The shifting contours of this debate have often reflected not only academic interest, but political ones. Today we discuss the very controversial topic of the Bulgarian origins.  

The story of a nation is shaped by its land. So just what it meant to settle in the Balkans 1400 years ago?   Episode resources:

The story I’m about to tell is one of a people who arose out of obscurity to create an empire which challenged, and often defeated the Byzantines, created an educational revolution from utter obscurity, embraced forms of radical politics unheard of in most of Europe, managed to play Hitler like a pawn in the Second