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A weekly History, Society and Culture podcast featuring Veronica Milsom

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A weekly History, Society and Culture podcast featuring Veronica Milsom
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Dec 15th, 2024
Australia is a wild continent with some of the most intense weather on the planet. From massive bushfires to severe cyclones and devastating flooding; extreme weather is becoming part of our everyday lives. How do we take what we’ve learned from our past to better prepare and adapt for our future?
Oct 7th, 2024
On a scratchy recording made in a Melbourne hotel room, a man admits to committing murder. But as journalist Alicia Bridges investigates the man on the tape known as Mr Big, she finds herself in a world of lies and subterfuge, where very few things are as they seem. The recording leads her deep inside an international...
Mar 21st, 2024
Follow the case involving accused triple murderer, Erin Patterson, and an allegedly poisonous mushroom lunch. Once the proceedings begin, the Mushroom Case Daily podcast will bring you all the key updates from court. If and when the case proceeds to a full trial, we'll cover it daily.Press 'Follow' on Mushroom Case Da...
Dec 15th, 2023
While you’re waiting for another season of Dig, here’s Episode 1 of another great ABC podcast, ‘Expanse – From the Dead’.When a ship called the Blythe Star disappeared without a trace in 1973, it kicked off the largest sea and air search Australia had ever seen.
Oct 24th, 2023
2023 has been the breakout year of artificial intelligence. After decades of investment and improvement, the technology suddenly went mainstream. For many, it was as though a miraculous machine was plonked in our midst.But AI didn't come from nowhere. And it hasn't been a smooth and simple process. It's been a story ...
Jun 21st, 2023
Unravel presents the new BBC Studios series, Believe in Magic. This series tells the story of 16-year-old Megan Bhari who set up a charity called Believe in Magic, which gained the backing of global celebrities One Direction. The charity granted wishes to seriously ill children.But when her supporters were told that ...
May 30th, 2023
The Franklin campaign isn't just an environmental conservation story, it's also a story about Aboriginal heritage.Tasmanian Palawa man, activist and lawyer Michael Mansell talks to Piia Wirsu about this chapter in history, his experience growing up in a white Tasmanian society, and why he saw many of the Franklin act...
May 30th, 2023
The Franklin campaign isn't just an environmental conservation story, it's also a story about Aboriginal heritage.Tasmanian Palawa man, activist and lawyer Michael Mansell talks to Piia Wirsu about this chapter in history, his experience growing up in a white Tasmanian society, and why he saw many of the Franklin acti...
May 30th, 2023
Christine Milne is a name synonymous with the Greens in Australia, and for her, like so many others, her environmental career began after she was arrested at the Franklin blockade.In this extended interview, Christine takes us through the highs and lows of her career, and why she believes environmental activists shou...
May 30th, 2023
Christine Milne is a name synonymous with the Greens in Australia, and for her, like so many others, her environmental career began after she was arrested at the Franklin blockade.In this extended interview, Christine takes us through the highs and lows of her career, and why she believes environmental activists shoul...
May 7th, 2023
The Franklin river's fate all comes down to a legal challenge between state and federal powers.In the final episode of Saving the Franklin: the moment this so-called wilderness war all came to an end.
May 7th, 2023
The Franklin river's fate all comes down to a legal challenge between state and federal powers.In the final episode of Saving the Franklin: the moment this so-called wilderness war all came to an end.
May 7th, 2023
In this episode of Saving the Franklin, scenes on the West Coast get uglier and uglier, and the campaigners turn to the mainland for support as a Federal election looms.  
May 7th, 2023
In this episode of Saving the Franklin, scenes on the West Coast get uglier and uglier, and the campaigners turn to the mainland for support as a Federal election looms.  
May 7th, 2023
In this episode of Saving the Franklin, thousands of protesters fly into the sleepy town of Strahan to prepare for the biggest moment in the campaign: the blockade.An army of national media descend, and the first bulldozer is taken upriver, for a shocking confrontation on the water. 
May 7th, 2023
In this episode of Saving the Franklin, thousands of protesters fly into the sleepy town of Strahan to prepare for the biggest moment in the campaign: the blockade.An army of national media descend, and the first bulldozer is taken upriver, for a shocking confrontation on the water. 
Apr 30th, 2023
The campaigners had painted the Franklin River as an untouched natural wonder, a place free from human interference: a wilderness.But the rediscovery of a cave along the Franklin throws everything into question. The finding is so significant it reshapes modern understanding of human history – and it paves the way for...
Apr 30th, 2023
The campaigners had painted the Franklin River as an untouched natural wonder, a place free from human interference: a wilderness.But the rediscovery of a cave along the Franklin throws everything into question. The finding is so significant it reshapes modern understanding of human history – and it paves the way for ...
Apr 30th, 2023
The Franklin Dam proposal symbolised a lifeline to struggling communities on Tasmania's West Coast, recovering from the end of a mining era. Yet for environmentalists, it symbolised destruction and greed.In this episode of Saving the Franklin, the battle lines are drawn between pro-dammers and environmentalists and t...
Apr 30th, 2023
The Franklin Dam proposal symbolised a lifeline to struggling communities on Tasmania's West Coast, recovering from the end of a mining era. Yet for environmentalists, it symbolised destruction and greed.In this episode of Saving the Franklin, the battle lines are drawn between pro-dammers and environmentalists and th...
Apr 30th, 2023
The fight to save the Franklin River started in a totally different part of Tasmania's wilderness: with a proposal to dam the paradise inland beach of Lake Pedder. In this episode of Saving the Franklin, a mystery disappearance and a devastating loss signal to campaigners just how far they'll have to go in the next bat...
Apr 30th, 2023
The fight to save the Franklin River started in a totally different part of Tasmania's wilderness: with a proposal to dam the paradise inland beach of Lake Pedder. In this episode of Saving the Franklin, a mystery disappearance and a devastating loss signal to campaigners just how far they'll have to go in the next ba...
Apr 15th, 2023
Australia's biggest-ever environmental battle was over a wild river in a remote part of Tasmania: the Franklin. Protesters flooded in from all over Australia to stop the Franklin River from being dammed for hydropower. They stood in front of bulldozers and were jailed for it. But for lots of locals, the dam represented...
Apr 15th, 2023
Australia's biggest-ever environmental battle was over a wild river in a remote part of Tasmania: the Franklin. Protesters flooded in from all over Australia to stop the Franklin River from being dammed for hydropower. They stood in front of bulldozers and were jailed for it. But for lots of locals, the dam represente...
Sep 4th, 2022
For the first time since taking the stand at the Fitzgerald Inquiry, Katherine James (not her real name) has decided to speak publicly. In this exclusive interview, Katherine describes how she went from a teenage madam to a young mother entering witness protection, and whether, 35 years later, it was all worth it.
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