Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchChile's 'Penguin Revolution'
In 2006, hundreds of thousands of school children in Chile took over their schools and marched in the streets, in a protest about inequality in educa…
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The liberation of Auschwitz
On 27 January 1945, prisoners at the Nazis’ largest death camp were freed by the Soviet Union’s Red Army.
General Vasily Petrenko commanded one of the…
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John Logie Baird invents television
On 26 January 1926, John Logie Baird first demonstrated his 'televisor' in public. It was the prototype for television.
Many people couldn't believe …
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Agatha Christie: best-selling novelist of all time
On 12 January 1976, author Agatha Christie died peacefully, aged 85.
She created the detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple.
By the time of her deat…
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The Challenger space shuttle tragedy
On 28 January 1986, a space shuttle launch went wrong.
Six astronauts and a teacher, Christa McAuliffe, were killed.
In 1984, US President Ronald Reaga…
5 months, 1 week ago
Operation Mincemeat
In the early hours of 30 April, 1943, the most audacious hoax of World War Two has just got underway. Its code-name - Operation Mincemeat.
The body of…
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The Irish priest who built an airport
In May 1986, a new airport opened in Knock in the west of Ireland. It was the dream of an Irish priest, Monsignor James Horan, who raised millions to…
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Exiled Ayatollah Khomeini returns to Iran
In February 1979, after the Shah left Iran, religious leader Ayatollah Khomeini flew back to Tehran from Paris.
He had been in exile and was greeted b…
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Weekend listening: The History Bureau
If journalism is the first draft of history, what happens if that draft turns out to be flawed? The History Bureau revisits the defining stories of o…
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Afghan Star
In 2005, a new show was launched on television in Afghanistan to find new musical talent – it was called Afghan Star and was inspired by formats like…
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