David Hunt chats with film buff Michael Adams to shine a spotlight on the world’s first feature film, ‘The Story Of The Kelly Gang’, and discuss Australia’s prolific feature-filmmaking head-start on the world; an advantage that was lost all too

Airborne | Ep 7

Aug 5th, 2019 27m 50s

Curators Anni Turbull and Nina Earl chat with Anja Taylor as they reveal rare insights and treasures from aviation hero, Lawrence Hargrave’s, personal collection at the Powerhouse Museum. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out informat

Food Preservation | Ep 6

Jul 29th, 2019 42m 20s

Matt Parkinson chats with co-host and historian David Hunt, and colonial gastronomer Jacqui Newling from Sydney Living Museums, to discover how European Australians fed themselves before refrigerators and freezers became household items. Matt a

Medicine | Ep 5

Jul 22nd, 2019 42m 35s

David Hunt and Gemma Smart dive into Australia’s psychiatric history that let up to John Cade’s discovery of the psychiatric properties of Lithium. Later David chats Australian medical mavericks with Dr Peter Hobbins. See acast.com/privacy fo

Farm Smart | Ep 4

Jul 15th, 2019 31m 55s

Sally Dominguez cruises through Australia’s car history with vintage Ute expert Robert Ryan before chatting with GM Australia’s Chief Designer Richard Ferlazzo about the past, present and future of car innovations in Australia. See acast.com/

Wartime | Ep 3

Jul 8th, 2019 32m 20s

Sally Dominguez shows off the custom-built replica of Worsfold’s Transporter to Dr Kerry Neal from the Australian War Memorial, while Sally learns more about Worsfold’s other inventions. Will Kerry accept the Transporter into the AWM’s collecti

Communication | Ep 2

Jul 1st, 2019 31m 54s

Anja Taylor talks tech history, invention and anthropology with Prof Genevieve Bell in light of Australia’s groundbreaking invention of WiFi. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Home Life | Ep 1

Jun 24th, 2019 28m 15s

Matt Parkinson talks patent history with attorney Will Hird as they unpack a little known court case involving one of our most recognized icons – the rotary clothes hoist. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.