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A deep dive into the past told by the people who lived through it. The Rewind podcast interrogates the events and characters that have shaped our world and revisits history through archives, interviews, and compelling storytelling.

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  • October 22 · length unknown

    06 | Bondy | The turncoat

    Bondy fronts the courts, putting on the performance of a lifetime, as he’s finally called to answer for his dodgy deals. And despite being declared bankrupt, Alan Bond continues living the high life. He's spotted cruising around Perth in his Rolls-Royce and indulging in lavish lunches.  Then, a disgruntled defector in Alan Bond's camp comes forward, who threatens to send Bondy to prison for a very long time. This is the final episode of a 6-part history podcast series from ABC Rewind for Radi

  • October 15 · length unknown

    05 | Bondy | A castle built on sand

    Bondy’s been secretly, and illegally, stashing away money that isn’t his to keep as his empire crumbles, and while Alan Bond’s beating away the creditors trying to bankrupt him, he’s also building a back-up plan.  As decades of dirty deals and backroom manoeuvres begin to surface Bondy isn’t just being chased for the billions he owes, criminal investigators are also on his tail and this time he has nowhere to run. This is episode 5 of a 6-part history podcast series from ABC Rewind for Radio N

  • October 8 · length unknown

    04 | Bondy | Inside the boy's club

    With his hands deep in the West Australian government ‘s coffers, a chance meeting with a man named Tiny could spell the beginning of the end for Alan ‘Bondy’ Bond.  The Black Monday stock market crash sends shock waves through the world economy, threatening to turn Bondy’s business empire upside down.  With everything on the line, Bond needs to act fast but his recklessness catches the attention of his enemies, who seize the opportunity to bring him down. This is episode 4 of a 6-part histor

  • October 1 · length unknown

    03 | Bondy | Burn the b*stards

    Diamonds, mansions and mistresses, Bondy has been living the high life, but his ruthless pursuit of success begins to have devastating consequences for his marriage to Eileen. After his win in the America’s Cup banks lend Bond billions and he’s doing deals with the likes of Donald Trump. But his true character is revealed when he becomes a beer baron and ruins the lives of people on the edge of his empire. This is episode 3 of a 6-part history podcast series from ABC Rewind for Radio National an

  • September 24 · 40 min

    02 | Bondy | An ulterior motive

    As his yacht crosses the finish line of The America’s Cup and sails into history, the world holds its breath, but does Alan Bond have an ulterior motive when he enters this race? Bondy infuriates the Yanks with his radical boat design and brazen attitude. But combined with a crack crew and heaps of underdog energy, the Aussies' are in Newport Rhode Island to win.  This is episode 2 of a 6-part history podcast series from ABC Rewind for Radio National and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

  • September 24 · length unknown

    01 | Bondy | The Outsider

    Determined to make his first million before his 21st birthday, Alan Bond's questionable business ethics ruffle feathers in small-town Fremantle and earn him a reputation as an audacious English upstart. Shaped by his deprived childhood in post-war Britain, Bondy develops the gift of being able to sell anything to anyone. In his new home of Perth WA his rapid rise from juvenile delinquent to property developer is astonishing. This is episode 1 of a 6-part history podcast series from ABC Rewind f

  • September 10 · length unknown

    INTRODUCING: Bondy From Hero to Zero

    Alan Bond was a genius, master salesman and con man. His '80s win of the America’s Cup, the sailing race of tycoons, put Australia on the global stage and the public adored Bond for it. In this series of ABC Rewind, satirist Mark Humphries tells the remarkable true story of Alan Bond; from his sporting highs, to building his global business empire and his lavish lifestyle rubbing shoulders with celebrities, to his business empire crashing and burning spectacularly and the scandal uncovered that

  • September 10 · length unknown

    Introducing: Bondy From Hero to Zero

    Alan Bond was a genius, master salesman and con man. His '80s win of the America’s Cup, the sailing race of tycoons, put Australia on the global stage and the public adored Bond for it. In this series of ABC Rewind, satirist Mark Humphries tells the remarkable true story of Alan Bond; from his sporting highs, to building his global business empire and his lavish lifestyle rubbing shoulders with celebrities, to his business empire crashing and burning spectacularly and the scandal uncovered that

  • September 10 · length unknown

    04 | Shooting the Past | Alien Nation

    Clare Wright explores the story behind a studio portrait of an Edwardian family, and raises some tricky questions about citizenship, the Australian constitution and the subtle art of belonging.

  • September 10 · length unknown

    02 | Shooting the Past | Camp Sovereignty

    A photograph of two men, one Indigenous and one non-Indigenous, holding hands leads Clare Wright to investigate the history of  First Nations resistance in Australia  

  • September 5 · 29 min

    01 | Shooting the Past | The Ruins of Science

    Historian Clare Wright takes a deep dive into Australia's past through six intriguing photographs. In this episode Clare tries to uncover the story behind a baffling photo, and finds herself transported back to the not-so-swinging 1960s.    

  • August 29 · 26 min

    04 | Saga Land | The story of Egil

    Broadcaster Richard Fidler and writer Kari Gislason continue their travels across Iceland to tell the ancient Viking sagas; tales of love, war and humanity. In this episode they follow the steps of Egil. He was a killer, a ruthless opportunist but also one of the greatest court poets of the Middle Ages.  He travelled far and wide through the Viking world in pursuit of fame and wealth. And yet it was back at his family farm Borg á Mýrum, in Iceland’s mid-west, that he faced his ultimate test, an

  • August 22 · 28 min

    03 | Saga Land | The story of Gisli

    In the remote north-west of Iceland, Kári Gislason and Richard Fidler follow in the doomed footsteps of Gísli, the most uncompromising of the saga heroes – this is a tale about the complexity of family life, and the difficult choices which can come with it. Back in Reykjavik, Kári begins to unravel the knotty threads of his own Icelandic heritage and is suddenly faced with a choice.   Credits: Writers - Richard Fidler and Kari Gislason Producer -  Richard Fidler Sound Engineer - Steve Field

  • August 15 · 28 min

    02 | Saga Land | The story of Gudrun

    Richard Fidler and Kari Gislason continue their travels across Iceland to tell the ancient Viking sagas; tales of love, war and humanity. This episode tells the story of Gudrun, the most beautiful woman in Iceland and the two men who loved her. Kari and Richard also continue to try and piece together the mysterious and tantalising threads of Kari’s Icelandic family history.    Credits: Writers - Richard Fidler and Kari Gislason Producer -  Richard Fidler Sound Engineer - Steve Fieldhouse M

  • August 8 · 28 min

    01 | Saga Land | The story of Gunnar

    Broadcaster and author Richard Fidler, with this friend the writer Kari Gislasen, travel across Iceland to discover the Sagas – the ancient tales of Viking love, war and humanity.  This episode tells the story a famous Viking warrior, Gunnar, and his destructive love affair with the most beautiful and dangerous woman in Iceland, Hallgerd. And Richard and Kari have another mission during their time in Iceland: to try and find out if Kari is related the one of the country’s greatest saga writers.

  • August 6 · length unknown

    08| Remember Me | The middle of the air

    If a friend sent you a farewell text, saying she was planning to end her life, what would you do? Jennie’s response was to go and sing with Nia and promise to tell her story. Nia has scleroderma, her skin and lungs have hardened over the last 20 years, the pain and discomfort has now become unbearable. But thanks to the Voluntary Assisted Dying laws that Nia helped establish she will have the death she hopes for.  

  • August 1 · length unknown

    07 | Remember Me | The Sceptic

    Sunil Badami's mother loved telling him stories of his colourful uncle, India's best-known sceptic, who devoted his life to disproving fraudulent gurus' "miracles" by eating fire, bending forks and floating mid-air. But at the heart of the Sceptic's magic was a disappearing act.

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