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Fairlight CMI - the sound you've never heard of
The Australian instrument that shaped the sound of the 1980s and forever changed how popular music was made. At the start of the 1980s the Fairlight caught the eye of synthesiser pioneers likes…
Blood, prejudice and nursing
It's the 1980s, and the first devastating decade of the AIDS pandemic. A young student nurse tests positive for the virus. and this information ends up on the front page of his local newspaper. A…
The story of Sam Poo - Chinese bushranger?
It's 1865 in remote central west NSW. A police office is fatally shot by a man he believes is a Chinese bushranger. But all may not be as it seems. A bushranging tale with a twist
Finding Fanny Finch
What if the most remarkable of all your ancestors was the one left out of the family tree? Historian Kacey Sinclair and two of Fanny Finch’s direct descendants reconstruct the life and legacy of a…
The Roo Dog
The Kangaroo dog is unique to Australia. It's a mystery dog with a big story. Born in the early Sydney colony, this deerhound-greyhound mongrel dog was bred to hunt and kill kangaroos. The kangaroo…
02 | A succulent chinese meal
Where did Jack Karlson learn the lines he delivers in his famous viral video? This episode unravels the story of a prison playwright and his muse which led Jack to utter those now infamous words…
01 | A succulent chinese meal
Who is the man behind Australia's most iconic internet meme, who famously said “What is the charge? Eating a meal, a succulent Chinese meal? Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest"?
07| Boycott! | Rugby, Rebels and Reconciliation
In this extra episode Sisonke Msimang tells stories of First Nations Australians, Rugby and the fight to end Apartheid.When Aboriginal Rugby player Lloyd McDermott refused to declare himself an…
06 | Boycott! | Homecoming
After 27 years in prison, Nelson Mandela is free and the anti-apartheid movement is full of hope. But as apartheid legislation is repealed and South Africa starts transitioning to democracy, not…
05 | Boycott! | The streets are burning
The 1980s see South Africa spin out of control as defiance to apartheid and the regime’s crackdown builds. A cultural boycott of South Africa sees international musicians refuse to play there until…
04 | Boycott! | The Grapefruit Ladies
It's 1984, and in Dublin, Ireland, 21 year old shop assistant Mary Manning refuses to sell a South African grapefruit. Her action draws world attention to the campaign to hit Apartheid where it…
03 | Boycott! | Uprising
How South Africa won their freedom from the racist Apartheid regime and the Australians who helped them fight for it.A new leader emerges in South Africa, a young man with radical ideas. Steve Biko’s…
02 | Boycott! | Blood Sport
By the 1970s the anti-apartheid movement is growing around the world as protesters find ways to hit the South African government where it hurts most. In Australia, the action takes place in a very…
01 | Boycott! | Spear of the Nation
How South Africans won their freedom from the racist Apartheid regime and the Australians who helped them fight for it.It’s 1990 and Sisonke Msimang is glued to the TV, watching Nelson Mandela, the…
INTRODUCING: Boycott! The fight to end apartheid
How South Africans fought to win their freedom, and the Australians who helped them fight for it.It's 1990, and the world is watching as Nelson Mandela walks free from his prison cell after 27…
The Drug Grannies | Too Old to Run | 02
In the summer of 1978, Australian narcotics agents intercepted a campervan being unloaded on the Melbourne docks. What they discovered inside the van turned out to be the largest haul of an illicit…
The Drug Grannies | Too Old to Run | 01
In the summer of 1978, narcotics agents discovered the largest ever haul of illicit drugs to land in Australia, stashed inside a campervan belonging to two elderly American women tourists. But were…
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PRESENTS — The Challenger Legacy
Forty years ago this January, the Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrated on its way into orbit. All seven astronauts on board were killed.In the days after the tragedy, the world wanted answers. What…
01 | A Grave Matter
The man who stole the atomic bomb. And why he did it. Klaus Fuchs was a talented scientist - but he was also a Soviet spy. He worked on the British American atomic bomb project, whilst handing…
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