how did it come to this?

By Daniel Mattes and Siobhan Dougherty

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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

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Episode Date
6.01 - Papal History “and on this rock I will build my church” - Matthew 16:18
Apr 24, 2025
5.06 - The Stories We Missed 2024
Jan 06, 2025
5.05 - Conspiracies “When you conspire with everyone you come across, you're not really conspiring with anyone. You're just doing random crap” - Annie Edison, Community.
Sep 27, 2024
5.04 - Olympic Games “Citius, Altius, Fortius – Communiter”
Jul 30, 2024
5.03 - "Assassination is the extreme form of censorship" - George Bernard Shaw
Jul 18, 2024
5.02 - Israel/Palestine pt2. “We hereby declare the establishment of a Jewish state in the land of Israel.” - Ben Gurion
Mar 26, 2024
5.01 - Israel/Palestine pt1. "a Land flowing with milk and honey." Deuteronomy 26:9
Feb 22, 2024
4.04 - The Voice Pt.2 "You're the voice, try and understand it" - John Farnham
Oct 17, 2023
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
Oct 05, 2023
4.02 - “and there surely will be conflict and confrontation” - Qin Gang
Mar 11, 2023
4.01 - "To guard those relics ne'er to be restored." - Lord Byron
Feb 25, 2023
3.03 - Ukraine pt.3 “Ukraine is the instrument for Russia to test the West's 'red lines'” - Lilia Shevtsova
Sep 26, 2022
3.02 - Ukraine pt2. “Is there anything more frightening than people?" –Svetlana Alexievich
May 12, 2022
3.01 - Ukraine pt1. “It is better to be naked and honest than rich and an outlaw”
Apr 28, 2022
2.10 - “But harsh conditions create rebels.”
Dec 22, 2021
2.09 - Remembrance Day Special with Jesse Alexander
Nov 10, 2021
2.08 - “We can't afford to leave Afghanistan to the Taliban and the terrorists.” (Afghanistan pt.2)
Oct 15, 2021
2.07 - "Part of the reason it has remained unknown is because of this complexity." (Afghanistan pt.1)
Sep 30, 2021
2.06 - "you need to control the country, and the main thing is not to ruin people's lives."
May 31, 2021
2.05 - "the most Illustrious and most Exalted"
Apr 26, 2021
2.04 - “I shall endeavour to inspire the pleasing hope of its becoming essentially beneficial to mankind”
Apr 12, 2021
2.03 - “insurmountable obstacles”
Apr 08, 2021
2.02 - “Winning is not always the barometer of getting better.”
Mar 01, 2021
2.01 - “It is not power that corrupts but fear”
Feb 08, 2021
0.01 - Trailer 1
Feb 06, 2021
1.09 - the man with the bag
Dec 17, 2020
1.08 - “In waking a tiger, use a long stick.”
Dec 03, 2020
1.07 - our pod is girt by anthems
Nov 19, 2020
1.06 - "If you want to judge my thinking, look at The Sun.”
Oct 29, 2020
1.05 - “of these detestable slaves of the Devil”
Oct 15, 2020
1.04 - “real change, happens one step at a time”
Oct 01, 2020
1.03 - ...divided we falter? (pt2)
Sep 24, 2020
1.02 - united we stand... (pt1)
Sep 10, 2020
1.01 - What still plagues us?
Aug 27, 2020