How to Invent a Country

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When did countries become countries? Misha Glenny on the borders, the stories and the people of countries worldwide.

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Italy - Garibaldi's Grand Scheme #2

Are we Italian or not? With Leoluca Orlando, Lucy Riall, Tim Parks, Lucy Hughes-Hallett.

Jan 07, 2019•28 min

Italy - Garibaldi's Grand Scheme #1

Back to Italy with guerrilla numero uno

Jan 07, 2019•28 min

The Alps - Did the English invent skiing?

Misha Glenny on the early alpine visitors who were either very ill, or very rich.

Dec 20, 2018•30 min

The Alps - and why Switzerland exists

Natural borders vs mountain borders

Dec 04, 2018•26 min

The Alps - an icy row of teeth

How the Alps divide Europe in two

Nov 24, 2018•28 min

Le petit Napoleon

The Invention of France #3

Nov 15, 2018•29 min

The Terror, the Terror

The Invention of France #2

Nov 06, 2018•29 min

Joan of Arc and England's role in defining France

The Invention of France #1

Oct 18, 2018•27 min

The Invention of Brazil #3

Getulio Vargas, inventor of Brazil?

Oct 03, 2018•28 min

The Invention of Brazil #2

Independence or death!

Sep 21, 2018•30 min

The Invention of Brazil #1

I came by boat

Sep 14, 2018•28 min

The Invention of Spain #3

A sense of disaster

Sep 05, 2018•28 min

The Invention of Spain #2

The heroic last stand

Aug 24, 2018•28 min

The Invention of Spain #1

What is Catalonia? What's Castille?

Aug 17, 2018•29 min

The Invention of Italy #3

Big appetite, bad teeth

Aug 09, 2018•28 min

The Invention of Italy #2

The man in the red cape

Aug 03, 2018•28 min

The Invention of Italy #1

A less than sturdy boot

Jul 24, 2018•29 min

The Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Habsburgs #3

The end of the dynasty

Jul 16, 2018•27 min

The Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Habsburgs #2

King of Spain, Archduke of Austria, Holy Roman Emperor - where did it all go wrong?

Jul 09, 2018•28 min

The Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Habsburgs #1

How did a small family from Switzerland become Europe's greatest dynasty?

Jul 03, 2018•28 min

The Netherlands - Why Belgium?

There is a faultline in Europe, from the North Sea to the Alps. Belgium sits halfway.

Jun 25, 2018•29 min

The Netherlands - The Dutch Golden Age

How Amsterdam became one of the world's leading cities in a few short decades

Jun 18, 2018•30 min

The Netherlands - Orange Fever

How did a few boggy provinces become one of the trading heavyweights of the world?

Jun 08, 2018•28 min

The USA - The Melting Pot

Misha Glenny on the people came to America, and the people who were there first

Jun 04, 2018•31 min

The USA - The Borderlands

To invent a country you have to define a country. Misha Glenny on the borders of the USA.

Jun 04, 2018•33 min

The USA - It'll Never Work!

Misha Glenny on the invention of the most powerful country in the world

Jun 04, 2018•28 min

Germany - Germany Unified

Bismarck, Prussia ... and just how big will Germany be? Produced by Miles Warde

Jun 04, 2018•28 min

Germany - The Rise of Prussia

Misha Glenny on how a sandy backwater called Prussia began to change the shape and size of Germany

May 29, 2018•29 min

Germany - A Hotly Contested Piece of Real Estate

Misha Glenny presents a new history of Germany before the Nazis and two world wars, when this region was the stomping ground for foreign invaders

May 29, 2018•30 min

Welcome to How to Invent a Country

When did countries become countries? Misha Glenny on the borders, the stories and the people of countries worldwide.

May 24, 2018•1 min

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