17 episodes

What's the story with national anthems? Well, that depends entirely on the anthem. From the wildly mundane to the historically significant and every what else. In each episode I'll tease out the story of a song that helps tell the story of a nation. The connections between them will be a surprise and if I've figured this out you will be entertained.

Questions, comments complaints, and corrections (please tell me where I'm wrong!) can get to me at anthemspod@gmail.com or at +1 (203) 759-8375

The Anthems Podcast Patrick Maher

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What's the story with national anthems? Well, that depends entirely on the anthem. From the wildly mundane to the historically significant and every what else. In each episode I'll tease out the story of a song that helps tell the story of a nation. The connections between them will be a surprise and if I've figured this out you will be entertained.

Questions, comments complaints, and corrections (please tell me where I'm wrong!) can get to me at anthemspod@gmail.com or at +1 (203) 759-8375

    Nepal and Sayaun Thunga Phulka

    Nepal and Sayaun Thunga Phulka

    Here are my sources, notes, and reading for the episode. Thanks for listening folks
    https://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/3513/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2Gne3UHKHs https://archive.org/details/nepal0000bhat https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_National_Review/xDUFAAAAQAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA609&printsec=frontcover https://himalaya.socanth.cam.ac.uk/collections/journals/ancientnepal/pdf/ancient_nepal_154_02.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20080906154632/http://www.tki.org.nz/r/socialscience/curriculum/SSOL/hillary/campII_e.php https://www.google.com/books/edition/Nepal/-aArqOqBGBQC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA32&printsec=frontcover https://www.recordnepal.com/the-making-of-the-gorkha-empire-part-i-%E2%80%93-land https://www.britannica.com/place/Nepal/History https://web.archive.org/web/20161220102904/http://nepalarmy.mil.np/history.php?page=three https://www.google.com/books/edition/Democratic_Innocations_in_Nepal/MX22o4PJ3Q0C?hl=en https://www.google.com/books/edition/Thapa_Politics_in_Nepal/7PP1yElRzIUC?hl=en https://sites.ff.cuni.cz/praguepapers/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2017/09/Matteo_Miele_90-101.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20140314133047/http://archives.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=22110 https://web.archive.org/web/20160610120116/http://www.enayapatrika.com/2016/06/68136 https://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/nepal-national-anthem-composer-amber-gurung-dies-79/ a...

    • 32 min
    Cote d'Ivoire and L’Abidjanaise

    Cote d'Ivoire and L’Abidjanaise

    https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=11500+miles https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/cote-divoire/ https://www.rfi.fr/fr/contenu/20100301-histoire-meconnue-hymnes-nationaux-africains https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/36260719 https://www.france24.com/en/20100214-1960-year-independence https://www.nytimes.com/1960/07/12/archives/4-african-states-attain-freedom-france-gives-independence-to-ivory.html https://fr.allafrica.com/stories/200302180100.html Walckenaer, Charles-Athanase (1827). Histoire générale des voyages ou Nouvelle collection des relations de voyages par mer et par terre (in French). Vol. 8. Paris: Lefèvre.https://worldrainforests.com/20cotedivoire.htm https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&glossary=yes&alpha=C https://academic.oup.com/afraf/article-abstract/45/180/152/30285?redirectedFrom=PDF https://scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2223-03862012000200002#:~:text=In%201879%20a%20blacksmith%2C%20Tetteh,sold%20to%20local%20African%20farmers. https://bantuchocolate.com/our-journey/history-of-cacao-from-south-america-to-west-africa/ https://books.google.com/books?id=JO3n-ui4VvEC&pg=PA210#v=onepage&q&f=false https://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/index2.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.apanews.net%2Fnews%2Ffr%2Farticle.php%3Fid%3D817716#federation=archive.wikiwix.com&tab=url https://news.abidjan.net/articles/405751/index a href="https://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/index2.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fafrica.la-croix.com%2Fmgr-pierre-marie-coty-leveque-parolier-de-lhymne-national-ivoirie%2F#federation=archive.wikiwix.com&tab=url" rel="noopener noreferrer"...

    • 32 min
    Samoa and The Banner of Freedom

    Samoa and The Banner of Freedom

    I know, I know. WWI started in 1914 and not 1948 but that is the year that Samoa was granted self governance. It was in my head and I didn't notice until after I edited the entire thing and I lack the time to go back and add me saying the correct date.
    Here are the sources:
    https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-318925666/view?sectionId=nla.obj-333096340&partId=nla.obj-318987683#page/n81/mode/1up https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/218049060 https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-317352062/view?sectionId=nla.obj-330039968&partId=nla.obj-317363860#page/n0/mode/1up http://www.paclii.org/ws/legis/consol_act_2019/ofanaosa1994308/ https://moanaleilua.wordpress.com/2017/06/05/o-au-o-le-samoa/ https://catholicoutlook.org/fr-tovia-bears-sign-jesus-died-samoa/ https://www.samoaobserver.ws/category/samoa/98436 https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/L6Y8-RJV/malotuto%27atasi-iiga-sauni-ioane-kuresa-1901-1978 https://natlib.govt.nz/records/35402307?search%5Bi%5D%5Bcategory%5D=Music+Score&search%5Bpath%5D=items&search%5Btext%5D=samoa https://symbolhunt.com/samoa/national-anthem/ https://books.openedition.org/pacific/126#:~:text=Conversion%20made%20easy%20by%20the,to%20be%20accepted%20in%20Samoa. https://pmcarchive.aut.ac.nz/pacific-media-watch/samoa-auckland-helps-50th-anniversary-independence-celebrations-7964.html https://signum-crucis.tumblr.com/post/25281842452/samoan-national-anthem-the-banner-of-freedom https://slideplayer.com/slide/6127236/ https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=9410+miles a href="https://www.thecoconet.tv/songbook/learn-language-songs-from-the-pacific/the-national-anthem-of-samoa-samoa-tulai/" rel="noopener noreferrer"...

    • 32 min
    Scotland and Flower of Scotland

    Scotland and Flower of Scotland

    A couple of my favorite people come Scotland. James Clerk Maxwell, I did an undergrad in physics and have stood on this man's grave in Westminster. Billy Connelly, perhaps the funniest living person. And Michael Marshall of many things but I'll plug the Be Reasonable podcast, he is the most patient of men.
    Here are my notes, hope you hear me again folks:

    https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-13520689 https://web.archive.org/web/20090215011908/http://rsno.org.uk/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=119&Itemid=1 https://www.scotsman.com/sport/scottish-national-anthem-lyrics-and-origins-4280559 https://web.archive.org/web/20060210055101/http://www.scottishtartans.org/tartan.html https://lyricstranslate.com/en/flower-scotland-flouer-o-scotland.html https://web.archive.org/web/20100829194041/http://www.corries.com/news.php https://web.archive.org/web/20160304090308/http://www.theballadeersscotland.com/scots/cft_01.htm http://news.bbc.co.uk/sportacademy/hi/sa/rugby_union/features/newsid_2650000/2650581.stm https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/on-this-day-in-1990-flower-of-scotland-composer-roy-williamson-dies-1469958 https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-70397 https://www.historyscotland.com/history/corries-singer-roy-williamson-died-on-this-day-in-history/ https://www.heraldscotland.com/default_content/12431850.flower-scotland-first-choice-rsno-anthem-poll/ https://www.90min.com/posts/scotland-national-anthem-flower-of-scotland-lyrics-explained http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/4837078.stm a...

    • 29 min
    Lesotho and Lesotho Fatse La Bontata Rona

    Lesotho and Lesotho Fatse La Bontata Rona

    Thanks for listening folks. Here are my sources:
    https://www.titlemax.com/discovery-center/lifestyle/the-100-smallest-countries-in-the-world/ https://web.archive.org/web/20190421164229/https://www.sahistory.org.za/article/1800s https://www.timeslive.co.za/sunday-times/lifestyle/2018-02-17-black-panther-director-ryan-cooglers-a-fan-of-lesotho--isixhosa/ https://web.archive.org/web/20170603184100/http://maliba-lodge.com/blanketwrap/2010/lesotho-stories/the-history-of-the-basotho-traditional-blanket/ https://afropunk.com/2018/02/controversy-around-black-panthers-supposed-appropriation-shows-necessity-pan-africanism/ Albert Burckhardt and Rudolf Wackernagel : Basel Yearbook 1890 . C. Detloff's bookstore, Basel 1890, p. 94.Hermann Mendel: Musical Conversations Lexicon. An encyclopedia of the entire musical sciences . Sixth volume. Robert Oppenheim, Berlin 1876, p. 263: https://archive.org/stream/musikalischesco09reisgoog#page/n270/mode/2up .without author]: Swiss Music Festival in Basel from July 6th to 9th . In: Neue Zeitschrift für Musik 13 (1840), pp. 59–60 ( entire review, pp. 59 f. and 67 f.Albert Brutsch: From Work Song to National Anthem . In: Lesotho. Notes and Records 9 (1970/1971), p. 8.https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2013/05/16/a-revealing-map-of-the-worlds-most-and-least-ethnically-diverse-countries/Machobane, L. B.; Karschay, Stephan (1990). Government and Change in Lesotho, 1800-1966: A Study of Political Institutions. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-333-51570-9.https://www.ideabooks.nl/9783856168742-our-land-lesotho-s-swiss-national-anthem https://www.google.com/books/edition/Historical_Dictionary_of_Lesotho/B2TWVN92hYYC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA399&printsec=frontcover http://www.lesothoembassy.ie/component/content/article/14-about/29-about-lesotho.html a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Laws_of_Lesotho/wcQ-AQAAIAAJ?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer"...

    • 28 min
    Papua New Guinea and O Arise, All You Sons

    Papua New Guinea and O Arise, All You Sons

    https://www.pngaa.net/Independence_Anniversary/national_anthem.htm https://malumnalu.blogspot.com/2008/08/thomas-shacklady-composer-of-papua-new.html http://www.paclii.org/pg/legis/consol_act/nia1971197/ https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=15%2C355+km Udvardy, M. D. F. (1975). A classification of the biogeographical provinces of the world. IUCN Occasional Paper no. 18. Morges, Switzerland: IUCN.https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Botany_of_the_Antarctic_Voyage_of_H/9Y0LAQAAIAAJ?hl=en https://web.archive.org/web/20131103111901/http://www.anthro.utah.edu/PDFs/Papers/JAS%3DOC%26A.pdf Quanchi, Max (2005). Historical Dictionary of the Discovery and Exploration of the Pacific Islands. The Scarecrow Press. p. 215.https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=592696311&sxsrf=AM9HkKlp2upWnbTlKFBsQPALf2QNu3RIxQ:1703125996578&q=Nicholai+Miklukho-Maklai&tbm=isch&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjzlaLgvp-DAxUvvokEHa9oDZAQ0pQJegQICRAB&biw=767&bih=706&dpr=1.25 John Waiko. Short History of Papua New Guinea (1993)https://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkpath=pages%5CM%5CI%5CMiklukho6MaklaiNikolai.htm John Dademo Waiko, Papua New Guinea: A History of Our Times (2003)https://www.postcourier.com.pg/oversight-keeps-national-anthem-law-29-years/ https://www.thenational.com.pg/change-to-anthem-lyrics-%E2%80%98illegal%E2%80%99/ https://www.google.com/books/edition/P_N_G_Government_and_Other_Community_Lif/uHgHAQAAIAAJ?hl=en https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5gPypxJ_ls https://sdd.spc.int/guides-and-training-material?view=preview&format=raw&fileId=218 a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/New_Guinea" rel="noopener noreferrer"...

    • 26 min

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