🎧 Australia, Anzac and History
Latest Podcast Episodes 🎧 • 26m
I was thrilled to have Mat McLachlan on the pod, one of Australia's foremost history presenters and writers. Using his encyclopaedic knowledge of Australian battlefields, Mat and I chatted about Australia's complex relationship with its past, and how this history is perceived and commemorated today.
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🎧 Authoritarianism & Unfreedom with P...
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🎧 Roller Coasters
The world’s first Loop-the-Loop roller coaster gave so many people whiplash that they kept a medical team on the payroll.
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