The documentary series explores different political figures throughout history.
2021-07-09 · The documentary series explores different political figures throughout history.
S01 E01 · 2021-07-09 · 31 min
Interested in becoming a tyrant? There are rules, and the playbook for a rise to dictatorship starts with one of history's most brutal: Adolf Hitler.
S01 E02 · 2021-07-09 · 27 min
You've secured your place at the top, but maintaining power means watching your back. Nobody did that better or more ruthlessly than Saddam Hussein.
S01 E03 · 2021-07-09 · 28 min
When keeping your population under control, is it better to be loved or feared? Idi Amin certainly thought he knew the right answer to that question.
S01 E04 · 2021-07-09 · 27 min
Through public relations spin, revisionist history and censorship. Soviet autocrat Joseph Stalin found a certain flexibility with the truth useful.
S01 E05 · 2021-07-09 · 26 min
Free speech? Right to assembly? Rebel-turned-dictator Muammar Gaddafi realized that civil liberties had to go when reshaping society. But he got soft.
S01 E06 · 2021-07-09 · 30 min
Seizing power is hard, but keeping it is harder. In North Korea, the Kim dynasty unlocked the secret to ruling forever: They declared themselves gods.
Self - Narrator (voice)