ABC Rewind
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.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 30 minutes
- Episodes
- 254
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Seachange: 20 years on from the Tampa Affair
When a Norwegian container ship - the MV Tampa – rescued 438 asylum seekers from a sinking boat on August 26, 2001 who was to know the political fallout it would leave in its wake?
00:53:30 |
Tue 24 Aug 2021
Miner Poets - songs and verse from the west coast of Tasmania
We travel to the west coast of Tasmania, to meet the mining communities who carry on a rich cultural tradition of storytelling in poetry and song.
00:28:35 |
Tue 17 Aug 2021
Stories from the Archibald
On the 100th anniversary of Sydney's Archibald portrait prize, artist Wendy Sharpe takes a look at some its most controversial moments.
00:28:35 |
Tue 10 Aug 2021
Alone with J.S. Bach
The music of Johann Sebastian Bach is a lifetime companion for many violinists. And in our time of Covid-19 isolation, his Six Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin have taken on a new resonance. Thes…
00:31:41 |
Tue 03 Aug 2021
Whitlam's China chance: the origins of the Australia-China relationship
In the Cold War winter of July 1971 ALP leader Gough Whitlam made an audacious trip to Beijing. This is the story of the events, 50 years ago, that turned Australia towards communist China.
00:32:47 |
Tue 27 Jul 2021
Those Bloody Vegos - a short history of vegetarianism in Australia
Early in 2020, a vegetarian version of the iconic Four’N Twenty meat pie hit service stations around the country. For lifelong vego Carly Godden, this re-imagining of an Aussie classic was a sign - v…
00:29:57 |
Tue 20 Jul 2021
Escape from Greece 1941
One soldier's incredible World War II escape story through southern Europe. Why haven't Australian's heard more about the heroic ANZAC campaign in Greece?
ON the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Te…
00:28:35 |
Tue 13 Jul 2021
Yarramundi and the people of Dyarubbin
Dyarubbin, the mighty Hawkesbury River, winds its way along the foot of the Blue Mountains, around the north western rim of Sydney’s Cumberland Plain. Settlement along the river, like much of Austral…
00:30:54 |
Tue 06 Jul 2021
How hypnosis brought the CIA to Australia
Martin Orne was one of the leading psychologists of the 20th century, his specialty was the science of hypnosis. In the 1960s, his scientific method brought him to the University of Sydney, and it's …
00:28:35 |
Tue 29 Jun 2021
An Object in Time - The Whip
The whip played a central role in the development of Australia. What can it tell us about our society today?
00:28:35 |
Tue 22 Jun 2021
An Object in Time - The Ginger Beer
The refreshing beverage that revolutionised the law.
00:28:35 |
Tue 15 Jun 2021
An Object in Time - The Envelope
An envelope is a humdrum communications device – except when it’s full of misinformation, tucked into the pocket of a dead man, and dropped by a submarine off the coast of wartime Spain.
00:28:35 |
Tue 08 Jun 2021
An Object in Time - The Cup of Tea
The story of how the humble cup of tea came to represent a ruthless British Empire.
00:28:37 |
Tue 01 Jun 2021
An Object in Time - The Ticker Tape
How did one long, skinny strip of paper plunge the world into the worst global economic downturn history had ever seen?
00:28:35 |
Tue 25 May 2021
An Object in Time - The Train Carriage
The story of the train carriage which propelled the globe from WWI, straight into WWII.
00:28:36 |
Tue 18 May 2021
An Object in Time - The Telephone
This special podcast extra episode tells the story of the world's most powerful, imaginary telephone.
00:17:17 |
Thu 13 May 2021
An Object in Time - The Pistol
This pistol lies at the centre of one of history's most famous duels - Hamilton Vs. Burr.
00:28:36 |
Tue 11 May 2021
An Object in Time - The Umbrella
Umbrellas aren't known for being dangerous, but this one is famous for being deadly.
00:28:35 |
Tue 04 May 2021
The Kitchen Table — Spice
The clove and nutmeg trade not only lead to colonisation, but long before the Europeans arrived, it helped define the language, culture, religion and geographic spread of Indonesia.
00:33:25 |
Tue 27 Apr 2021
The Kitchen Table - Wine
What's the story behind your favourite wine? This fermented beverage has long been an important part of Australia's social and cultural history, used for ceremonial, medicinal and celebratory purpos…
00:28:35 |
Tue 20 Apr 2021
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