Rear Vision — How History Shaped Today

250 Episodes

1. The far-right in France—where does it come from and why is it so popular?

   Published: 4/3/2022
2. Brisbane—city of floods

   Published: 3/27/2022
3. Cyclone Tracy—one of Australia’s worst natural disasters and what the government did

   Published: 3/20/2022
4. Gabriel Borich and Chile’s rebirth

   Published: 3/13/2022
5. Russia and China—a special relationship or a new world order?

   Published: 3/6/2022
6. Barbados farewells the Queen—any lessons for Australia?

   Published: 2/27/2022
7. Conflict in Ukraine—Putin’s fear of NATO

   Published: 2/20/2022
8. Passports, borders and identity—the story of the essential travel item

   Published: 2/13/2022
9. The power of the purse—the battle between the states and the commonwealth

   Published: 2/6/2022
10. Big Pharma and the Covid windfall

    Published: 1/30/2022
11. The week that changed the world—President Nixon's visit to China in 1972 and his meeting with Chairman Mao

    Published: 1/23/2022
12. Psychedelics—the curious journey from medical lab to party drug and back again

    Published: 1/16/2022
13. Tax cuts for the rich—do we all benefit?

    Published: 1/9/2022
14. Politics in the bush—the story of the Nats

    Published: 1/2/2022
15. The Suez Canal—ambition, colonial greed, revolution and the ditch that reshaped global trade.

    Published: 12/26/2021
16. Edward and Harry—the men who left the royal family

    Published: 12/19/2021
17. False accounting—why calories don’t add up

    Published: 12/12/2021
18. Bangladesh—the creation of a nation

    Published: 12/5/2021
19. Medical conspiracy theories through the ages

    Published: 11/28/2021
20. A history of pharmacy—from apothecaries to Australia’s protected industry

    Published: 11/21/2021