Hindsight

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Hindsight Season 5: The Football Edition Nov 13, 2022

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Diego Maradona, Lev Yashin, Lily Parr, Ferenc Puskás, Garrincha and Andrés Escobar.
There's more to their lives than just football.

What do they have to say in season 5 of Hindsight?

Actor Charles Dance narrates.

We begin with Argentina's Diego Maradona on November 15.

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Rosa Parks: The Spark of the US Civil Rights Movement Nov 08, 2022

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Rosa Parks is known to most as the woman who took a stand by sitting down. In the collective memory, her legacy is confined to that one day, but in hindsight, refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus was neither her first nor her last fight for social justice.

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Sani Abacha: Nigeria’s Most Corrupt Ruler Oct 25, 2022

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Sani Abacha is often referred to as the worst and most corrupt ruler in modern Nigerian history. He established a reputation as someone who was good at planning coups. A kingmaker of sorts. But none was more successful, and subsequently destructive, as his own takeover for power.

In hindsight, how did no one see it coming?

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Ulrike Meinhof: German ‘terrorist’ or Post-War Victim? Oct 11, 2022

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Ulrike Meinhof - one half of the infamous Baader-Meinhof gang that robbed, bombed, kidnapped and killed their way across Germany in the early 1970s. In hindsight, was she a deranged terrorist who took her own life to evade justice, or a misunderstood victim of a tumultuous, mid-20th century Europe?

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Pol Pot: The making of Cambodia’s Brother #1 Sep 27, 2022

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In the West, Pol Pot is synonymous with Cambodia’s infamous “Khmer Rouge”. One of the most brutal dictatorships of the 20th Century. In hindsight, was this a case of one man’s bloodthirsty hunger for power, or the unravelling of a mission for an agrarian utopia?

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Augusto Pinochet: The Triumph of Mediocrity Sep 13, 2022

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Augusto Pinochet ruled Chile for 17 years after a coup in 1973. Many who knew him in the years before considered him unremarkable. In hindsight, Pinochet was an accomplished opportunist who seized absolute power, then bullied his way into keeping it.

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Catherine the Great: An enlightened despot? Aug 30, 2022

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Strong, determined, cultured and desperate for true love. Catherine the Great was Russia's longest ruling female leader. She was also its last. In hindsight, her rise to power was no accident.

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Hindsight Season 4 Aug 23, 2022

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Catherine the Great, Augusto Pinochet, Ulrike Meinhof, Pol Pot, Sani Abacha and Rosa Parks. What do they have to say in season 4 of Hindsight?
Actor Charles Dance narrates.
We begin with Catherine the Great on August 30.

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Marie Curie: The Mother of Radioactivity Feb 22, 2022

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Polonium for Poland and Radium for the rays. Marie Curie was a Pole and scientist through and through. But as a woman in the early 20th century, her contributions in discovering two elements nearly went unknown.

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Iva Toguri: US Patriot or Traitor? Feb 15, 2022

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Tokyo Rose became a household name in post-World War II United States. But the woman behind the nickname would spend her entire adult life distancing herself from the legend. Iva Toguri, an American of Japanese heritage was caught between two warring worlds and ultimately convicted of treason.

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