The Forum

The programme that explains the present by exploring the past.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p004kln9

Eine durchschnittliche Folge dieses Podcasts dauert 39m. Bisher sind 380 Folge(n) erschienen. Dieser Podcast erscheint wöchentlich.

Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 10 days 14 hours 29 minutes

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Margaret Sanger: Mother of birth control


The controversial campaigner who founded Planned Parenthood and helped develop the pill


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 December 8, 2022  39m
 
 

Alice Guy: The first female movie mogul


The pioneer of early cinema who was overlooked by history


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 December 1, 2022  39m
 
 

The Epic of Gilgamesh: A quest for immortality


One of the oldest works of literature can speak to us even today


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 November 24, 2022  39m
 
 

Uruguay 1930: The first football World Cup


How FIFA's global sporting spectacle began


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 November 17, 2022  43m
 
 

Moths: The story of the butterfly of the night


The much maligned moth – pest or saviour?


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 November 10, 2022  39m
 
 

The end of civilisation: Bronze Age collapse


One of the earliest examples of globalisation, and why it came crashing down


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 November 3, 2022  41m
 
 

From straw poll to opinion poll


Exploring the past, present and future of opinion polling


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 October 27, 2022  39m
 
 

Süleyman the Magnificent: longest-reigning Ottoman sultan


The 16th century Ottoman sultan who shaped a vast empire across three continents


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 October 20, 2022  39m
 
 

William Cobbett: Champion of rural workers


William Cobbett: Industrialization and its impact on England’s rural population


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 October 11, 2022  39m
 
 

How the paparazzi transformed photojournalism


Why 1950s Rome was the birthplace of the paparazzi


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 October 6, 2022  39m