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A deep dive into the past told by the people who lived through it. The Rewind podcast interrogates the events and characters that have shaped our world and revisits history through archives, interviews, and compelling storytelling.

  1. 10 Sept

    Introducing: Bondy From Hero to Zero

    Alan Bond was a genius, master salesman and con man. His '80s win of the America’s Cup, the sailing race of tycoons, put Australia on the global stage and the public adored Bond for it. In this series of ABC Rewind, satirist Mark Humphries tells the remarkable true story of Alan Bond; from his sporting highs, to building his global business empire and his lavish lifestyle rubbing shoulders with celebrities, to his business empire crashing and burning spectacularly and the scandal uncovered that saw Bondy pay the ultimate price.  This is a 6-part history podcast series from ABC Rewind for Radio National and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

    Introducing: Bondy From Hero to Zero

  2. 10 Sept

    06 | Shooting the Past | The Glide

    An arresting photograph has Clare Wright duck-diving into the history of surfing in Australia.

  3. 10 Sept

    05 | Shooting the Past | Roughy Justice

    A fishy looking photograph throws Clare Wright into the deep end of the battle between industry and sustainability.

  4. 10 Sept

    04 | Shooting the Past | Alien Nation

    Clare Wright explores the story behind a studio portrait of an Edwardian family, and raises some tricky questions about citizenship, the Australian constitution and the subtle art of belonging.

  5. 10 Sept

    03 | Shooting the Past | All Tragic to the Moon

    Clare Wright unravels the dramatic story within a family photograph that takes us to the searing heart of an Australian summer tragedy: bushfire.

  6. 10 Sept

    02 | Shooting the Past | Camp Sovereignty

    A photograph of two men, one Indigenous and one non-Indigenous, holding hands leads Clare Wright to investigate the history of  First Nations resistance in Australia

  7. 5 Sept

    01 | Shooting the Past | The Ruins of Science

    Historian Clare Wright takes a deep dive into Australia's past through six intriguing photographs. In this episode Clare tries to uncover the story behind a baffling photo, and finds herself transported back to the not-so-swinging 1960s.

    01 | Shooting the Past | The Ruins of Science

  8. 29 Aug

    04 | Saga Land | The story of Egil

    Broadcaster Richard Fidler and writer Kari Gislason continue their travels across Iceland to tell the ancient Viking sagas; tales of love, war and humanity. In this episode they follow the steps of Egil. He was a killer, a ruthless opportunist but also one of the greatest court poets of the Middle Ages.  He travelled far and wide through the Viking world in pursuit of fame and wealth. And yet it was back at his family farm Borg á Mýrum, in Iceland’s mid-west, that he faced his ultimate test, and where he would compose his most moving verse.  A thousand years after Egil, Kári and Richard make the return journey to Reykjavik, and receive some unexpected help in the search for Kári’s bloodline.

    04 | Saga Land | The story of Egil
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A deep dive into the past told by the people who lived through it. The Rewind podcast interrogates the events and characters that have shaped our world and revisits history through archives, interviews, and compelling storytelling.

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  • Creator
    ABC Australia
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2026
  • Episodes
    295
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2026, Australian Broadcasting Corporation. All right reserved.
  • Show Website
    ABC Rewind

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