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Jul 20, 2021 • 30min
Those Bloody Vegos - a short history of vegetarianism in Australia
Early in 2020, a vegetarian version of the iconic Four’N Twenty meat pie hit service stations around the country. For lifelong vego Carly Godden, this re-imagining of an Aussie classic was a sign - vegetarianism had finally gone mainstream.

Jul 13, 2021 • 29min
Escape from Greece 1941
One soldier's incredible World War II escape story through southern Europe. Why haven't Australian's heard more about the heroic ANZAC campaign in Greece?ON the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Tempe Gorge, the story is revealed.

Jul 6, 2021 • 31min
Yarramundi and the people of Dyarubbin
Dyarubbin, the mighty Hawkesbury River, winds its way along the foot of the Blue Mountains, around the north western rim of Sydney’s Cumberland Plain. Settlement along the river, like much of Australia’s history, has been told from a colonial perspective. We hear from Darug knowledge holders about their long and enduring relationship with this country, and the river they know as Dyarubbin

Jun 29, 2021 • 29min
How hypnosis brought the CIA to Australia
Martin Orne was one of the leading psychologists of the 20th century, his specialty was the science of hypnosis. In the 1960s, his scientific method brought him to the University of Sydney, and it's world respected psychology faculty. Unbeknownst to his Australian researchers, however, Professor Orne was being secretly funded by the CIA, in their Cold War quest to control the human mind.

Jun 22, 2021 • 29min
An Object in Time - The Whip
The whip played a central role in the development of Australia. What can it tell us about our society today?

Jun 15, 2021 • 29min
An Object in Time - The Ginger Beer
The refreshing beverage that revolutionised the law.

Jun 8, 2021 • 29min
An Object in Time - The Envelope
An envelope is a humdrum communications device – except when it’s full of misinformation, tucked into the pocket of a dead man, and dropped by a submarine off the coast of wartime Spain.

Jun 1, 2021 • 29min
An Object in Time - The Cup of Tea
The story of how the humble cup of tea came to represent a ruthless British Empire.

May 25, 2021 • 29min
An Object in Time - The Ticker Tape
How did one long, skinny strip of paper plunge the world into the worst global economic downturn history had ever seen?

May 18, 2021 • 29min
An Object in Time - The Train Carriage
The story of the train carriage which propelled the globe from WWI, straight into WWII.