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What really happened at Pompeii?
You think you know Pompeii. A city wiped out. People frozen in time. A disaster that stopped time. But how much of that story is actually true?
Ancien…
2 months, 1 week ago
Titanic mistakes sunk a black empire
Marcus Garvey is known as a civil rights activist and leader of the Pan-Africanism movement. But there’s a part of his story you may not know about. …
2 months, 2 weeks ago
The prince, the liar, and the race to save cars
Imagine driving from Beijing, through the Gobi Desert, Mongolia, and across Russia into Europe. The roads are terrible, you don't have petrol station…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
The suit that sparked a riot
What do you get when you combine fashion, race and a world war?
From the jazz clubs and dance halls of the 1940s to an infamous city riot in Los Ange…
3 months ago
Richard Fidler: The lie that toppled a regime
A well-placed lie can bring down a whole government. Hard to believe, but in Prague in 1989 that’s exactly what happened.
In amongst a heaving student…
3 months, 1 week ago
Escaped the Nazis and lost by Australia
She stands tall with her head tilted towards you. She’s wearing an incredible gown made of the most beautiful fabric. This is a society woman living …
3 months, 2 weeks ago
The queen behind the witch hunts
In the late 1500s a man sails across the North Sea. He’s battered by wind and wave. The sea seems angry, almost furious at him. He thinks it must be …
3 months, 3 weeks ago
An 11-year-old sent us on a mission...
Getting a letter these days is pretty special, especially when it’s from an 11-year-old listener. Ellie wrote us a letter asking about the nursery rh…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
The secret Aussie plant that saved D-Day
D-Day was the biggest land and water invasion in history and would go on to be a huge turning point in WWII. And it all depended on a plant.
Specifica…
4 months ago
Grapefruits vs Apartheid
In a Dublin supermarket in 1984, a young woman makes a split-second decision.
She refuses to sell two grapefruits. Her job is on the line, and there’…
4 months, 1 week ago