AnecdoteswithAnne

Through this podcast I hope to share some of my favourite anecdotes from history. The goal is to connect listeners to the past through focusing on the people who made up the grand events.

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Episodes

Anecdotes 8 - Fort Erie, 1866

A discussion of the Fenian Raids on Canada - one of history's less thought through plans.

Mar 02, 2014•8 min

Anecdotes 7 - Visby, 1361

Episode 7: The dream of the European Common market in the middle ages. Traces the rise and fall of the Hanseatic League.

Jan 21, 2014•7 min

Anecdotes 6 - Ypres, 1914

The story of the 1914 Christmas Truce - a series of spontaneous cease fires that to me embodies some of the best of the human nature.

Dec 22, 2013•8 min

Anecdotes 5 - Santiago, 1813

November Podcast - The life of Bernardo O'Higgins. The bastard son of a colonial administrator, he became one of Chile's great revolutionary leaders.

Nov 17, 2013•9 min

Anecdotes 4 - Athens, 428 B.C.

Anecdotes with Anne - Episode 4: The story the Mytilenian revolt, looking at the dynamics and limits of political discussion in ancient Greece. The themes of the debate: capital punishment, imperialism and corruption in politics remain relevant today.

Oct 05, 2013•8 min

Anecdotes 3 - Northumbria, 644

Third episode of Anecdotes with Anne - This time jumping to 7th Century. England telling the story of St Hilda. She was an educator, a community leader, a politician and all round fascinating person.

Sep 14, 2013•8 min

Anecdotes 2 - Geneva, 1940

August Update - This episode is about sport, WWII and Jewish history. More importantly it is about individual acts of defiance, and having a passion.

Aug 11, 2013•6 min

Anecdotes 1 - March of the 104

The first episode of Anecdotes, a podcast which aims to share fascinating stories about the past and to highlight that history really isn't such a foreign country after all. This episodes tells the story of the 104th Regiment of Foot who marched across Canada in the middle of winter in 1813.

Jul 20, 2013•7 min

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