Journey Through Time
Hosted by David Olusoga and Sarah Churchwell · Goalhanger
4.8from 802 ratings
- 81
- Episodes
- 79
- Transcribed
- 802
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2025
- First episode
- 113K
- YouTube views
About Journey Through Time
Forgotten stories from history and how they shaped the way we live today. Hear about the ordinary people from history and the extraordinary impact they’ve had on the present. Hosted by historians David Olusoga and Sarah Churchwell, Journey Through Time will show how everyday actions have the most remarkable unintended consequences that ripple through time. From the first woman to run for President to the unknown story of how the world came to the brink of nuclear war in 1983, this podcast is for everyone, not just history lovers. To hear more Goalhanger podcasts, go to www.goalhanger.com
- Publisher
- Goalhanger
- Category
- history
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 13 Mar 2025
- Latest episode
- 23 Mar 2026
Latest episodes
79 of 81 episodes have a transcript.
23 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT
79. McCarthyism: Paving The Way For Trump (Ep 6)
16 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT
78. McCarthyism: The Fall of Joseph McCarthy (Ep 5)
9 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT
77. McCarthyism: The Crucible, High Noon, and Hollywood’s Revenge (Ep 4)
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79. McCarthyism: Paving The Way For Trump (Ep 6)
Published 23 Mar 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Another lesson is liberals build it and demagogues use it. So Truman's loyalty program was meant to be reasonable. It was meant to kind of try to shut things down. It became McCarthy's weapon. And so today the speech codes, the reporting requirements, the people think are being reasonable compromises. All of this can be weaponized. It takes courage. It doesn't take consensus. If you wait for the institution to protect you, you're gonna wait forever. Institutions are very likely to fold. Harvard, Berkeley, Columbia, they all talked about academic freedom and in various ways they all collaborated. […]
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- YouTube views
- 112,809
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.4 / 5
- 195 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 607 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 53 / 100
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- Quality
- 14
- Social presence
- 100
- YouTube
- 86
- Engagement
- 91
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Who hosts Journey Through Time?
David Olusoga and Sarah Churchwell host the show. Published by Goalhanger.
How often do new episodes come out?
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