Podcast: The Bunker – News without the nonsense (LS 56 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: From Caesar to JFK – How assassinations have shaped the worldPub date: 2025-08-06Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationFrom the assassination that sparked the First World War to the covert drone strikes of today, targeted killing has been used to shape history and shift the balance of power for generations. Today in The Bunker, Seth Thévoz is joined by Simon Ball, professor of international history and politics at the University of Leeds and author of Death to Order: A Modern History of Assassination, to explore the long, shadowy history of assassination as a political tool.
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Written and presented by Seth Thévoz. Producer: Liam Tait. Audio editors: Tom Taylor. Managing editor: Jacob Jarvis. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesThe podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Podmasters, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.

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