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Step inside the lives, movements, and ideas that changed history.
From revolutionary thinkers like Marx, Freud, and Nietzsche to leaders like Lincoln, Lenin, and Mandela – History After Dark explores the figures who shaped the modern world. Our deeply researched documentaries also chart the great forces of modern history: capitalism, revolution, and the ideologies that still define our lives. Calmly narrated, carefully written, and made for anyone who wants to think a little deeper.
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