Archive 2013 Podcast
The story of our times told by the people who were there.
Episodes to download
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Edith Piaf
Tue 31 Dec 2013
The life of the legendary French singer remembered by her friends and lovers
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Anti-Shah Demonstrations in Iran
Mon 30 Dec 2013
Millions of people took to the streets of Iran's main cities in December 1978.
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Prison Camp in WW2 Manila, Philippines
Fri 27 Dec 2013
Thousands of foreign civilians were interned when Japanese troops invaded in WW2
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The Murder of Dian Fossey
Boxing Day 2013
Gorilla expert Dian Fossey was murdered in her cabin in Rwanda on 26 December 1985
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Grand Theft Auto
Christmas Day 2013
A controversial new computer game designed in Scotland became a surprise hit in 1997
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The MP Who Faked His Own Death
Christmas Eve 2013
British MP John Stonehouse faked his own death in Miami and reappeared in Australia
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Murder in the Amazon
Mon 23 Dec 2013
Remembering the Brazilian environmental campaigner Chico Mendes, shot dead in 1988
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Lockerbie Bombing
Fri 20 Dec 2013
In 1988 a bomb, hidden in the hold, exploded when the airliner was above Scotland
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The Assassination of Spain's Prime Minister
Thu 19 Dec 2013
On December 20 1973, the Spanish PM Luis Carrero Blanco, was killed by a massive bomb.
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Indonesia Invades East Timor
Wed 18 Dec 2013
Days after declaring independence East Timor was invaded by Indonesia in 1975
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The Kidnapping of Frank Sinatra Jr
Tue 17 Dec 2013
In December 1963 the 19-year-old son of Frank Sinatra was kidnapped for a ransom
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International Space Station
Mon 16 Dec 2013
Bob Cabana and Sergei Krikalev were the first on board the International Space Station.
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South Africa Wins the Rugby World Cup
Fri 13 Dec 2013
When South Africa hosted - and won - the Rugby World Cup in 1995 it unified the country
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The Soweto Uprising
Thu 12 Dec 2013
In 1976 South African police opened fire on schoolchildren protesting in Soweto.
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The ANC's Armed Struggle
Wed 11 Dec 2013
In 1961 the African National Congress decided to take up arms against Apartheid
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Apartheid in the 1950s
Mon 9 Dec 2013
Following the death of Nelson Mandela we remember the system he was fighting against
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The Destruction of the Mosque at Ayodhya
Fri 6 Dec 2013
In December 1993, Hindu activists demolished a Muslim holy site.
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Prohibition in the USA
Thu 5 Dec 2013
For 14 years it was illegal to sell alcohol in the USA - prohibition only ended in 1933
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Psychiatry and Homosexuality in the USA
Wed 4 Dec 2013
How Charles Silverstein challenged the view that homosexuality was a mental illness
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Vietnamese Boat People
Tue 3 Dec 2013
After the end of the Vietnam War in 1975, over a million people fled the country by boat.
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Murder of Churchwomen in El Salvador
Mon 2 Dec 2013
In December 1980 three US nuns and a layworker were killed in El Salvador
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Portugal Attacks Guinea
Fri 29 Nov 2013
Portuguese soldiers raided the independent West African nation of Guinea in 1970
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The Tehran Conference of World War Two
Thu 28 Nov 2013
In November 1943 Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill all met together to discuss WW2
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How Child Road Deaths Changed the Netherlands
Wed 27 Nov 2013
The 1970s road safety campaign which changed the face of the Netherlands.
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The First Panda in America
Tue 26 Nov 2013
In 1936 socialite Ruth Harkness and her guide captured a panda cub and took it to the US
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The Trojan Room Coffee Pot
Mon 25 Nov 2013
How a preoccupation with coffee became the inspiration for the first webcam in 1993
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Birmingham Pub Bombings
Thu 21 Nov 2013
In 1974, bombs exploded at two busy pubs in Birmingham, killing 21 - the IRA were blamed
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The Execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa
Wed 20 Nov 2013
In 1995, writer Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight Ogoni rights activists were executed in Nigeria
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Lee Harvey Oswald in the USSR
Tue 19 Nov 2013
Before he shot President Kennedy, Oswald spent two and a half mysterious years in Minsk
