how did it come to this?

Each fortnight we will take a current news item and look at the historical context and ask one simple question: how did it come to this?Contact us at: howdiditcometothispodcast@gmail.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/hdicttpodcast/Twitter: @hdicttpodcasthttps://www.podchaser.com/howdiditcometothis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episodes

5.03 - "Assassination is the extreme form of censorship" - George Bernard Shaw

July 18, 2024 • 84 mins

This week, a shot that has massive implications for not only the united states, but possibly the world. A sniper on a roof and a former president and presidential candidate has brought into sharp focus the ramifications of assassinating a world leader. Why would someone want to murder a political leader? How do they even get close enough to try? What are the outcomes when it happens? Can we prevent it in the future? Why are we obse...

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5.02 - Israel/Palestine pt2. “We hereby declare the establishment of a Jewish state in the land of Israel.” - Ben Gurion

March 25, 2024 • 55 mins

This week, creating a nation always comes with pitfalls. The end of the colonial era gave many the opportunity for self-determination, and for some the opportunity to come back. But what happens when you try to reinstate a state when people are already living there? How do you tell someone their home no longer is their home? How did Palestine become Israel? Can there ever be a two state solution? What is a Knesset? Where is the Gaz...

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5.01 - Israel/Palestine pt1. "a Land flowing with milk and honey." Deuteronomy 26:9

February 22, 2024 • 53 mins

This week, the cradle of civilisation has been a hotly contested region since we have been able to record our conquests. Many people groups, kingdoms, empires and nations have called the land of Southern Levant home and it is no different today. Israel and Palestine have been locked in dispute over land of the eastern mediterranean for decades and recent events have brought into sharp focus the difficulties in bringing resolution t...

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4.04 - The Voice Pt.2 "You're the voice, try and understand it" - John Farnham

October 17, 2023 • 49 mins

In part 2 of our look at the. voice referendum we delve into the indigenous fight for rights and freedoms and the different advisory bodies that have come and gone. Join Daniel Mattes, Siobhan Dougherty, James Tuckwell and special guest Dee Mattes as they continue to discuss this important issue before the vote on October 14 2023.

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4.03 - The Voice Pt. 1 “This link is the basis of the ownership of the soil, or better, of sovereignty” - Uluru Statement of the Heart

October 4, 2023 • 48 mins

This week, we have the chan...

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4.02 - “and there surely will be conflict and confrontation” - Qin Gang

March 11, 2023 • 61 mins

This week, two of Australia's biggest international partners increase their rheto...

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4.01 - "To guard those relics ne'er to be restored." - Lord Byron

February 25, 2023 • 49 mins

This week, as pieces of historical significance are returned to Cambodia we were prompted to think about what do we do with items that are of historical ...

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3.03 - Ukraine pt.3 “Ukraine is the instrument for Russia to test the West's 'red lines'” - Lilia Shevtsova

September 26, 2022 • 91 mins

This week, part 3 of our coverage of the war in Ukraine. Vladimir Putin. Former K...

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3.02 - Ukraine pt2. “Is there anything more frightening than people?" –Svetlana Alexievich

May 12, 2022 • 53 mins

This week, part 2 of the complex issue that is Ukraine. From Empire to hetmanate to democracy, last week saw a land given and taken by the empires around...

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3.01 - Ukraine pt1. “It is better to be naked and honest than rich and an outlaw”

April 28, 2022 • 44 mins

The first in a series of 3 episodes on Ukraine. Pt 1 looks at the years 980 - 194...

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2.10 - “But harsh conditions create rebels.”

December 21, 2021 • 68 mins

This week on how did it come to this? Working conditions, bad bosses, freed...

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2.09 - Remembrance Day Special with Jesse Alexander

November 10, 2021 • 54 mins

On this special Remembrance Day episode of how did it come to this? with sp...

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2.08 - “We can't afford to leave Afghanistan to the Taliban and the terrorists.” (Afghanistan pt.2)

October 15, 2021 • 67 mins

This week on how did it come to this? From last weeks long history to a sho...

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2.07 - "Part of the reason it has remained unknown is because of this complexity." (Afghanistan pt.1)

September 30, 2021 • 64 mins

This week on how did it come to this? From Emirates to Kingdoms, Republics ...

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2.06 - "you need to control the country, and the main thing is not to ruin people's lives."

May 31, 2021 • 44 mins

This week on how did it come to this? A land that has been fought over,...

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2.05 - "the most Illustrious and most Exalted"

April 26, 2021 • 44 mins

This week on how did it come to this? A death that was expected and yet unexpected. The royals have a penchant to fascinate and be the source of go...

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2.04 - “I shall endeavour to inspire the pleasing hope of its becoming essentially beneficial to mankind”

April 12, 2021 • 46 mins

This week on how did it come to this? Disease, death and something that can stop it. When the world is destroyed by things we catch, what could we ...

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2.03 - “insurmountable obstacles”

April 8, 2021 • 48 mins

This week on how did it come to this? We had to take the long way round for centuries, leading lots of people to ask. Isn’t there a better way? Man...

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2.02 - “Winning is not always the barometer of getting better.”

February 28, 2021 • 40 mins

This week on how did it come to this? A car crash that shows the fragility ...

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2.01 - “It is not power that corrupts but fear”

February 8, 2021 • 41 mins

This week on how did it come to this? East India Company, British colonies, military juntas, democratic elections, civil wars and numerous name cha...

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Episodes

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5.01 - Israel/Palestine pt1. "a Land flowing with milk and honey." Deuteronomy 26:9

4.04 - The Voice Pt.2 "You're the voice, try and understand it" - John Farnham

4.03 - The Voice Pt. 1 “This link is the basis of the ownership of the soil, or better, of sovereignty” - Uluru Statement of the Heart

4.02 - “and there surely will be conflict and confrontation” - Qin Gang

4.01 - "To guard those relics ne'er to be restored." - Lord Byron

3.03 - Ukraine pt.3 “Ukraine is the instrument for Russia to test the West's 'red lines'” - Lilia Shevtsova

3.02 - Ukraine pt2. “Is there anything more frightening than people?" –Svetlana Alexievich

3.01 - Ukraine pt1. “It is better to be naked and honest than rich and an outlaw”

2.10 - “But harsh conditions create rebels.”

2.09 - Remembrance Day Special with Jesse Alexander

2.08 - “We can't afford to leave Afghanistan to the Taliban and the terrorists.” (Afghanistan pt.2)

2.07 - "Part of the reason it has remained unknown is because of this complexity." (Afghanistan pt.1)

2.06 - "you need to control the country, and the main thing is not to ruin people's lives."

2.05 - "the most Illustrious and most Exalted"

2.04 - “I shall endeavour to inspire the pleasing hope of its becoming essentially beneficial to mankind”

2.03 - “insurmountable obstacles”

2.02 - “Winning is not always the barometer of getting better.”

2.01 - “It is not power that corrupts but fear”

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5.03 - "Assassination is the extreme form of censorship" - George Bernard Shaw

5.02 - Israel/Palestine pt2. “We hereby declare the establishment of a Jewish state in the land of Israel.” - Ben Gurion