Podcast Episodes

The opening of the Medellin Metro

When the Medellin Metro opened in 1995, the Colombian city had recently been called the “murder capital of the world” due to the high homicide rate caused by Pablo Escobar’s drug wars.

The network h…

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The funeral train for Robert Kennedy

In June 1968, Senator Robert Kennedy was killed during his campaign for the American presidency.

There was nationwide mourning with huge crowds lining the tracks for his funeral train, as it travelled…

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The Czech Freedom Train

On 11 September 1951, the 9.55am train from Prague to Aš, in Communist Czechoslovakia was hijacked and driven to freedom in West Germany.

One hundred and eleven people were on board and 34 of them ne…

Published on 6 months ago

The Gratitude Train: France thanks America

In 1949, the Gratitude Train arrived in the United States, made up of 49 wagons filled with thousands of gifts from France.

The convoy was a thank-you to American families who’d sent food and supplies…

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Making Jaws

It’s 50 years since the original Jaws film was released in cinemas across America. The movie premiered on 20 June 1975.

Directed by a young Steven Spielberg, who was relatively unknown at the time, i…

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The signing of the Treaty of Versailles

On 28 June 1919, in the Palace of Versailles in Paris the signing of the Treaty of Versailles took place.

It was a peace agreement that marked the end of World War One.

The terms of the treaty punish…

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Civil rights swim-in

On 18 June 1964, black and white protesters jumped into a ‘whites only’ swimming pool at a motel in St Augustine, in Florida.

Photos of the Monson Motor Lodge manager, James Brock, pouring cleaning ac…

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Charleston church shooting

On 17 June 2015, white supremacist Dylann Roof attended a bible group at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, in the United States. As it was ending, the 21-year-…

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

'Tripperburgen' the sexual health clinics that detained women

After the Second World War, in what was then East Germany, or the German Democratic Republic (GDR), tens of thousands of women and girls were forcibly detained and abused in sexual health clinics.

In…

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The Schengen Agreement

On 14 June 1985, five politicians met on a boat in the town of Schengen, in Luxembourg, to sign an agreement to get rid of border checks between their countries: Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg,…

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago