Origin Story Live

Origin Story Live

Presented by Podmasters.

The political words that shape the world

Origin Story is back onstage in 2026! Join us for a live edition of hit podcast that digs deep into the political concepts that are used, abused, cited and misrepresented every day.

Presenters Dorian Lynskey (The Guardian, Everything Must Go: The Stories We Tell About the End of the World, The Ministry of Truth) and Ian Dunt (the I paper, How Westminster Works and Why It Doesn’t, How To Be A Liberal) will dismantle the hidden, fascinating truth behind key political ideas. They’ll set out how they’re misunderstood and caricatured. They’ll explain how the philosophies of the past shape today. And of course there’s time for audience questions at the end.

It’s the biggest Origin Show live event yet, in the very neighbourhood where Marx and Engels themselves used to large it up after a few socialist shandies. Don’t miss it.