The podcast episodes discuss the formation of the United Nations as a successor to the failed League of Nations, with the lessons learned from the League's inability to prevent the outbreak of World War II.

The first episode 'The Formation of the United Nations' covers how the Allied powers, after the failure of the League of Nations, created the new organization of the United Nations to maintain global peace and security.

The second episode 'Peacemaking in Paris: The Treaty of Versailles' discusses how President Woodrow Wilson's proposal for the League of Nations was incorporated into the Treaty of Versailles, despite objections from France.