Stuff The British Stole
Throughout its reign, the British Empire stole a lot of stuff. Today those objects are housed in genteel institutions across the UK and the world. They usually come with polite plaques. This is a series about the not-so-polite history behind those objects. Season two is co-produced with CBC Podcasts.
- Website
- https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/stuff-the-british-stole/
- Description
- Throughout its reign, the British Empire stole a lot of stuff. Today those objects are housed in genteel institutions across the UK and the world. They usually come with polite plaques. This is a series about the not-so-polite history behind those objects. Season two is co-produced with CBC Podcasts.
- Language
- 🇬🇧 English
- last modified
- 2024-11-23 00:38
- last episode published
- 2024-03-27 18:00
- publication frequency
- 21.98 days
- Contributors
- ABC Radio
- Author
- ABC Radio
- Owner
- Explicit
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- Number of Episodes
- 57
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Episodes
| Date | Title & Description | Contributors |
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| 2024-03-27 |
PRESENTS: Looking For Modi and a Stuff The British Stole update Take a listen to the ABC's new podcast Looking For Modi and an update on season 2 of Stuff The British Stole's TV season." |
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| 2023-08-01 | How do you uncover the true life of a woman whose existence is wrapped in myth, propaganda and a famous animated children’s movie? This is the true story of Matoaka - a young Powhatan girl who you probably know as Pocahontas. This is the mystery of a c... |
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| 2023-08-01 | How do you uncover the true life of a woman whose existence is wrapped in myth, propaganda and a famous animated children’s movie? This is the true story of Matoaka - a young Powhatan girl who you probably know as Pocahontas. This is the mystery of a c... |
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| 2023-07-25 | Most heists target gold, jewels or cash. This one targeted illegal seeds. As the British established their sprawling empire across the subcontinent and beyond, they encountered a formidable adversary - malaria. There was a cure - the bark of the Ande... |
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| 2023-07-25 | Most heists target gold, jewels or cash. This one targeted illegal seeds. As the British established their sprawling empire across the subcontinent and beyond, they encountered a formidable adversary — malaria. There was a cure — the bark of the Ande... |
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| 2023-07-18 | It’s round. It has a hole in it. It symbolises nothing and yet it is the possibility of something... meet zero. The zero we know and love today is the foundation of our modern world. And we have India to thank for it; in particular one special Indian b... |
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| 2023-07-18 | It’s round. It has a hole in it. It symbolises nothing and yet it is the possibility of something... meet zero. The zero we know and love today is the foundation of our modern world. And we have India to thank for it; in particular one special Indian b... |
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| 2023-07-11 | There's a body buried in the grounds of Windsor Castle whose real home is thousands of miles away. Since 2007, there have been calls for Prince Alamayu’s remains to be returned to Ethiopia. But how exactly did this young royal end up alone in England, ... |
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| 2023-07-11 | There's a body buried in the grounds of Windsor Castle whose real home is thousands of miles away. Since 2007, there have been calls for Prince Alamayu’s remains to be returned to Ethiopia. But how exactly did this young royal end up alone in England, ... |
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| 2023-07-04 | Deep in the cellars of one of England’s grandest country homes, covered in dirt and cobwebs, lay dozens of bottles of ancient rum. Their discovery set off a frenzy among collectors vying to own the oldest rum in the world. But where did they come fro... |
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