The History Listen

A Cold War tale of spies, diplomacy and secret police, from Indigenous communities in the Top End to the opera houses of... Read more

American artist Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986) is an icon, much loved today for her un-conformist spirit and beauty, as mu... Read more

In the late 1960s, at the height of the Cold War, Australia made a brief but audacious bid to enter the nuclear arms r... Read more

During War time food shortages and rationing preoccupied most people, but the hunger suffered by prisoners was on a whol... Read more

What happens when a small town puts the word "massacre" on an historical monument?

A glimpse into the 1930's and 40's through the fragments that remain of one woman's story – socialite, swordswoman, actr... Read more

When amateur historian Nick Russell stumbled across a set of very old Japanese manuscripts, he unearthed a dramatic tale... Read more

How does a nation forget a wartime catastrophe? When Japan invaded Australian territory in January 1942, hundreds of civ... Read more

Shortly after the 1979 Iranian Revolution, a young Bahai mother was smuggled out of the country on camelback with her ba... Read more

Dubbed “World’s End” by its inhabitants, Port Essington in western Arnhem Land was the third failed attempt by the Briti... Read more

The amazing story of the 1919 pioneering air race from England to Australia.

In these remote islands we uncover a history of whalers, abducted Aboriginal women, and a mysterious human skeleton foun... Read more

The discovery of the first Chinese story written in Australia gives a fascinating and new insight into the early Chinese... Read more

Aboriginal people from the Murray-Darling Basin’s waterways come together to raise awareness and speak up for their coun... Read more

Shortly after the 1979 Iranian Revolution, a young Bahai mother was smuggled out of the country on camelback with her ba... Read more

The lives of women at the turn of the 20th century were bound by strict social conventions and rules. These Australian s... Read more

An idyllic town with a hidden surveillance bunker and a secret past. A ruined RAAF base comes to life to tell its story.

In the early 1800s, on the remote East coast of Iceland in a small fishing village, a young man stepped ashore. He was e... Read more

In part 2, we trace the growing discontent in East Germany in the 1980s. An Indigenous Australian rock band tours East G... Read more

Anonymous threats in the mail and a homemade bomb. International networks of misinformation. A young girl with the gift ... Read more