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AnecdoteswithAnne
by Anne Rimmer
Through this podcast I hope to share some of my favourite anecdotes from history. The focus is not on dates but the people that made up the great events. Podcasts will jump between eras and geographies, sharing stories that listeners might not have heard before.
Episodes
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Anecdotes 8 - Fort Erie, 1866
A discussion of the Fenian Raids on Canada - one of history's less thought through plans.
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Anecdotes 7 - Visby, 1361
Episode 7: The dream of the European Common market in the middle ages. Traces the rise and fall of the Hanseatic League.
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Anecdotes 6 - Ypres, 1914
The story of the 1914 Christmas Truce - a series of spontaneous cease fires that to me embodies some of the best of the human nature.
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Anecdotes 5 - Santiago, 1813
November Podcast - The life of Bernardo O'Higgins. The bastard son of a colonial administrator, he became one of Chile's great revolutionary leaders.
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Anecdotes 4 - Athens, 428 B.C.
Anecdotes with Anne - Episode 4: The story the Mytilenian revolt, looking at the dynamics and limits of political discussion in ancient Greece. The themes of the debate: capital punishment, imperialism and corruption in politics remain relevant today.
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Anecdotes 3 - Northumbria, 644
Third episode of Anecdotes with Anne - This time jumping to 7th Century. England telling the story of St Hilda. She was an educator, a community leader, a politician and all round fascinating person.
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Anecdotes 2 - Geneva, 1940
August Update - This episode is about sport, WWII and Jewish history. More importantly it is about individual acts of defiance, and having a passion.
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Anecdotes 1 - March of the 104
The first episode of Anecdotes, a podcast which aims to share fascinating stories about the past and to highlight that history really isn't such a foreign country after all. This episodes tells the story of the 104th Regiment of Foot who marched across Canada in the middle of winter in 1813.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Through this podcast I hope to share some of my favourite anecdotes from history. The focus is not on dates but the people that made up the great events. Podcasts will jump between eras and geographies, sharing stories that listeners might not have heard before.
HOSTED BY
Anne Rimmer
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How many episodes does AnecdoteswithAnne have?
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What is AnecdoteswithAnne about?
Through this podcast I hope to share some of my favourite anecdotes from history. The focus is not on dates but the people that made up the great events. Podcasts will jump between eras and geographies, sharing stories that listeners might not have heard before.
How often does AnecdoteswithAnne release new episodes?
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Who hosts AnecdoteswithAnne?
AnecdoteswithAnne is created and hosted by Anne Rimmer.
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