Series · Documentary
Is It True That...? (2025)Season 2
★ 5.0 · 1 votes2 seasons · 63 episodesDocumentary2025
A New Way of Demystifying History
Did democracy actually originate in Greece? Was the plague the worst epidemic of all time? And did we really work harder in the past than we do today? Is it true that ...? questions what we think we know and takes another look at history.
- Writers
- Jakob Schmidt, Jannis Funk
- Network
- arte.tv
- Country
- Germany
- Language
- German
- First aired
- June 18, 2025
- Status
- Returning
- Original title
- Stimmt es, dass ...?
Episodes
0/34 watched- Episode 1: ...The principle of "an eye for an eye" used to apply?23 min · Jan 7, 2026
- Episode 2: ...Raw materials really make countries richer?22 min · Jan 14, 2026
- Episode 3: ...Witch hunts began as early as the Middle Ages?25 min · Jan 21, 2026
- Episode 4: ...Only silk was transported on the Silk Road?24 min · Feb 18, 2026
- Episode 5: ...The Past Was Less Violent?21 min · Feb 25, 2026
- Episode 6: ...There was less paperwork in the past?20 min · Mar 4, 2026
- Episode 7: ...Slavery was abolished for moral reasons?25 min · Mar 11, 2026
- Episode 8: ...Global trade does make us richer?24 min · Mar 18, 2026
- Episode 9: ...The dog has always been man's best friend?24 min · Mar 25, 2026
- Episode 10: ...humans have always experienced intoxication?25 min · Apr 1, 2026
- Episode 11: ...Columbus was the first to cross an ocean?24 min · Apr 8, 2026
- Episode 12: ...dirndls and lederhosen are quintessentially Bavarian?24 min · Apr 15, 2026
- Episode 13: ...all African countries were European colonies?25 min · Apr 22, 2026
- Episode 14: ...there is no progress without war?26 min · Apr 29, 2026
- Episode 15: ...the modern age began with the printing press?22 min · May 6, 2026
- Episode 16: ...tourism was invented thanks to the railway?21 min · May 13, 2026
- Episode 17: ...The Gap Between Rich and Poor Has Never Been Bigger?23 min · May 20, 2026
- Episode 18: ...we have always been addicted to sugar?26 min · May 27, 2026
- Episode 19: ...the super-rich have made the world a better place?26 min · Jun 3, 2026
- Episode 20: ...we have always enjoyed gaming?23 min · Jun 10, 2026
- Episode 21: Have secret messages changed history?25 min · Jun 17, 2026
- Episode 22: Do true geniuses exist?25 min · Jun 24, 2026
- Episode 23: Did People Have Drinking Water in the Past?23 min · Jul 17, 2026
- Episode 24: Why Did Monogamy Become the Norm?24 min · Aug 5, 2026
- Episode 25: ...There Was More Free Speech in the Past?26 min · Aug 12, 2026
- Episode 26: ...In the Past Surnames Did Not Exist?24 min · Aug 19, 2026
- Episode 27: ... In The Past We Were Never Alone?26 min · Aug 26, 2026
- Episode 28: Is Life Really Getting Faster?26 min · Sep 2, 2026
- Episode 29: Was the Future Once Brighter?25 min · Sep 9, 2026
- Episode 30: Did Sigmund Freud invent psychotherapy?21 min · Sep 16, 2026
- Episode 31: Were we all cavemen?25 min · Sep 23, 2026
- Episode 32: Did killing tyrants make the world better?23 min · Sep 30, 2026
- Episode 33: Did Islam spread through conquest?26 min · Oct 7, 2026
- Episode 34: Have we ever been this exhausted?23 min · Oct 14, 2026
