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Rear Vision — How History Shaped Today

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Move beyond the headlines to see how the past defines our world.

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29:06

The Suez Canal—ambition, colonial greed, revolution...

Rear Vision — How History Shaped Today ·

2021/12/26

The Suez Canal is one of the world’s most vital trade routes. It’s the shortest sea link between Asia and Europe and about 12% of global trade passes through it each year. But the Canal is situated in one of the most volatile regions in the world and its history has been defined by that geography.

29:06

Edward and Harry—the men who left the royal family

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2021/12/19

Prince Harry’s decision to renounce his royal role was not the first time a member of the British monarchy decided to opt out. Almost a century ago, King Edward VIII gave up the crown to marry Wallis Simpson, an American divorcée. These two decisions, several generations apart, engulfed the monarchy in turmoil and sent the media into meltdown. What do these two stories tell us about the British monarchy?

29:07

False accounting—why calories don’t add up

Rear Vision — How History Shaped Today ·

2021/12/12

What are calories and can you lose weight by eating fewer of them? The story of the calorie shadows the Western struggle with diet and obesity.

29:07

Bangladesh—the creation of a nation

Rear Vision — How History Shaped Today ·

2021/12/05

Fifty years ago, a genocidal crackdown, a war of liberation, an overwhelming flood of refugees and finally, military conflict between India and Pakistan, gave birth to a new nation.

28:57

Medical conspiracy theories through the ages

Rear Vision — How History Shaped Today ·

2021/11/28

Despite popular belief, medical conspiracy theories aren’t new. What can we learn from their ancient history and about the people who believe in them?

29:10

A history of pharmacy—from apothecaries to...

Rear Vision — How History Shaped Today ·

2021/11/21

Pharmacists stopped making their own medicines and began selling ready-made drugs almost a century ago. In Australia, it led to an unusual arrangement that has put chemists at odds with doctors and supermarkets.

29:07

Superpower rivalry or a new Cold War?

Rear Vision — How History Shaped Today ·

2021/11/14

Commentators are talking about a new Cold War between the world’s two great powers but are there any similarities between the Cold War – between the Soviet Union and the United States – and the tensions today between China and the US?

29:06

Anti-corruption commissions—‘star chambers’ or the...

Rear Vision — How History Shaped Today ·

2021/11/07

What role do these agencies play in ensuring that politicians and the rest of our public sector behave the right way?

29:11

Samoa—a bumpy ride for the first female prime minister

Rear Vision — How History Shaped Today ·

2021/10/31

Fiame Naomi Mata'afa, elected earlier this year, is taking a strong stand on climate change, challenging the Australian government to do more to cut carbon emissions.

29:06

E-books—winners and losers

Rear Vision — How History Shaped Today ·

2021/10/24

The e-book has turned the book industry upside down affecting bookshops, publishers, authors, libraries and readers.

29:09

Taiwan—isolated but not alone

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2021/10/17

Taiwan is one of the world’s key economies, yet it belongs to no international organisations and isn’t a member of the UN. Why is Taiwan diplomatically isolated and how does it survive economically?

29:05

Out of the office—from telecommuting to working from...

Rear Vision — How History Shaped Today ·

2021/10/10

While working from home during the pandemic has been a novel and sometimes difficult experience for office workers, companies and their employees have been experimenting with teleworking for decades.

28:57

Cybercrime

Rear Vision — How History Shaped Today ·

2021/10/03

While cybercrime and cybersurveillance are commonplace today, how many of us understand their effect our everyday lives? What’s revealed in the history of cybercrime, from its rudimentary beginnings in the 1980s to today?

29:05

Germany after Merkel

Rear Vision — How History Shaped Today ·

2021/09/26

Many Germans have only ever known one chancellor – Angela Merkel. Voters are about to choose a new leader for the first time in sixteen years and the election is being described as the most open and uncertain Germany has ever had.

28:57

Rural health care—from bush medicine to the pandemic

Rear Vision — How History Shaped Today ·

2021/09/19

The spread of the delta variant of Covid from the cities to rural and regional Australia has exposed weaknesses in the health system. Rear Vision traces the story of rural health care from bush medicine through to the pandemic.

29:04

The September 11 attacks—rumours, conspiracy theories...

Rear Vision — How History Shaped Today ·

2021/09/12

Almost three thousand people died in the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the United States. All planes were grounded and rumours and conspiracy theories swept the internet as a shocked nation tried to make sense of what happened.

29:10

Carbon capture and storage—an expensive distraction...

Rear Vision — How History Shaped Today ·

2021/09/05

The federal government believes the way to lower Australia’s carbon emissions is through technology and one of the technologies it is backing is carbon capture and storage or CCS. What is CCS, how and why was it developed and, most importantly, does it work?

29:03

Politics in the bush—the story of the Nats

Rear Vision — How History Shaped Today ·

2021/08/29

Barnaby Joyce’s return to the leadership of the National Party is bound to stir things up in Australian politics. Where does he fit in the story of one of Australia’s oldest and most unusual political parties?

29:06

Afghanistan—the land of failed invasion

Rear Vision — How History Shaped Today ·

2021/08/22

Afghanistan has been invaded by foreign armies five times in less than 200 years. Every occupation ultimately failed. What can we learn from this history?

29:06

Who are the Taliban?

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2021/08/15

The Taliban emerged from the rubble of the Soviet-Afghan war and in turn were ousted by the US led War on Terror. Twenty years on, the Americans and their allies gone and the Taliban are once again in control of Afghanistan. Who are the Taliban and what will their return to power mean?

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