norway emerged as the richest Scandinavian nation of all.
Scandinavia: The Viking Inheritance
Why Sweden has not always been the peace-loving nation it is today, with Misha Glenny.
Scandinavia: The Bridge
Misha Glenny looks at the people, the borders and the histories of Scandinavia.
Ireland: Escalation
Declan Lawn talks to Micha Glenny about the differences between the north and the south.
Ireland: Plantation and Conflict
Dr Joan Redmond talks to Misha Glenny about Ireland, England and the early seeds of war.
Ireland: Catholics and Protestants
Fintan O'Toole talks to Misha Glenny about Catholics, Protestants, and Top of the Pops.
Britain: So Many Different Little Corners
Who are the Scots, the Irish, the English and the Welsh? What do these words even mean?
Britain: Insecurity… From Dover to Dublin and Beyond
A four-part history of us - our borders, our peoples and the stories we tell ourselves.
Britain: Anglocentrism… or Why Britons Never Will Be Slaves
Misha Glenny on the role of England in the Invention of Britain
Britain: Like Quicksand for the Uninitiated
A four-part history of us - our borders, our peoples, the stories we tell ourselves.
France: Le Petit Napoleon and the Franco-Prussian War
Misha Glenny explores the crucial events of 1870 and the Franco-Prussian war.
France: Maximilien Robespierre
Misha Glenny explores the impact of the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror.
France: Joan of Arc
Misha Glenny explores a crucial period in France's history.
Brazil: Getulio Vargas and the USA
Misha Glenny explores the life of Getulio Vargas, the man who changed Brazil.
Brazil: The British
Misha Glenny on how, in 1808, the entire Portuguese court moved across the Atlantic.
Brazil: The Portuguese
Misha Glenny presents a history of Brazil from 1500 to the end of the Second World War.
Spain: Episode 3
Misha Glenny explores the end of the Spanish empire.
Spain: Episode 2
Misha on flashpoints and fragmentation in the Spanish monarchy's territorial possessions.
Spain: Episode 1
Misha Glenny begins a history of Spain with the momentous year of 1492.
Italy: Episode 3
Misha Glenny explores the ambitious targets of Italian warmongers in the First World War.
Italy: Episode 2
Misha explores unification, beginning with Napoleon's call to the peoples of Italy.
Italy: Episode 1
Misha Glenny begins his history with the French invasion of 1494.
The Netherlands: Why Belgium?
Misha Glenny ends his travels in the Netherlands in Brussels, home of the EU.
The Netherlands: The Golden Age
Misha Glenny on the astonishing golden age of the Netherlands.
The Netherlands: Orange Fever
Misha Glenny explores a pivot of western history, the Netherlands.
The USA: The Melting Pot
The USA is an invention. So how do you build the most powerful country in the world?
The USA: Borderlands
The USA is an invention. So how do you build the most powerful country in the world?
The USA: It'll Never Work
The USA is an invention. So how do you build the most powerful country in the world?
Germany: Germany Unified
Misha Glenny charts the emergence of a unified Germany in 1871.
Germany: The Rise of Prussia
Misha Glenny explores the rise of Prussia, dispelling several myths along the way.
Germany: The Thirty Years War
How the events of the Thirty Years War hugely influenced later German nationalists.