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We Didn't Start the Fire: The History Podcast

We Didn't Start the Fire: The History Podcast

Crowd Network

History
Arts
Tv & Film

Frequency: 1 episode/11d. Total Eps: 136

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This brand new pop culture history podcast is nothing like anything you've heard before, and it's everything you need to understand the modern world. Katie Puckrik and Tom Fordyce, an American pop culture buff and a British music lover, have taken the smash-hit song by Billy Joel and turned it into a podcast. Billy lists 120 people, places, and things in 'We Didn't Start The Fire', and Katie and Tom will do an episode on every single one to create the most fascinating, random and original history of the post-war world. Over the next two and a half years, we're going to learn about politics, rock 'n' roll, sport, space, television, the Cold War, guided along the way by historians, eyewitnesses, and mega-fans. Billy started it. We're going to finish it. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @spreadthatfire, email us at fire@crowdnetwork.co.uk, and go to spreadthatfire.com to buy merch.
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  • 🇨🇦 Canada - history

    05/06/2025
    #66
  • 🇺🇸 USA - history

    05/06/2025
    #75
  • 🇨🇦 Canada - history

    04/06/2025
    #64

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CHARLES DE GAULLE: Interview with Pierre Azou on The French History Podcast

lundi 16 septembre 2024Duration 36:19

Please enjoy this bonus episode from The French History Podcast! Is it better to be a hero or great? What is the difference? What makes someone a hero or great in France? Pierre talks all about that and how to get into the Panthéon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

JFK: The Kennedy Assassination

jeudi 5 septembre 2024Duration 24:40

Please enjoy this bonus episode which is the series premier of Countdown to Dallas, a new show from Evergreen Podcasts. In this episode we recap the basic events surrounding President Kennedy's assassination. We’ll discuss the formation of the famous Warren Commission, its findings — and highlight the one thing about its report that's often overlooked. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Heavy Metal Suicide

Episode 114

dimanche 23 avril 2023Duration 42:03

!sretratseriF kcab emocleW... What's that funny sentence? A secret hidden message of course! Because this week we're getting into the weeds of heavy metal and Satanic Panic. Were Judas Priest hiding secret messages in their songs? Was music threatening the very fabric of the modern world? And where did the moral panic go? It's a complicated, tragic, and often absurd story, so music journalist and metal-head Michael Hann is back to talk us through it all! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Prokofiev

Episode 31

dimanche 22 août 2021Duration 33:08

If you’ve ever watched Romeo and Juliet or The Apprentice, you’ll know the iconic music of Prokofiev! This week, we chat about the Russian composer who lived through World War I, II, the Russian Revolution and the Great Purge AND kept making music through it all, with pianist Alexander Karpeyev. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nasser

Episode 30

dimanche 15 août 2021Duration 38:19

He’s all work no play… except for the occasional Western movie. This week we’re nattering about Egyptian revolutionary Nasser, with author and broadcaster, Tarek Osman! So, would the revolution have happened without Nasser? What inspired his political career? And what’s his legacy? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Malenkov

Episode 29

dimanche 8 août 2021Duration 43:27

Who's Malenkov, you're probably asking? He might only have been top dog of the USSR for 9 days after Stalin die, but Georgy's pretty interesting. The wonderful storyteller Dr Natalya Chernyshova joins Katie and Tom to talk about the days that followed Stalin's death. Natalya's currently working on a project funded by the British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joseph Stalin

Episode 28

dimanche 1 août 2021Duration 34:12

What was it like to live under Stalin’s Soviet Union? And how does this period still impact people today? This week, we’re speaking to Alex Halberstadt, the grandson of Stalin’s last bodyguard, about this despotic, charismatic and tyrannical leader. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Santayana Goodbye

Episode 27

dimanche 25 juillet 2021Duration 35:49

He’s a material boy living in a material world - this week we’re chatting philosopher George Santayana with Dr Matthew Flamm! Are philosophers just mansplainers in ivory towers? What is the meaning of life according to ol’ George? And most importantly, what is the Fire philosophy? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Liberace

Episode 26

lundi 19 juillet 2021Duration 45:00

This man was glitz, show, and absolute musical talent. He influenced Elvis, Michael Jackson, Lady Gaga. We all know his name, but who was Liberace? Music journalist Jo Kendall helps Tom and Katie dig into the life of the man who was loved by millions but who, behind the chunky rings, charm, applause and piano trills, had a secret that he took with him to the grave. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Marciano with Steve Bunce

Episode 25

lundi 12 juillet 2021Duration 39:02

When hero to American Italians Rocky Marciano hangs up his gloves in 1955, he's undefeated world heavyweight champion. Voice of British boxing Steve Bunce is back to tell Tom and Katie about Rocky's biggest and best fights, and why he was such a key figure of the 20th century. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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