You're Dead to Me
Greg Jenner with historians and comedians; facts checkable, narrative dense
54:42The Opium War Wasn't Fought for Opium, It Was Fought for Tea
Britain bought Chinese tea but had nothing to sell in return; China took only silver, and the world's silver was drained dry. What Britain finally picked up was Indian opium. The driver of that 1839 war was not opium — it was tea.
59:00Constantine Was Baptized on His Deathbed, and the Nicene Creed Was a Compromise
He was baptized only on his deathbed, by an Arian bishop; the Nicene Creed was a compromise on the Father and Son being of the same substance, not his declaration of faith.
58:01Twenty Years of the Sun Disk Alone: The Pharaoh Struck From History
For twenty years Akhenaten elevated the sun disk Aten above all other gods and moved his capital to a new city in the desert, trying to erase the old gods; after his death the religion was reversed, and both he and Nefertiti, who may have succeeded him, were struck from the lists of pharaohs.