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The History Listen is now ABC Rewind, the home of gripping narrative history series. Dive into true stories told by the people who lived through them.

6 DAYS AGO

01 The Loveday Trilogy | Oskar Speck

The extraordinary tale of one man's mind-bendingly long kayak journey that begins in Germany and ends up in an Australian Detention camp during World War 2.

33 min
7 JUNE

02 Ray Denning - the stitch up

The story of one of Australia's most misunderstood criminals. With nothing to lose, Raymond Denning escapes Grafton prison in a rubbish bin. He has help from prisoner rights groups, and a desire to expose police corruption. The man-hunt for Denning turns farcical when he uses the media to make the police look foolish.

34 min
31 MAY

01 Ray Denning - breaking out

The story of one of Australia's most misunderstood criminals. After a traumatic childhood, Raymond Denning jumps from 'juvie' to jail. When an escape attempt goes wrong, a prison warder is critically injured and the finger is pointed at Denning.

28 min
24 MAY

03 | Dusted - the human cost of mining in Australia

Asbestos was once known as the wonder mineral. It's now banned in Australia. But before that happened, companies kept making asbestos products despite growing evidence of its deadly dust and a mounting death toll.

29 min
17 MAY

02| Dusted - the human cost of mining in Australia

When a vast coal seam was found running through the escarpment around the NSW town of Wollongong it seemed that this beautiful part of Australia had got lucky. But had it? Van Badham heads back to her hometown to explore the deadly cost of coal mining for those who worked the pit.

29 min
10 MAY

01| Dusted - the human cost of mining in Australia

Van Badham explores the human cost of mining in Australia across the past 2 centuries. Gold may have made Australia rich, but historians are now digging up evidence about the devastating impact of the silica dust that surfaced with it.

29 min
3 MAY

04 Where the bloody hell were you! When the tobacco ads came down

It's the early 1970s and the power of good is unleashed. In the Age of Aquarius the public get wise to being hoodwinked by advertising. Health campaigners hijack the medium — and turn it to their advantage.

29 min
26 APR

03 Where the bloody hell were you! When TV marketing went mad

The hunt is on for the winning TV ad — the one that keeps the client happy and the consumers consuming. What's the right method for making the perfect advertisement? In 1970 a young bloke called John Singleton thought he had the answer. Host Dee Madigan continues her adventures through the vaults of Australian advertising.

28 min

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Rebecca Huntley

Host

4.5

out of 5

479 Ratings

Brilliant!

8 Apr

chateau10

Thank you for this wonderful and informative Conspiracy podcast.
Surafend Massacre

3 days ago

LizAnne S

This was such an informative podcast, but why, ABC, the loud, repetitive, intrusive music? It’s great to have theme but it’s not needed over the presenter or any guests/ historical recount. Worse, the music in these episodes sounds like it was written by a child who discovered a little riff and couldn’t move on. And it’s like the ABC is completely oblivious to how much of an intrusion bad music in a program is. Intrusive, and massively annoying, so much so that what would have been a 5-star rating dropped to a 3-star one. Please do better with other programs. Thanks.
I remember the mua picket lines

19 Mar

HeyFootballhead!

I saw those mad max buses as a kid, i’ll never forget them.
Great accounts, vapid ‘experts’

7 Apr

dcboovan

Odd choice to have Jan Fran host, but the early episodes stitch together some incredible first-person accounts and interviews with the central players. The ‘historian’ in Episode 7 is practically unlistenable with the credibility and gravitas of a student politician. Disappointing end to an otherwise interesting series.

The History Listen is now ABC Rewind, the home of gripping narrative history series. Dive into true stories told by the people who lived through them.