Show Notes
When we talk about the Holocaust, most of us immediately think of death camps like Auschwitz or Dachau, chilling symbols of the Nazis’ “Final Solution”. But before they reached that level of industrialised brutality, the Nazis explored other ways to remove Jews from Europe. One plan, both absurd and terrifying, was to send all Jews to the distant island of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean.
How on earth did the Germans come up with that idea? What happened for the plan to take off in 1940? Why didn’t it happen then? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions!
To listen to the last episodes, you can click here:
Is it a good idea to sleep with my pet?
How can I stop micro-awakenings from disrupting my sleep?
Does sex help us to sleep better?
A Bababam Originals podcast written and realised by Joseph Chance.
First Broadcast: 24/9/2025 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
More from Do you really know?
Speculative science fiction really is a genre of its own. Some people love it, others find it pointless, but you can’t deny the mental gymnastics involved in imagining the future of our societies, especially when some of those predictions turn out to be right.
Seventy-four percent of 18 to 24-year-olds use AI every day, according to a February 2025 Ipsos study. No surprising really, chatbots now handle so much for us: emails, translations, studying, even creative projects. It almost makes you wonder how we ever managed before.
Have you ever really wanted to try something new, but avoided doing so because you were afraid of being judged?
For most 18-24 year olds, generative AI is already part of daily life. Research, emails, translations, summaries - AI is everywhere. Its possibilities feel endless, limited only by our imagination.
Sex can certainly make us work up a sweat; but is it enough to cancel out that burger and fries you got from McDonald’s at lunchtime?