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The Hipstorians
by Derek Mulligan
Two perhaps not so hip middle-aged amateur historians sharing their acquired knowledge and passion for all things past in their search to discover something new Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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Uncivil War- Northern Ireland 1969-71
Huw Bennett reaches deep into the archives on a journey that took 8 years to produce this piece of historical importance in the understanding of the period. Rich in detail offering the reader a birdseye view of the political machinations and the knock on affect of actions taken that in hindsight...
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Mairia Cahill Sexual Abuse, The IRA and Sinn Fein
Mairia Cahill has released her book ‘Rough Beast” speaking about her traumatic experience of sexual abuse by a member of the IRA and how the organisation handled it internally and offered her no protection against her abuser, ultimately staying quiet whilst a case was built with the PSNI after...
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Speed Agression Surprise SAS with Tom Petch
Tom Petch uncovers the true origins of this maverick unit introducing a whole cast of unique individuals who showed huge courage to change the face of modern warfare and risked their lives deep behind enemy lines. The U.K Official Secrets Act has kept the identity of main man Dudley Clarke from…
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Irish priest turned arms dealer for the IRA with Jennifer O’Leary
Fr. Patrick Ryan a Pallotine Father returns from missionary work in East Africa to East London in the late 1960’s just as ‘The Troubles’ so called begin in Northern Ireland. Discover how this complex character came to take off the collar to buy arms form Col. Ghadaffi in Libya and ultimately use...
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The Treaty the birth of the Irish Free State with Gretchen Freimann
In this episode Gretchen untangles the complexities of life in Ireland as a nation emerged from its colonial bind. We discuss the characters involved and Gretchen an Australian by birth is a master of the subject matter. We enjoy a fantastic history lesson that puts some context on previous...
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Prisoner 1082 Part 2
We conclude our intensely absorbing tale of IRA Prisoner 1082 Donal Donnelly’s daring escape from Crumlin Road Gaol. We also discuss the current peace process and the prospects of a unites Ireland and some of what needs to change within Northern Ireland before that can happen. Hosted on Acast.…
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Prisoner 1082 Crumlin Road Gaol Irish Republican Army Escapologist Donal Donnelly
Donal born in 1939 Omagh County Tyrone eloquently describes life in Northern Ireland after partition offering a balanced opinion albeit from a Nationalist perspective. This is Part 1 of what is a beautifully described story told as if it happened yesterday, Donal is a delight to speak with…
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History of the UFC, Caged Kings with Michael Thomsen
Journalist Michael Thomsen’s new book Caged Kings takes us through the beginnings of what might have been called a hobby project that seemed to capture a Zeitgeist in American culture just at the right time when cable television began experimenting with pay per view. We discuss some of the...
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Northern Ireland Conflict & Collusion with Anne Cadwallader
Anne having covered the stories on the ground in Northern Ireland left journalism to work with the Pat Finucane Centre to help families seek justice for loved ones who died as a result of collusion of British State and loyalist paramilitaries. We have an honest conversation about a conflict that…
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The Palestine Laboratory with Antony Loewenstein
We’re back! Welcome to Season 6. Myself and our new addition to the Hipstorians team Yvonne Mulligan kick it off with Antony Loewenstein who has written ‘The Palestine Laboratory” and leads us on a journey through the creation of the state of Israel and it’s evolution, it’s role in the world and…
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Vietnam War Veteran in full technicolour
Kregg Jorgensen tells his story in epic detail of how he ended up in the Army Ranger Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol, his CBS televised being shot in the leg and more lot’s more. Myself and Yvonne had a terrific time, Kregg is quite a character. Hope you enjoy. Hosted on Acast. See...
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Z Generation the people in Putin’s Army and the future of Russia
Russia expert Dr. Ian Garner having lived in St Petersburg sets out his views on the Russian state and war machine and the youth who have grown up under Putin’s reign and how the propaganda apparatus has managed to indoctrinate a demographic aspiring to Russian greatness. Another thriller which...
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Benghazi attack with Ethan Chorin
Ethan draws our attention to a seemingly small event in human history that illuminates how petty bickering between political parties can affect the lives of millions of people thousands of miles away in whose countries U.S foreign policy is enacted. We also learn how intelligence can only be...
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Very Bad People with Patrick Alley
Patrick introduces us to the world as it is. Beyond the gaze of the average punter large sums of money change hands between governments and private enterprise, the economics of our resources the things we in the west rely on and consider ourselves entitled to. This episode opened my eyes to a…
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Tales of Smedley Butler told by Johnathan M Katz, fascist plots and surviving Haitian eathquake
Fascinating interview with the learned Jonathan M Katz who takes us through the rise of American Empire and influence and the effect of this policy on the world at large and how capitalist enterprise is present throughout. We talk about “January 6th” and the earthquake in Haiti. This episode was...
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A People Under Siege with Dr. Aaron Edwards
We sweep a reflective searchlight on what it means to be from Northern Ireland from the perspective of those seeking a bright future beyond ‘The Troubles” and a sobering look at what lies ahead. Aaron, a native Belfast historian has written extensively although not exclusively on the period known...
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Fantasyland
Author of history of United States of America titled 'Fantasyland' brings us on a fascinating journey through America's eclectic mix of persecuted religions that made the move firstly across the water from Europe and then further pressed to make the journey west. Kurt Anderson is also a novelist...
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The tragedy of our modern migrant crisis
Irish journalist and writer, Sally Hayden, says she "stumbled on a human rights disaster of epic proportions" when she wrote about the ongoing migrant crisis in Europe in her award-winning book ' My Fourth Time, We Drowned' (Orwell Prize & Irish Book of the Year). A foreign correspondent, she has...
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Baltimore, corrupt cops, Justin Fenton ‘We Own This City’
Baltimorean journalist Justin Fenton joins us to talk about his book on police corruption ‘We Own This City’ that was made into a HBO Series of the same name. He reveals the scale of scandalous police corruption in a city with a declining population and is yet one of the murder capitals in the US...
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The history of transplant surgery, syphilis, skin grafts and more!
Hope you're not squeamish! In his first book, the author of 'Spare Parts', Paul Craddock, explored transplant surgery, from the sixteenth century to the present day. Paul guides us through some of the extraordinary advances through medical science over the centuries. Gory, gritty, and endlessly...
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Why we should ALL be afraid of Russia
In his book 'Russia's War on Everybody: And What it Means for You' author Giles Keir lifted the lid on how Russia has been waging a clandestine war against the West for decades. But here, he reveals why the 2022 attack on Ukraine is a threat to us all, regardless of where we live. Hosted on…
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The resistance women who escaped the Germans
The American author Gwen Strauss tells the story of how her great aunt Hélène Podliasky led a band of nine female resistance fighters as they escaped a German forced labour camp and made a ten-day journey across the front lines of WWII from Germany back to Paris Hosted on Acast. See...
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The cover album art of Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, LSD, and the 1970s
Mark Blake, the author 'Us And Them: The Authorised Story Of Hipgnosis' - the history of record sleeve designers, who created some of the most iconic album covers of all time, including Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side Of The Moon and Led Zeppelin’s Houses Of The Holy Hosted on Acast. See...
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War reporting from the frontline in Iraq and Afghanistan, flying humvees, special forces, JSOC and the world police with Sean D Naylor
Sean D Naylor spent 20 years writing for Army Times and, being embedded with frontline troops, he was well placed to record the story of the rise of JSOC, Joint Special Operations Command. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Nuclear secrets and bombs, the Bhagavad Gita, Oppenheimer and more
Derek and Neil get schooled in unexpected ways after some chit chat and musings on their childhood fears of nuclear Armageddon. Alex Wellerstein reorients our long held views of nuclear history. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Pulitzer Prize winner David E Hoffman takes us to Cuba
Pulitzer Prize winner David E Hoffman (after a brief discussion about the Irish weather in December!) takes us to sunnier climes to talk about Oswaldo Paya and his fight for freedom in Castro’s oppressive Cuba. We are given a wonderful geo-political lesson delivered with passion and emotion. This...
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Power, money and corruption in the Vatican City
This episode author Gerald Posner takes us through the dark dealings of Christianity’s most holy city, its ties to fascism, Joseph Mengele and how it makes its money. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Untold stories of African empires with Luke Pepera
Talking about old stories written out of history that ooen up a whole new world of discovery and why is it only now that we are being introduced to Africa’s rich and abundant history. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Checkmate in Berlin and one of Britain’s deepest secrets
Take a wander through Berlin as the Cold War heats up and Giles Milton introduces us to his new podcast series Cover Up: Ministry of Secrets Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Rocket man Homer Hickam
Almost Octogenerian Homer Hickam takes us on the rocket ship that is his life. Homer is probably best known for the movie about his childhood ‘October Sky’ which starred a young Jake Gyllenhaal, and his book Rocket Boys. We discuss so many topics in addition to the obvious which literally left...
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Tim Brannigan, black Irish Socialist Republican
Black IRA man Tim Brannigan shares his incredible story of life on the Falls Road Belfast, his time in the Maze Prison, his Irishness, his being black in a white Catholic community and his views on the Queen's funeral. Tim is a great storyteller and this shines right through a very honest...
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Airship down
In N-4 Down author Mark Piesing tells the unforgettable true story of what happened when the largest polar rescue mission in history was launched to find the survivors of the glamorous Arctic airship Italia, which crashed near the North Pole in 1928. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for…
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Sex cult survivor who escaped the Children of God
Daniella Mestyanek Young is an author, a TEDx Speaker, a sex-cult survivor, and US Army Combat Veteran who joined us on the HIpstorians tell us about her extraordinary life as captured in her book Uncultured. After being born into the Children of God which also counted the actors River and…
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Delving into big history
Professor Michael Burleigh is a world-renowned historian whose massive books including The Racial State; Death and Deliverance; Germany Turns Eastwards; The Third Reich; Earthly Powers and Sacred Causes; Blood and Rage; and Moral Combat: A History of WW2 have been translated into 20 languages. He...
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The best (and worst!) conspiracies ever
We have great fun in this episode with Tom Phillips (Humans; Truth) and Jonn Elledge (The Compendium of Not Quite Everything) as we explore some of the wackiest conspiracy theories out there, which the lads have hilariously compiled in their brilliant book 'Conspiracy: A History of Boll*cks...
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The Nazi billionaries
David de Jong's groundbreaking investigation into how the Nazis helped German tycoons make billions off the horrors of the Third Reich and World War II Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Former SAS man and Falklands veteran
Nigel ‘Spud’ Ely’s soldiering career in the Parachute Regiment, the SAS, as a Military Consultant and as a war photojournalist has taken him in to some of the most deadly, high-octane, violent battles of the modern era, from Northern Ireland, the Falklands, to Africa, Afghanistan and Iraq. He was...
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The Falklands War - The unknown story
Best-selling military historian and author Ricky D Phillips tells us the inside story of the Falklands War, revealing what he has discovered through research into books like The First Casualty: The Untold Story of the Falklands War and the 2021 follow-up Last Letters from Stanley. There is also…
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Voices from the Irish Civil War
Described by one commentator as the “unspeakable war" and “a story that nobody dared to tell," the tragic Irish Civil War of 1922-1923 has often been considered one of the darkest periods of the country's history. Much of that story has never been told before..until now with the publication of...
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On drugs and music
And now, for something a little bit different as we talk to Harry Shapiro, author and journalist who has been working in the UK drugs charity sector and as a music biographer. His books include, Recreational Drugs: A Directory, Waiting for the Man: the Story of Drugs and Popular Music and…
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The battle for Syria
Christopher Phillips tells us the background story about how the United States and other nations have played a part in Syria’s ongoing civil war. Although the war-torn country's brutal, long-lasting civil war is widely viewed as a domestic contest that began in 2011 Christopher reveals how the…
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The CIA spy turned stay-at-home-mom
Former CIA agent Christina Hillsburgh lets us in on the secret world of spycraft and the techniques and skills she learned to teach parents how to raise resourceful, self-sufficient children that she shares in her insightful book, License to Parent Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...
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Area 51, aliens and nuclear war
American investigative journalist, Pulitzer Prize finalist and New York Times best-selling author, Annie Jacobsen, will keep you up at night wondering about the secrets she has unearthed in works like 'Area 51: An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base'; 'Operation Paperclip…
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Travelling through Muslim Europe
In his enlightening new book Minarets in the Mountains, Tharik Hussain brings to life the rarely told story of Muslim Europe, and the 600-year-old Ottoman Muslim heritage and culture of the Balkans Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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First to fight Hitler!
Poland was the first country to face the full onslaught of the murderous force of the Nazis at the start of World War Two. By the end of the war, one in five of its people had perished. Roger Moorehouse tells us about an often overlooked, but crucial conflict at the outbreak of the worst...
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A true historical detective story set in the 16th Century
Edward Wilson-Lee's 'A History of Water' is a true historical detective story set in sixteenth-century Portugal. We follow two men - one a collector, historian and expert on water-music who ends up dying a grisly death - the other a ruffian, vagabond and braggart who ends up as the country's...
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The monk who lit up the Dark Ages
Author Seb Falk brings us on a fascinating journey back to the so-called Dark Ages to meet our guide, an enlightened 14th-century English monk, who was also a pathbreaking astronomer, in his book The Light Ages. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The Irish SAS legend
Soldier, rugby star, lawyer, amateur boxer and founding member of the Special Air Service (SAS), Lieutenant Colonel Robert Blair 'Paddy' Mayne became one of the British Army's most highly decorated soldiers and was controversially denied the VC. He was also a rogue, a troubled young man and would...
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Coming of age in Northern Ireland's year of Chaos
As a cub reporter Malachi O Doherty cut his teeth covering one of the worst years of the so-called Troubles. He was just 21-years-of-age, as the conflict escalated in 1972, but would go on to become one of the most prolific authors on Northern Ireland. Here, he tells us about the Tartan Gangs,...
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Growing up during Belfast Days as a teenage girl
Journalist and author Eimear O Callaghan was just 16-years-of-age when she kept a diary over the course of one year - 1972 - while growing up in Belfast. In this heart-rending and emotional interview Eimear tells us how the discovery of the long-lost diary led to the publication of the…
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Two perhaps not so hip middle-aged amateur historians sharing their acquired knowledge and passion for all things past in their search to discover something new
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