Explaining History

By Nick Shepley

How do we make sense of the modern world? We find the answers in the history of the 20th Century.

For over a decade, The Explaining History Podcast has been the guide for

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June 08, 2015 Inflation 1916-1923
The massive increase in government spending, borrowing and currency devaluation that occurred during the First World War by all powers led to a global surge in inflation. This growth in prices had major implications for both the combatant powers and the empires they governed
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June 03, 2015 Book Review: Aftermath
This month's book review: Aftermath by Richard Crowder, the story of the Potsdam Conference and the making of a post war international order.
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June 01, 2015 Orde Wingate and Palestine
In 1936 a British Christian Zionist army officer, Orde Wingate, was posted to the British Mandate in Palestine to help quell the Arab revolt. Wingate's passionate support for the Jews in Palestine led to him organising a brutal counter insurgency against the Arabs with the Jewish defence organisation the Hagannah, laying down the tactics later employed by the Israeli Defence Force.
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May 27, 2015 Ukraine 1918
As the Tsarist empire collapsed and Russia's new rulers, the Bolsheviks, negotiated with Germany at Brest Litovsk, the most important territory to both powers was Ukraine. The fate of the nation and its wealth of food and mineral resources would decide the outcome of the war for both empires. http://www.mrbsemporium.com
Explaining History helps you understand the 20th Century through critical conversations and expert interviews. We connect the past to the present. If you enjoy the show, please subscribe and share.
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May 19, 2015 Stalinist Consumerism
In the mid 1930s, the Soviet Union claimed that living standards in the USSR had surpassed those in the capitalist world. For a brief period during the Second Five Year Plan the regime's focus was on creating a consumer culture of department stores and choice for Soviet citizens.
Explaining History helps you understand the 20th Century through critical conversations and expert interviews. We connect the past to the present. If you enjoy the show, please subscribe and share.
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May 19, 2015 Exams Advice 2015
Remember the Explaining History crowdfunding campaign:
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May 14, 2015 Mao's Hundred Flowers Campaign
Between 1956 and 1957 Mao Zedong took the unprecedented step of encouraging criticism amongst the people of the Chinese Communist Party. The deluge of anger and rage towards the party was overwhelming and swiftly inspired a brutal reaction from the dictator and a crack down against dissent.
Explaining History helps you understand the 20th Century through critical conversations and expert interviews. We connect the past to the present. If you enjoy the show, please subscribe and share.
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May 06, 2015 The Liberation of Belsen
Seventy years ago this month the British Army discovered a scene of unimaginable horror at a prison camp in Saxony. The concentration camp at Bergen Belsen was used as evidence of the Nazis crimes to the world and particularly to a war weary British public.
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April 29, 2015 Book Review: Churchill and the Islamic World
May's book review (slightly early I know) Churchill and the Islamic World:
http://www.ibtauris.com/Books/Humanities/History/Regional%20%20national%20history/European%20history/British%20%20Irish%20history/Winston%20Churchill%20and%20the%20Islamic%20World%20Orientalism%20Empire%20and%20Diplomacy%20in%20the%20Middle%20East.aspx?menuitem=%7B33E2E1B2-D37C-47D2-9984-8F332F3214BA%7D
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April 28, 2015 The Berlin Crisis 1961
In 1961, the city of Berlin, divided between East and West since 1945 saw a more permanent division erected. A wall that cut the city in two prevented East Germans from crossing from East to West enticed by the promise of a better life. * Support Explaining History here: please take a moment to look at my project https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/explaining-history and pledge whatever you can - there are some great rewards on offer!)
Explaining History helps you understand the 20th Century through critical conversations and expert interviews. We connect the past to the present. If you enjoy the show, please subscribe and share.
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Become a Patron: patreon.com/explaininghistory
▸ Join the Community & Continue the Conversation
Facebook Group: facebook.com/groups/ExplainingHistoryPodcast
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▸ Read Articles & Go Deeper
Website: explaininghistory.org

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FAQs about Explaining History:

How many episodes does Explaining History have?

The podcast currently has 908 episodes available.

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