Origin Story

The trans rights debate is the first civil rights debate to play out on social media. We’re not convinced this is a good idea. J.K. Rowling part one is out now ➡️ linktr.ee/originstoryp... @iandunt.bsky.social | @dorianlynskey.bsky.social

European Union was a way of replacing Nazism. It is one of the most ambitious projects in the history of man. Listen to @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social tell its story in episode 1 now! linktr.ee/originstoryp...

Stephen Miller is the advisor behind many of Trump's most divisive policies. For @dorianlynskey.bsky.social and @iandunt.bsky.social finding out more about him is like discovering a Moriarty figure. Listen / watch the full episode ⬇️ linktr.ee/originstoryp...

Dana-nana-nana-nana-GLASMAN! @dorianlynskey.bsky.social describes how Maurice Glasman, the driving force behind Blue Labour thinks of himself as a 'Dark Knight' character. A Labour Batman, if you will. @iandunt.bsky.social won't. Listen to the episode on Blue Labour ➡️ linktr.ee/originstoryp...

People have been obsessed with Morgan McSweeney McSweeney had been a shadowy and mysterious figure at No.10. Listen to @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social's episode on Blue Labour - a movement that McSweeney has been linked to. 🎧 linktr.ee/originstoryp...

The Terminator ruined people’s confidence in communism When VHS tapes arrived in Russia in the 1980s, the difference in material circumstances between America and Russia was laid bare by a homicidal cyborg. Listen to the full episode on the fall of the USSR now ⬇️ linktr.ee/originstoryp...

Populism's mystery expressed in a line. Boris Yeltsin could do no wrong in the eyes of his supporters and it baffled Mikhail Gorbachev. Listen to @dorianlynskey.bsky.social and @iandunt.bsky.social's episode on the fall of the USSR now ⬇ linktr.ee/originstoryp... #communism #politics #populism

The leaders of Cuba during the 1960s, including Che Guevara, did not shy away from the possibility of nuclear war. Listen to @dorianlynskey.bsky.social and @iandunt.bsky.social's episode on Che here ➡️ linktr.ee/originstoryp...

@dorianlynskey.bsky.social & @iandunt.bsky.social discuss how the biggest left wing organisation in decades, The SDS destroyed itself at its final convention in Chicago on June 1969. Listen to the full discussion 👉 linktr.ee/originstoryp... #newleft #leftist #podcasts #originstory #politics #thesds

Why do some dictatorships fall? @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social discuss in the latest episode of Origin Story: The New Left – Part Two – Children of the Revolution 👉 linktr.ee/originstoryp... #originstory #gramsci #politics #podcast #history #thenewleft

Is Herbert Marcuse the OG Jordan Peterson?! @iandunt.bsky.social & @dorianlynskey.bsky.social discuss 👉 linktr.ee/originstoryp...

Nikita Khrushchev’s speech changed Socialism @iandunt.bsky.social & @dorianlynskey.bsky.social discuss 👉 linktr.ee/originstoryp... #socialism #khrushchev #politics

In this clip from Origin Story Live, @iandunt.bsky.social discusses the problems he has with Zack Polanski's stated aim to reclaim populism for the left. Tickets are now on sale for the next Origin Story Live show - April 15th 2026 at the Bloomsbury Theatre 👉 www.ucl.ac.uk/bloomsbury-t... #Polanski

Tony Blair's strange relationship with socialism. @iandunt.bsky.social & @dorianlynskey.bsky.social discuss New Labour’s reluctance to align itself with the idea of socialism. Full discussion here 👉 linktr.ee/originstoryp... #labour #tonyblair #originstory #ukpolitics #podcast

WWII was the best thing to happen to Labour. @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social discuss in the latest episode. Full discussion here 👉 linktr.ee/originstoryp... #originstory #labourparty #ww2

@dorianlynskey.bsky.social highlights that Clement Attlee was compared to a menagerie of animals during his term as a Labour Party leader... Churchill referred to him as 'a terrier who won't let go." Full discussion here 👉 linktr.ee/originstoryp... #originstory #labourparty #clementattlee

Labour are obsessed with the name James 🤣 @dorianlynskey.bsky.social points out to @iandunt.bsky.social that Four Labour Party leaders were called James... Full episode here 👉 linktr.ee/originstoryp... #labour #ukpolitics #originstory

@dorianlynskey.bsky.social and @iandunt.bsky.social discuss Oswald Mosley's wild journey from Tory to Labour maverick to fascist. Full discussion here 👉 linktr.ee/originstoryp... #labourparty #originstory #ukpolitics

Stalin always favoured terror. @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social discuss how Stalin's personality informed his horrific political policies. Full discussion here 👉 linktr.ee/originstoryp... #socialism #communism #originstory

'Liquidation of humans?!' @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social read Sidney and Beatrice Webb's, and George Bernard Shaw's truly bizarre praises of Stalin. Full episode here 👉 linktr.ee/originstoryp... #originstory #socialism #communism

@dorianlynskey.bsky.social discusses the dominant form of Marxism in the 20th Century. Full discussion 👉 linktr.ee/originstoryp... #marxism #originstory #podcast

ORIGIN STORY LIVE! Come and see @iandunt.bsky.social & @dorianlynskey.bsky.social live at The Tabernacle, West London, Thur Nov 13. Few tickets left. Get them here 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/origin-sto... #originstory #podcast #live

'People suffered because of Lenin!' Lenin was responsible for heinous crimes against humanity – @iandunt.bsky.social calls out revisionist supporters. Full episode 👉 linktr.ee/originstoryp... See Origin Story live at The Tabernacle, West London, Thur Nov 13 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/origin-sto...

Lenin believed famine was a political opportunity. @dorianlynskey.bsky.social is shocked by Lenin's statement about famine being a political opportunity 👉 linktr.ee/originstoryp... Come and see Origin Story live at The Tabernacle, West London, Thur Nov 13 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/origin-sto...

ORIGIN STORY LIVE! Come and see @iandunt.bsky.social & @dorianlynskey.bsky.social live at The Tabernacle, West London, Thur Nov 13. Tickets selling FAST 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/origin-sto... #originstory #podcast #live

'The first moment of hope for Russia is crushed by communists.' @iandunt.bsky.social talks about how Russia had two great moments of hope in the 20th Century. Full episode here 👉 linktr.ee/originstoryp... #originstory #marx #communism

"Lenin’s speeches had the cold glitter of steel shavings." @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social discuss how Maxim Gorky had a beautiful way of writing about Lenin. Listen to the full episode now 👉 linktr.ee/originstoryp... #lenin #socialism #podcast #originstory

Fascism was like: "We're gonna do some evil s**t!" @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social discuss fascism, marxism and the denial of communism. Listen to the full episode here 👉 linktr.ee/originstoryp... #socialism #marx #marxism #podcast #originstory

Karl Marx couldn't deliver his final kill shot on capitalism. @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social discuss how Marx could never deliver his kill shot on the collapse of capitalism. Full episode here 👉 linktr.ee/originstoryp... #marx #marxism #karlmarx

The conspiracy theory that grabbed Karl Marx. @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social discuss how Marx went down a loophole with a very specific Russian spy conspiracy. Full episode here 👉 linktr.ee/originstoryp... #marx #karlmarx #originstory

@iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social read Karl Marx's hilarious self evaluation 🤣 "A machine condemned to devour books and throw them in a changed form on the dunghill of history." Listen to the full episode here 👉 linktr.ee/originstoryp... #marx #karlmarx #funny #originstory

'Marx believed the world was f****d up.' “This society produces religion, an upside down consciousness of the world because the world itself is upside down.” Listen to @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social discuss Marx is the latest episode of Origin Story 👉 linktr.ee/originstoryp...

‘Karl Marx is a messy b**ch.’ @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social discuss Karl Marx’s messy b**chery. Full episode here 👉 linktr.ee/originstoryp...

Karl Marx would have been a menace on social media 🤣 Marx would have been chronically online and leading the worst pile-ons. #marx #karlmarx #funny #originstory

“Nobody explains capitalism better than Marx.” @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social discuss how Karl Marx's ideas stayed relevant even after the fall of the Soviet Union. #originstory #politics #podcast #marx

ICE detention centres have a systemic problem with sexual abuse. #originstory #politics #podcast

What does socialism mean? @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social discuss the meaning of socialism in the latest episode of Origin Story 👉 youtu.be/RHPiU4dsZhc

“A better world is possible. How do you get there? And how does it get warped along the way? Is a massive part of the story.”
 @dorianlynskey.bsky.social and @iandunt.bsky.social discuss the essence of socialism in our latest season. Listen now 👉 linktr.ee/originstoryp...

Don't miss @dorianlynskey.bsky.social and @iandunt.bsky.social's look at Enoch Powell's poisonous 'Rivers of Blood' speech. It lives on in the collective memory and colours debate about immigration today. Listen / watch ➡️ linktr.ee/originstoryp...