Making Sense of History Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/making-sense-of-history Making Sense of History asks how the present connects to the past. In each episode, Nick Eckstein and a guest turn back the clock, tracing current themes and events to their historical source. ©University of Sydney c5333e7b-f666-58e2-b52e-dfba9364ed16 no en Tue, 12 Aug 2025 11:40:33 +1000 Wed, 03 Dec 2025 13:27:11 +1100 https://img.transistor.fm/YCoHcslRDUuliQi6puy1atA-fPpC3t2r_Oeh1jMoXDY/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQ0MDQ5LzE3MDMw/ODc5OTAtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.jpg Making Sense of History episodic University of Sydney School of Humanities Making Sense of History asks how the present connects to the past. In each episode, Nick Eckstein and a guest turn back the clock, tracing current themes and events to their historical source. Making Sense of History asks how the present connects to the past. history, education University of Sydney School of Humanities soh.online@sydney.edu.au No No Making sense of COVID through History 2 2 4 4 Making sense of COVID through History full 63f546ec-7a01-4c19-96c4-db6996e43535 https://share.transistor.fm/s/e95b0311 The COVID pandemic is and was a health crisis. So why talk to a historian, and when does a medical emergency become a historical event? How can we all become historians, and what does Gardening Australia have to do with any of this? Nick Eckstein talks to Peter Hobbins to find out.

Host: Nick Eckstein

Guest: Peter Hobbins

Series Producer: Peter Adams

]]> The COVID pandemic is and was a health crisis. So why talk to a historian, and when does a medical emergency become a historical event? How can we all become historians, and what does Gardening Australia have to do with any of this? Nick Eckstein talks to Peter Hobbins to find out.

Host: Nick Eckstein

Guest: Peter Hobbins

Series Producer: Peter Adams

]]> Sat, 26 Apr 2025 11:45:00 +1000 University of Sydney School of Humanities University of Sydney School of Humanities 1965 The COVID pandemic is and was a health crisis. So why talk to a historian, and when does a medical emergency become a historical event? How can we all become historians, and what does Gardening Australia have to do with any of this? Nick Eckstein talks to Peter Hobbins to find out.

Host: Nick Eckstein

Guest: Peter Hobbins

Series Producer: Peter Adams

]]> history, education No Peter Adams Nick Eckstein Dr Peter Hobbins Making Sense of Anzac Part 3 2 2 3 3 Making Sense of Anzac Part 3 full 4957b935-2d28-4952-a41d-32b4d5b35b67 https://share.transistor.fm/s/4f0c342a In the final episode of Making Sense of Anzac, Nick Eckstein and Brad Manera discuss the impulse which, almost since the battle ended, has driven so many Australians to revisit the scene of the military disaster at Anzac Cove. What knowledge do older and younger Australians carry with them on this pilgrimage? What is the power of individual stories, and how does the experience of literally 'being there' change those who make the journey?

The Ode of Remembrance reading is voiced by Dr Vanessa Witton.

Host: Nick Eckstein

Guest: Brad Manera

Series Producer: Peter Adams

Photo: "Anzac Day wreaths" by State Library of South Australia is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

Last Post recording is an Australian Air League recording https://www.airleague.com.au/download/last-post/

]]> In the final episode of Making Sense of Anzac, Nick Eckstein and Brad Manera discuss the impulse which, almost since the battle ended, has driven so many Australians to revisit the scene of the military disaster at Anzac Cove. What knowledge do older and younger Australians carry with them on this pilgrimage? What is the power of individual stories, and how does the experience of literally 'being there' change those who make the journey?

The Ode of Remembrance reading is voiced by Dr Vanessa Witton.

Host: Nick Eckstein

Guest: Brad Manera

Series Producer: Peter Adams

Photo: "Anzac Day wreaths" by State Library of South Australia is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

Last Post recording is an Australian Air League recording https://www.airleague.com.au/download/last-post/

]]> Wed, 16 Apr 2025 08:30:00 +1000 University of Sydney School of Humanities University of Sydney School of Humanities 1382 In the final episode of Making Sense of Anzac, Nick Eckstein and Brad Manera discuss the impulse which, almost since the battle ended, has driven so many Australians to revisit the scene of the military disaster at Anzac Cove. What knowledge do older and younger Australians carry with them on this pilgrimage? What is the power of individual stories, and how does the experience of literally 'being there' change those who make the journey?

The Ode of Remembrance reading is voiced by Dr Vanessa Witton.

Host: Nick Eckstein

Guest: Brad Manera

Series Producer: Peter Adams

Photo: "Anzac Day wreaths" by State Library of South Australia is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

Last Post recording is an Australian Air League recording https://www.airleague.com.au/download/last-post/

]]> history, education No Dr Vanessa Witton Peter Adams Nick Eckstein Brad Manera Making Sense of Anzac Part2 2 2 2 2 Making Sense of Anzac Part2 full 067670e8-6d2f-4672-90c3-3bf03224464b https://share.transistor.fm/s/6c1220bb Many, perhaps most, 21st-century Australians believe that a phenomenon known as 'the Australian character' was forged amid the carnage and chaos of Gallipoli in 1915 and 1916. How accurate is this myth? What is the actual relationship between Gallipoli and the ideals of Australian manhood celebrated to this day in film, sport and popular memory? In episode 2 of Making Sense of Anzac, Nick Eckstein and Brad Manera talk about how the historical significance of the Anzac legend has changed in over a century. And they introduce a group who should have been part of the story since the beginning: women.

Host: Nick Eckstein

Guest: Brad Manera

Series Producer: Peter Adams

Photo - Hasitha Tudugalle (flickr).  Used under Creative Commons License 2.0   

]]> Many, perhaps most, 21st-century Australians believe that a phenomenon known as 'the Australian character' was forged amid the carnage and chaos of Gallipoli in 1915 and 1916. How accurate is this myth? What is the actual relationship between Gallipoli and the ideals of Australian manhood celebrated to this day in film, sport and popular memory? In episode 2 of Making Sense of Anzac, Nick Eckstein and Brad Manera talk about how the historical significance of the Anzac legend has changed in over a century. And they introduce a group who should have been part of the story since the beginning: women.

Host: Nick Eckstein

Guest: Brad Manera

Series Producer: Peter Adams

Photo - Hasitha Tudugalle (flickr).  Used under Creative Commons License 2.0   

]]> Wed, 09 Apr 2025 08:30:00 +1000 University of Sydney School of Humanities University of Sydney School of Humanities 1400 Many, perhaps most, 21st-century Australians believe that a phenomenon known as 'the Australian character' was forged amid the carnage and chaos of Gallipoli in 1915 and 1916. How accurate is this myth? What is the actual relationship between Gallipoli and the ideals of Australian manhood celebrated to this day in film, sport and popular memory? In episode 2 of Making Sense of Anzac, Nick Eckstein and Brad Manera talk about how the historical significance of the Anzac legend has changed in over a century. And they introduce a group who should have been part of the story since the beginning: women.

Host: Nick Eckstein

Guest: Brad Manera

Series Producer: Peter Adams

Photo - Hasitha Tudugalle (flickr).  Used under Creative Commons License 2.0   

]]> history, education No Peter Adams Nick Eckstein Brad Manera Making Sense of Anzac Part 1 2 2 1 1 Making Sense of Anzac Part 1 full 257735e5-fa27-4755-b28a-4c782739f4f4 https://share.transistor.fm/s/9c33953b In this first part of a three-part conversation, Making Sense of Anzac, Nick Eckstein and Brad Manera go back to the very beginning. Where does the word 'Anzac' come from, and what does it mean? How and why did soldiers from Australia and New Zealand find themselves on the beaches and dunes of the Dardanelles in 1915? Why were Australians involved in the Great War at all? And how did the campaign at Gallipoli go so disastrously wrong?

Host: Nick Eckstein

Guest: Brad Manera

Series Producer: Peter Adams

Image "Landing at Gallipoli (13901951593)" by Archives New Zealand from New Zealand is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

]]> In this first part of a three-part conversation, Making Sense of Anzac, Nick Eckstein and Brad Manera go back to the very beginning. Where does the word 'Anzac' come from, and what does it mean? How and why did soldiers from Australia and New Zealand find themselves on the beaches and dunes of the Dardanelles in 1915? Why were Australians involved in the Great War at all? And how did the campaign at Gallipoli go so disastrously wrong?

Host: Nick Eckstein

Guest: Brad Manera

Series Producer: Peter Adams

Image "Landing at Gallipoli (13901951593)" by Archives New Zealand from New Zealand is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

]]> Wed, 02 Apr 2025 08:10:00 +1100 University of Sydney School of Humanities University of Sydney School of Humanities 1759 In this first part of a three-part conversation, Making Sense of Anzac, Nick Eckstein and Brad Manera go back to the very beginning. Where does the word 'Anzac' come from, and what does it mean? How and why did soldiers from Australia and New Zealand find themselves on the beaches and dunes of the Dardanelles in 1915? Why were Australians involved in the Great War at all? And how did the campaign at Gallipoli go so disastrously wrong?

Host: Nick Eckstein

Guest: Brad Manera

Series Producer: Peter Adams

Image "Landing at Gallipoli (13901951593)" by Archives New Zealand from New Zealand is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

]]> history, education, Anzac, Anzac Day, Gallipoli, Dardenelles, World War 1, Australia, New Zealand, War No Peter Adams Nick Eckstein Brad Manera Speaking from the Heart: Why Indigenous Australians Need a Voice - Pt 2 1 1 2 2 Speaking from the Heart: Why Indigenous Australians Need a Voice - Pt 2 full 689e30f0-379c-47bb-a5a5-2661902a0752 https://share.transistor.fm/s/61a3c04e In Part 2 of “Speaking from the Heart”, Nick Eckstein and Mark McKenna continue their discussion of the history behind Indigenous Australians’ call for a Voice to Parliament. What are the human consequences of White Australia’s failure to listen to its First Peoples? What is the Great Australian Silence? Can it be broken once and for all? Will White Australia finally start listening in October 2023?

Find out more about the Uluru Statement from the Heart.

Read more about Mark McKenna's book Return to Uluru

]]> In Part 2 of “Speaking from the Heart”, Nick Eckstein and Mark McKenna continue their discussion of the history behind Indigenous Australians’ call for a Voice to Parliament. What are the human consequences of White Australia’s failure to listen to its First Peoples? What is the Great Australian Silence? Can it be broken once and for all? Will White Australia finally start listening in October 2023?

Find out more about the Uluru Statement from the Heart.

Read more about Mark McKenna's book Return to Uluru

]]> Mon, 28 Aug 2023 18:27:38 +1000 University of Sydney School of Humanities University of Sydney School of Humanities 1824 In Part 2 of “Speaking from the Heart”, Nick Eckstein and Mark McKenna continue their discussion of the history behind Indigenous Australians’ call for a Voice to Parliament. What are the human consequences of White Australia’s failure to listen to its First Peoples? What is the Great Australian Silence? Can it be broken once and for all? Will White Australia finally start listening in October 2023?

Find out more about the Uluru Statement from the Heart.

Read more about Mark McKenna's book Return to Uluru

]]> the voice, indigenous peoples, Australia, Aboriginals, Torres Strait Islanders, Uluru Statement of the Heart, Australian Constitution, Race Relations, Australian Referendums No Peter Adams Nick Eckstein Mark McKenna Speaking from the Heart: Why Indigenous Australians Need a Voice - Pt 1 1 1 1 1 Speaking from the Heart: Why Indigenous Australians Need a Voice - Pt 1 full 9a9ebfe0-66bf-4f8c-910c-4a433a8d2b53 https://share.transistor.fm/s/9ebf7154 In this first part of a two part show, Nick Eckstein talks to Emeritus Professor Mark McKenna about Australia's upcoming referendum on an Indigenous Voice. How has the Australian Constitution silenced Australia’s First Peoples? What is the Uluru Statement from the Heart? Why does Australia need an Indigenous Voice to the Federal Parliament? This two-part show will try to make sense of the history behind these questions.

Voice-Overs: Professor James Curran; Dr Vanessa Witton.

Read more about Mark McKenna's book Return to Uluru

]]> In this first part of a two part show, Nick Eckstein talks to Emeritus Professor Mark McKenna about Australia's upcoming referendum on an Indigenous Voice. How has the Australian Constitution silenced Australia’s First Peoples? What is the Uluru Statement from the Heart? Why does Australia need an Indigenous Voice to the Federal Parliament? This two-part show will try to make sense of the history behind these questions.

Voice-Overs: Professor James Curran; Dr Vanessa Witton.

Read more about Mark McKenna's book Return to Uluru

]]> Fri, 18 Aug 2023 20:16:26 +1000 University of Sydney School of Humanities University of Sydney School of Humanities 1430 In this first part of a two part show, Nick Eckstein talks to Emeritus Professor Mark McKenna about Australia's upcoming referendum on an Indigenous Voice. How has the Australian Constitution silenced Australia’s First Peoples? What is the Uluru Statement from the Heart? Why does Australia need an Indigenous Voice to the Federal Parliament? This two-part show will try to make sense of the history behind these questions.

Voice-Overs: Professor James Curran; Dr Vanessa Witton.

Read more about Mark McKenna's book Return to Uluru

]]> the voice, indigenous peoples, Australia, Aboriginals, Torres Strait Islanders, Uluru Statement of the Heart, Australian Constitution, Race Relations, Australian Referendums No Peter Adams Mark McKenna Nick Eckstein