Podcast Episodes

The Mafia Bar Riot That Sparked Gay Pride and the LGBTQ+ Movement

28 June 1969 was a regular Saturday night at the Stonewall Inn. Until it wasn’t. 

“The bar lights blinked on and off. I'd never seen that happen befor…

1 year, 1 month ago

Coney Island’s Miracle Babies and the Fake Doctor That Saved Them

If you had a premature baby in America in the 1900s, chances were they would not survive. That is, until Martin Couney came along...

In a bizarre attr…

1 year, 2 months ago

The Wrong Turn That Started a World War

It's the event that's seen as the trigger for World War One, but it didn't happen quite the way the history books let on... 

Australian author Paul Ha…

1 year, 2 months ago

PRESENTS – The Case Of

It's the trial everyone in Darwin is talking about. In February 2022, a helicopter on a crocodile egg collection mission crashed in remote Arnhem Lan…

1 year, 2 months ago

From War to Wardrobe: The Epic Saga of the High Heel

When you picture someone wearing high heels, what do you imagine? I'm guessing it's not horseriding archers on a Persian battlefield... 

But it turns …

1 year, 2 months ago

Radium Girls: The Glow in the Dark Women Who Changed Everything

It was the most glamorous job girls could get during WW1... until it turned fatal. 

In an emotional episode of No One Saw It Coming, author Kate Moore…

1 year, 2 months ago

Workers. Wages. Revolution: The True Story of the Tolpuddle Martyrs

Today trade unions are an integral part of the political landscape, at least in countries like Australia, the United Kingdom and Canada. But this has…

1 year, 2 months ago

Creepy Guy Meets Recording Device: The True Origins of Reality TV

If you thought reality TV began in the ‘90s or early 2000s with MTV’s The Real World or Big Brother, think again… 

According to Pulitzer-Prize winning…

1 year, 3 months ago

Richard Fidler: The Volcano That Toppled Two Empires

What does a volcano in Iceland have to do with the religious and political struggles going on across the world today? Well it turns out, a LOT… 

Back …

1 year, 3 months ago

Treadmills Were Made for Torture

What if the reason being on a treadmill feels like such a punishment is actually by design!?

Back in the 1800’s the British Empire started installing …

1 year, 3 months ago