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Making sense of this crazy world

historymadeeasier

I am a student of history, a teacher of history and a writer of history. You could say history is a passion of mine. I have a website for students and I had been mulling around this idea of a podcast for some time. Would people be interested? Would I make it interesting? That’s essentially what was holding me back. But with a new year starting, the craziness still all around us, I thought what the hell – give it a go, John! The primary purpose of the podcast is to use history to help us make a

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17:35

Explaining Taiwan

Making sense of this crazy world ·

2024/05/05

I’m going to end this mini-series on history trumping geography with a look at Taiwan because, along with the Korean peninsula, the situation with Israel and the Palestinians and Ukraine, it is one of the spots most likely to cause a major conflict. And it is another part of our world where History has trumped geography.

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19:20

Explaining why we have two Koreas

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2024/04/28

I’m returning to Asia to end this mini-series on history trumping geography with two episodes that look at parts of the world that could threaten world peace. This week its the Korean peninsula.

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24:29

A divided island

Making sense of this crazy world ·

2024/04/21

This episode will take us from where we left things in Ireland in 1691 by jumping to the nineteenth century, to the Home Rule Bills and to 1922 and the division of the island of Ireland.

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13:42

Catholic Ireland

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2024/04/14

This episode is going to explain how the north-east corner of the island of Ireland is a part of the United Kingdom and not Ireland. I’m not going to give anything like a full history of Ireland, that would be interesting but would take many, many episodes, but I must give some key points in Ireland’s history for anything to make sense.

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16:30

Two American made anomolies: Alaska and Guántanamo

Making sense of this crazy world ·

2024/04/07

How is the most north-easterly tip of the North America continent an American state and not a Canadian province or territory? And sitting as it does on a Caribbean Island, somewhere that could have been the subject of songs, the destination for beach lovers, honeymooners. How did Guantánamo Bay, instead, become one of history’s most notorious detention camps.Intro and outro music curtesy of slip.stream: https://slip.stream/tracks/58fb6726-c035-4d10-a8e8-eba70e5164ad

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19:12

The Falkland Islands or Las Malvinas

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2024/03/31

I’m going to take a look at the rival claims to the Falkland Islands or Las Malvinas. I’m not going to look at the war of 1982, but rather how a group of islands off the southern tip of South America, 800 miles or 1300 kilometres from Britain, is deemed as British.Intro and outro music curtesy of slip.stream: https://slip.stream/tracks/58fb6726-c035-4d10-a8e8-eba70e5164ad

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22:10

Where History Trumps Geography: Two Btitish-made...

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2024/03/24

There’s often a bit of banter in schools between historians and geographers. I remember I had a running “battle” with one colleague, each of us playing tricks on the other, each trying to make fun of the other’s subject whenever we got the chance. One of the things I did was to put a poster up above my classroom door that read “In geography, they colour in maps. In history, we change them.” I dedicate this little series to geographers, and as I do, let me say it’s a great subject, really interesting

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27:53

Something good, something bad, something beautiful

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2024/03/17

To end this little series looking at Brazil (with lessons to learn for us all), something good, something not good, and something beautiful.Intro and outro music curtesy of slip.stream: https://slip.stream/tracks/58fb6726-c035-4d10-a8e8-eba70e5164ad

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15:38

Finding a way back to civilian government

Making sense of this crazy world ·

2024/03/10

In this episode I’ll look at how the Brazilian military got itself out of the hole it had dug, and got itself out of its political role. Intro and outro music curtesy of slip.stream: https://slip.stream/tracks/58fb6726-c035-4d10-a8e8-eba70e5164ad

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12:58

The military in power

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2024/03/03

With America at war in Vietnam, the civil rights movement making some headway (I wouldn’t exaggerate how much), with hippies flocking to San Francisco, and British culture taken over by the Beatles, the Stones, the Who and co; Brazil was taken over by the military. This episode looks at Brazil under the military regime.Intro and outro music curtesy of slip.stream: https://slip.stream/tracks/58fb6726-c035-4d10-a8e8-eba70e5164ad

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12:15

The Estado Novo

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2024/02/25

I’m continuing my look at Brazil and in this episode I’m looking at Getulio Vargas’ Estado Novo or New State.Intro and outro music curtesy of slip.stream: https://slip.stream/tracks/58fb6726-c035-4d10-a8e8-eba70e5164ad

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19:32

Towards military dictatorship

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2024/02/18

I’m continuing my look at Brazil and in this episode I’m going to look at Brazil post-empire, tracing the country’s path to dictatorship. We need to appreciate that democracy is not the only means of governing and if we value it, we need to nurture and protect it.

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12:00

From Pedro II to a Republic

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2024/02/11

This episode continues our little soap opera looking at the royals of Brazil by looking at the reign of the much-loved (at least in this part of the world) Pedro II. A pity, then, that it didn't end too well for him.

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16:59

The Emperor comes to Brazil

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2024/02/04

I’m continuing my look at Brazil and in this episode I’m going to look at something that I think is unique, or if it isn’t then it is very, very unusual. For Brazil was a colony that came to be home for its emperor. Intro and outro music curtesy of slip.stream: https://slip.stream/tracks/58fb6726-c035-4d10-a8e8-eba70e5164ad

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21:47

The Afro-Brazilian today

Making sense of this crazy world ·

2024/01/28

I’m continuing my look at Brazil and my look at the lives of Afro-Brazilians, moving on from the end of slavery to today. Intro and outro music curtesy of slip.stream: https://slip.stream/tracks/58fb6726-c035-4d10-a8e8-eba70e5164ad

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19:29

Slavery in Brazil

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2024/01/21

I’m hitting my first birthday for this podcast and to celebrate, I’m going to turn my focus on my adopted home: Brazil. And I'll begin this little series of episodes with a look at slavery in Brazil. Not a happy subject to start off my birthday celebrations but what can I do: this is history! Intro and outro music curtesy of slip.stream: https://slip.stream/tracks/58fb6726-c035-4d10-a8e8-eba70e5164ad

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22:42

Workin’ On A World

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2024/01/14

Before we really get started with 2024, before we break our resolutions, I thought let’s put out an episode with a positive spin. And I’ve been inspired by a song by Iris Dement called “Workin’ On A World as well as the lives of two extraordinary women. Intro and outro music curtesy of slip.stream: https://slip.stream/tracks/58fb6726-c035-4d10-a8e8-eba70e5164ad

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17:35

The BRICS group today

Making sense of this crazy world ·

2024/01/07

This final episode looking at the BRICS group considers its significance. BRICS countries account for just about 30% of the world’s land surface, 40% of the world’s population – that’s 3.2 billion people, and growing. Their economies have more than 25% of the world’s GDP. And between 2003 and 2007, the growth of the four initial members accounted for 65% of the expansion of world GDP. Looking ahead, it’s thought that when the new countries formally join the group, their share of the world’s

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22:47

What led to the BRICS group - OPEC’s impact

Making sense of this crazy world ·

2023/12/31

In 1973, fifty years ago so it seems even more fitting that we should be looking at this, the first oil crisis plunged most of the world’s economies, certainly those in the developed West, into stagflation – economic stagnation coupled with high inflation. This episode looks at that impact and considers the changed relations between the developed nations, particularly those in the West, and the developing nations. Intro and outro music curtesy of

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20:12

What led to the BRICS group - Non-Alignment

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2023/12/24

At the same time as the world was polarising between the West and the Communist bloc, what came to be called the ‘Third World’, essentially the world emerging from the European empires, was struggling to assert itself. Some of this ‘Third World’ morphed into a non-alignment group, asserting independence and ensuring neutrality in the Cold War. But it was also a declaration that there were more important issues to address, notably the imbalance of power – economic, cultural and political

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