What are the Balkans?
How to Invent a Country
41:34Apr 3, 2026
How to Invent a Country
62 episodes
Listen to all of these podcast episodes and more with the StumbleCast app. StumbleCast works like a radio — pick a genre and start listening instantly. Swipe to discover new podcasts and internet radio stations. Every episode starts at a random point, just like changing the channel.
Two World Wars, One Failed Revolution
How to Invent a Country
41:43Jul 3, 2025
The Butcher And The Poet
How to Invent a Country
41:47Jul 2, 2025
Hungary and Mohacs 500
How to Invent a Country
46:26Jun 23, 2025
Taiwan
How to Invent a Country
29:55Sep 12, 2024
China: The Life and Times of Chairman Mao
How to Invent a Country
41:36May 24, 2024
China: imperial collapse
How to Invent a Country
41:52May 13, 2024
China - to kowtow or not to kowtow
How to Invent a Country
41:47May 4, 2024
China - the first emperor
How to Invent a Country
44:20May 3, 2024
Turkey - Ottoman or Turk
How to Invent a Country
27:54Nov 20, 2023
Turkey - A Delicate Balancing Act
How to Invent a Country
38:43Oct 27, 2023
Turkey - The Military and Decline
How to Invent a Country
31:19Oct 27, 2023
Turkey - The Ottomans: East or West
How to Invent a Country
33:27Oct 27, 2023
Russia - the sacred song of war
How to Invent a Country
32:20Jan 9, 2023
Russia - the bear moves west
How to Invent a Country
43:29Jan 9, 2023
Russia - the Empire Strikes Back
How to Invent a Country
43:36Jan 9, 2023
Russia - A Tale of Two Ivans
How to Invent a Country
32:04Jan 9, 2023
Return to Spain
How to Invent a Country
21:38Jan 6, 2023
Poland - Stalin on one side, Hitler to the left
How to Invent a Country
35:59Apr 8, 2022
Poland - a nation without a state
How to Invent a Country
30:24Mar 28, 2022
Poland - Obliterated from the map
How to Invent a Country
31:56Mar 28, 2022
The Birth of Bangladesh
How to Invent a Country
29:01May 17, 2021
Scandinavia - the narcissism of small differences
How to Invent a Country
29:38Nov 24, 2020
Scandinavia - The Viking Inheritance
How to Invent a Country
33:00Nov 17, 2020
Scandinavia - The Bridge
How to Invent a Country
35:56Nov 10, 2020
Ireland: Escalation
How to Invent a Country
16:37Oct 1, 2019
Ireland: Plantation and Conflict
How to Invent a Country
18:01Sep 19, 2019
Ireland: Catholics and Protestants
How to Invent a Country
24:41Sep 9, 2019
The Invention of Britain #4 - so many different little corners!
How to Invent a Country
33:49Mar 17, 2019
The Invention of Britain #3
How to Invent a Country
30:38Mar 10, 2019
The Invention of Britain #2
How to Invent a Country
31:11Mar 4, 2019
The Invention of Britain #1- like quicksand for the uninitiated
How to Invent a Country
30:06Feb 24, 2019
Italy - Garibaldi's Grand Scheme #2
How to Invent a Country
28:05Jan 7, 2019
Italy - Garibaldi's Grand Scheme #1
How to Invent a Country
28:05Jan 7, 2019
The Alps - Did the English invent skiing?
How to Invent a Country
29:51Dec 20, 2018
The Alps - and why Switzerland exists
How to Invent a Country
25:31Dec 4, 2018
The Alps - an icy row of teeth
How to Invent a Country
27:32Nov 24, 2018
Le petit Napoleon
How to Invent a Country
29:09Nov 15, 2018
The Terror, the Terror
How to Invent a Country
29:19Nov 6, 2018
Joan of Arc and England's role in defining France
How to Invent a Country
26:51Oct 18, 2018
The Invention of Brazil #3
How to Invent a Country
28:15Oct 3, 2018
The Invention of Brazil #2
How to Invent a Country
29:44Sep 21, 2018
The Invention of Brazil #1
How to Invent a Country
27:41Sep 14, 2018
The Invention of Spain #3
How to Invent a Country
27:34Sep 5, 2018
The Invention of Spain #2
How to Invent a Country
28:22Aug 24, 2018
The Invention of Spain #1
How to Invent a Country
28:49Aug 17, 2018
The Invention of Italy #3
How to Invent a Country
28:11Aug 9, 2018
The Invention of Italy #2
How to Invent a Country
27:46Aug 3, 2018
The Invention of Italy #1
How to Invent a Country
29:19Jul 24, 2018
The Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Habsburgs #3
How to Invent a Country
27:21Jul 16, 2018