Podcast Episodes

Marikana Massacre

On 16 August 2012, police shot dead 34 striking miners at a platinum mine in Marikana, South Africa.

It was one of the bloodiest police operations si…

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India's onion election

In January 1980, Indira Gandhi's Congress (I) party was voted into power in India.

Before the election, inflation meant that onions were unaffordable…

3 years, 6 months ago

The 'Nixon Shock' and the end of the Gold Standard

In 1971, inflation was a huge problem in the USA so the President, Richard Nixon, made one of the most drastic moves in economic history: abandoning …

3 years, 6 months ago

The Gay Games

It has been 40 years since the first ever Gay Games were held in San Francisco. Attracting a large crowd and featuring more than 1,000 athletes from …

3 years, 6 months ago

Hundreds die in Darayya

Ten years ago, Syrian government soldiers surrounded Darayya, a suburb of Damascus, bombing buildings and searching for people opposed to President A…

3 years, 6 months ago

Bulgaria's cash crisis

In 1997, Bulgaria was in financial meltdown with hyperinflation making money in the country worth a lot less. Bulgaria had emerged out of communism f…

3 years, 6 months ago

The Bard of Bengal

In August 1941, one of the greatest poets India has ever produced died.

Known as the "Bard of Bengal", Rabindranath Tagore was the first non-European…

3 years, 6 months ago

The death of Jawaharlal Nehru

In May 1964 India's first prime minister and the man who led India to independence, Jawaharlal Nehru, died.

On the 50th anniversary of his death in 2…

3 years, 6 months ago

The last Viceroy of India

The daughter of the last British Viceroy in India, Lord Mountbatten, remembers the transfer of power in 1947. Lady Pamela Hicks accompanied her fathe…

3 years, 6 months ago

India's Partition - Part Two

The partition of India led to millions of Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs fleeing their homes during horrific religious violence. This is the second of two…

3 years, 6 months ago