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15 Mar

Starving for freedom: The prison death that changed Ireland

As the Irish Revolution raged year after year, there was a space that the British didn’t expect to become places of revolution - prisons. Jailed rebels became martyrs and Britain’s grip on Ireland began to weaken, pushing a revolution to boiling point. Dr William Murphy, Professor in Modern Irish History at Dublin City University, tells Marc Fennell (Stuff The British Stole) the story of Irish independence and how food, pride and prison would reshape the future of Ireland and the British Empire. Binge all the episodes of No One Saw It Coming now on ABC listen (Australia) or wherever you get your podcasts. Get in touch: Got a story for us? We'd love to hear from you! Email us at noonesawitcoming@abc.net.au

15 Mar

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1 Mar

She faked insanity. Then became a star.

She was put into an insane asylum at the age of 20. Ten days later she was a celebrity and two years later she had cemented a legacy that would last centuries. But Nellie Bly was not insane. She faked it all. But why? Brooke Kroeger, journalist and emeritus professor at NYU, tells Marc Fennell (Stuff The British Stole) about Nellie Bly’s career-defining investigation, how it inspired generations and made her a household name. Binge all the episodes of No One Saw It Coming now on the ABC listen app (Australia) or wherever you get your podcasts. Get in touch: Got a story for us? We'd love to hear from you! Email us at noonesawitcoming@abc.net.au

1 Mar

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26 min
22 Mar

A horse race and a murderer invented cinema

Before cinema, before Hollywood, before we even understood how to make pictures move, there was a man constantly reinventing himself. He was a bookseller, a photographer, an alleged fraud and eventually, a killer. But in between scandals and aliases, he conducted a strange experiment that would change the way we see the world. Marta Braun is a renowned expert in 19th century stop-motion photography, and she tells Marc Fennell (Stuff The British Stole) the story of Eadweard Muybridge and how his photographs of a horse race stopped time, helped the world understand motion, and created the moving image. Binge all the episodes of No One Saw It Coming now on ABC listen (Australia) or wherever you get your podcasts. Get in touch: Got a story for us? We'd love to hear from you! Email us at noonesawitcoming@abc.net.au

22 Mar

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26 min
26/05/2025

Absinthe isn’t Dangerous. It was Framed for Murder

Have you ever tried absinthe - that fluorescent green spirit that people used to set on fire in the 90’s? It’s had a pretty bad reputation over the years. In fact, it was illegal in a lot of countries for almost a century! But back in France during the period known as the Belle Époque, it was the drink associated with great artists and writers like Oscar Wilde, Pablo Picasso, Vincent Van Gogh and Edgar Degas. Happy Hour was even known as ‘the Green Hour’. So what happened? Well according to food and beverage writer Evan Rail, everything changed because of a murder. A murder that absinthe was blamed for… Join podcast host Marc Fennell (Stuff the British Stole, Mastermind) as he unearths the odd facts surrounding this intriguing true crime mystery. Get in touch: Got a story for us? We'd love to hear from you! Email us at noonesawitcoming@abc.net.au

26/05/2025

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25 min
Season 5, Episode 7

BONUS Expanse: Nowhere Man | Gunslinger

The search for Robert Bogucki brought together a cast of colourful characters, including a cigar-toting, moustachioed American named Garrison ‘Gunslinger’ St Clair.

S5, E7

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23 min
Season 4, Episode 3

03 Uncropped | The UFO files

The Tully phenomena spreads, with unexplained circles starting to crop up around the country. Reports of them all are filed away by the RAAF in the secret UFO files. But, one young UFO researcher is determined to get access to those files and see just what they hold.

S4, E3

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36 min
Season 5, Episode 2

02 Expanse: Nowhere Man | Trackers

The clock is ticking to bring Robert Bogucki out of the desert alive, and police turn to Aboriginal trackers to try to find their man.

S5, E2

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29 min
08/12/2024

The Weather That Changed Us | Heatwave

In 2009 a blanket of heat smothered south-eastern Australia, killing hundreds and melting cities. This is the story of how this event served as a wake-up call for Australia to manage extreme heat.

08/12/2024

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18 min
15/12/2024

The Weather That Changed Us | SA's Power Blackout

Violent winds knocked down electricity transmission towers in South Australia and caused a massive blackout, plunging the state into darkness also started a heated national conversation about renewable energy. The event also sparked a Twitter conversation between prominent tech entrepreneurs Elon Musk and Mike Cannon-Brookes and an even bigger bet to build a giant battery.

15/12/2024

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21 min
21/04/2025

Marie Antoinette, mother of French fries?

‘Would you like fries with that?’ It’s the question you’re likely to be asked at McDonalds, Burger King, KFC or Chick-fil-A, no matter where in the world you visit. But what if the only reason French fries are so popular throughout the West today is because of a Queen who lost her head during the French Revolution? Dr Lauren Samuelsson is an Associate Lecturer at the University of Wollongong where she investigates the history of food, drink, popular culture and gender. She reveals how the history of the humble potato is really a history of empire; a story that can be traced through the jungles of the Americas, to a Prussian prison, through the fields of Ireland, and to a fateful dinner party where Queen Marie Antoinette and King Louis XVI were guests. Podcast host Marc Fennell (Stuff the British Stole, Mastermind) discovers how these French royals’ love of the potato took it from a suspicious root to a fashion icon, and the world never looked back. Get in touch: Got a story for us? We'd love to hear from you! Email us at noonesawitcoming@abc.net.au

21/04/2025

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