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The History Listen

New and compelling stories from Australia and around the world, told by some of our most popular and trusted historians. Step inside a time machine for an immersive journey through history, where stor... Read more

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Friends and foes: Australians in East Germany

Friends and foes: Australians in East Germany

A Cold War tale of spies, diplomacy and secret police, from Indigenous communities in the Top End to the opera houses of... Read more

11 Feb 2020

28mins

Ranked #2

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Dreams of New Mexico - in the footprints of Georgia O’Keeffe

Dreams of New Mexico - in the footprints of Georgia O’Keeffe

American artist Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986) is an icon, much loved today for her un-conformist spirit and beauty, as mu... Read more

3 Dec 2019

30mins

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The Bomb Lobby

The Bomb Lobby

In the late 1960s, at the height of the Cold War, Australia made a brief but audacious bid to enter the nuclear arms r... Read more

29 Oct 2019

28mins

Ranked #4

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Two stories that weave together war, food and the power of memory

Two stories that weave together war, food and the power of memory

During War time food shortages and rationing preoccupied most people, but the hunger suffered by prisoners was on a whol... Read more

5 Nov 2019

28mins

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Waterloo Bay: that word "massacre"

Waterloo Bay: that word "massacre"

What happens when a small town puts the word "massacre" on an historical monument?

28 May 2019

30mins

Ranked #6

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Mother danced with Göring

Mother danced with Göring

A glimpse into the 1930's and 40's through the fragments that remain of one woman's story – socialite, swordswoman, actr... Read more

14 Jan 2020

28mins

Ranked #7

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Through Samurai Eyes: solving the mystery surrounding one of Australia's great convict escape stories

Through Samurai Eyes: solving the mystery surrounding one of Australia's great convict escape stories

When amateur historian Nick Russell stumbled across a set of very old Japanese manuscripts, he unearthed a dramatic tale... Read more

10 Sep 2019

28mins

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The War We Forgot

The War We Forgot

How does a nation forget a wartime catastrophe? When Japan invaded Australian territory in January 1942, hundreds of civ... Read more

18 Jun 2019

28mins

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Escape from Iran

Escape from Iran

Shortly after the 1979 Iranian Revolution, a young Bahai mother was smuggled out of the country on camelback with her ba... Read more

24 Dec 2019

28mins

Ranked #10

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Port Essington, World's End

Port Essington, World's End

Dubbed “World’s End” by its inhabitants, Port Essington in western Arnhem Land was the third failed attempt by the Briti... Read more

19 Nov 2019

28mins

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The great air race

The great air race

The amazing story of the 1919 pioneering air race from England to Australia.

12 Nov 2019

28mins

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Tales from the Nuyts Archipelago

Tales from the Nuyts Archipelago

In these remote islands we uncover a history of whalers, abducted Aboriginal women, and a mysterious human skeleton foun... Read more

20 Aug 2019

32mins

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The surprising story of Wong Shee Ping

The surprising story of Wong Shee Ping

The discovery of the first Chinese story written in Australia gives a fascinating and new insight into the early Chinese... Read more

11 Jun 2019

28mins

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Narjong means fresh water

Narjong means fresh water

Aboriginal people from the Murray-Darling Basin’s waterways come together to raise awareness and speak up for their coun... Read more

13 Aug 2019

28mins

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Escape from Iran

Escape from Iran

Shortly after the 1979 Iranian Revolution, a young Bahai mother was smuggled out of the country on camelback with her ba... Read more

21 May 2019

28mins

Ranked #16

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The brazen women of silent film

The brazen women of silent film

The lives of women at the turn of the 20th century were bound by strict social conventions and rules. These Australian s... Read more

26 Nov 2019

37mins

Ranked #17

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Secrets of the Mallacoota Bunker

Secrets of the Mallacoota Bunker

An idyllic town with a hidden surveillance bunker and a secret past. A ruined RAAF base comes to life to tell its story.

27 Aug 2019

28mins

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The blue man was black: Hans Jonathan's slave saga

The blue man was black: Hans Jonathan's slave saga

In the early 1800s, on the remote East coast of Iceland in a small fishing village, a young man stepped ashore. He was e... Read more

25 Jun 2019

28mins

Ranked #19

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Dissent and disillusionment: Australians in East Germany

Dissent and disillusionment: Australians in East Germany

In part 2, we trace the growing discontent in East Germany in the 1980s. An Indigenous Australian rock band tours East G... Read more

18 Feb 2020

29mins

Ranked #20

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Something in the water — the bitter struggle over fluoride in Australia

Something in the water — the bitter struggle over fluoride in Australia

Anonymous threats in the mail and a homemade bomb. International networks of misinformation. A young girl with the gift ... Read more

23 Jul 2019

28mins

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