When did countries become countries? Misha Glenny on the borders, the stories and the people of countries worldwide.
Misha Glenny and Miles Warde head east to find out what is China and where it came from?
A bonus episode with Hannah Lucinda Smith, Christopher de Bellaigue and Misha Glenny
Ep 3 - How the republic of Turkey emerged from the ruins of World War One
EP 2 - The Invention of Turkey and slow decline of the empire from the siege of Vienna
Ep1 - Istanbul and Mehmet the Conqueror. Misha Glenny on the birth of the Ottoman empire
Ep 4 - The Invention of Russia, presented by Misha Glenny and produced by Miles Warde
Ep 3 - The Invention of Russia and Catherine the Great, presented by Misha Glenny
Ep 2 - The Invention of Russia and the expansion east to Siberia, west into Ukraine
Ep 1 The Invention of Russia ... told from a time when it was still very small
Ep 3 - Poland reborn and invaded again. Misha Glenny presents, Miles Warde holds the mic.
EP 2 - Misha Glenny on Poland's 123 year absence from the map, produced by Miles Warde
Ep 1 - how Europe's largest state was sliced and diced by Russia, Prussia and Austria.
Ep3 Norway and fish, followed by oil
The Swedish Baltic Empire ... why it's not all Abba and social democracy with the Swedes
Ep 1 "Danes talk about Swedes all the time. Swedes don't talk about Danes so much."
"The thing about the border - we've lived it. It doesn't feel like history to us."
Dr Joan Redmond talks to Misha Glenny about Ireland, England and the early seeds of war
Fintan O'Toole talks to Misha Glenny about Catholics, Protestants, and Top of the Pops
Scotland, England, Ireland, Wales - why all these borders, and what do they mean?
Insecurity - from Dover to Dublin, presented by Misha Glenny and produced by Miles Warde
Anglocentrism .... or why Britons Never Will Be Slaves
What is Britain? Who are the Scots, the Welsh, the Irish, the English?
Are we Italian or not? With Leoluca Orlando, Lucy Riall, Tim Parks, Lucy Hughes-Hallett.
Back to Italy with guerrilla numero uno
Misha Glenny on the early alpine visitors who were either very ill, or very rich.
The Invention of France #1