HistoryPodcast 40 – Wu Ningkun
Tom Barker and Scott Corbet introduce us to Wu Ningkun, the first Chinese intellectual to be imprisoned by the People’s Republic of China.
HistoryPodcast 40 – Wu Ningkun.mp3 22:24 – 20.7MB
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Archive for December, 2005
29 December
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22 December
0Comments HistoryPodcast 39 – History of Christmas
Christmas is a traditional Christian festival marking the birth of Jesus. Most, although not all, Christians observe this festival on December 25th. However, Christmas is now celebrated as a holiday by many people and cultures besides Christians, and indeed many Christmas traditions originated with pre-Christian observances that were subsumed into Christianity (e.g. Saturnalia, Yule or the Winter Solstice).
In predominantly Christian countries, Christmas has become the most economically significant holiday of the year, and it is also celebrated as a secular holiday in many countries with small Christian populations like Japan. It is largely characterized by gifts being exchanged within families and being brought by Santa Claus, Father Christmas or by other mythical figures. Local and regional Christmas traditions are still rich and varied, despite the widespread influence of American and British Christmas motifs disseminated by globalisation, popular literature, television, and other media.
The word Christmas is a contraction of Christ’s Mass, derived from the Old English Cristes maesse. It is often abbreviated Xmas, the X originates from the Greek letter X (chi) which has often historically been used as an abbreviation for Christ.
HistoryPodcast 39 – Christmas.mp3 22:06 – 20.4MB
Related Links:
Christmas website
A Christmas Carol Podcast From Penguin Books
History of Christmas from History News Network
Related Books:
Inventing Christmas : How Our Holiday Came to Be — by Jock
Elliott
Christmas in America : A History — by Penne L.
Restad
Songs Played this Episode:
Number One Fan – Christmas is here
gidgets ga ga – Christmas Wish
Natalie Brown – Jingle Bells – Public Domain Carol
Geoff Smith – My Own Merry Christmas
Matthew Ebel – Christmas 2004 Live – Walk A Thousand Miles
Jill Parr – Do You Hear What I Hear
TV Listings
Saturday 24
7-8pm History of Christmas
Sunday 25
8-10pm Modern Marvels: DisneyWorld
10-11pm Giganto: The Real King Kong
Tuesday 27
8-10pm Nostradamus 500 Years Later
10-12am Hell: The Devil’s Domain
Thursday 29
Meteors: Fire in the Sky
Friday 23
9:30-10pm History Viewpoint: What the Romans did for us
Sunday 25
8-9pm Line of Fire: Waterloo
Monday 26
7-7:30pm Almanac: History’s Turning Points: The Rise of the Mob
7:30-8pm Almanac: History’s Turning Points: The Television Explosion
8-9pm The worst jobs in history: The Stuarts
Wednesday 28
10:30-11pm History Explorer: What the Tudors did for us: The Applyance of Science
Thursday 29
9-10pm World Justice: Cover Up: Attack on the USS Liberty
PBS
Monday 26
American Experience: Transcontinental Railroad
Discovery Channel
Tuesday 27
10-11pm MythBusters: Confederate Rocket
18 December
0Comments HistoryPodcast 38 – New Thought
A new episode from Christy Croft. The New Thought Movement describes a set of religious developments that originated in the United States during the late 19th century, beginning with Phineas Parkhurst Quimby. From this movement, several religious denominations have emerged that are actively spreading today, including Divine Science, Religious Science, the Universal Foundation for Better Living, and the Unity Church. Although Emma Curtis Hopkins, formerly associated with Christian Science, was considered the teacher of teachers of several key New Thought groups, Christian Science developed in a different direction and is not considered a New Thought denomination.
HistoryPodcast 38 – New Thought.mp3 13:37 – 12.6MB
Related Links:
International New Thought Alliance
Related Books:
Each Mind a Kingdom: American Women, Sexual Purity, and the New Thought Movement, 1875-1920
The healing wisdom of Dr. P.P. Quimby
Mary Baker Eddy (Radcliffe Biography Series)
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15 December
0Comments HistoryPodcast Episode 37 – Sealand
The Principality of Sealand is a micronation (a self-declared, unrecognised state-like entity) located in the North Sea six miles (10 km) off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom.
Coordinates for Sealand:
51° 53’40 N, 1° 28’57 E
HistoryPodcast 37 – Sealand.mp3 20:39 – 19MB
Related Links:
A great history on Guy Maunsell
Sealand Photos From August 2002
On the Media episode interviews Jonathan Cedar, co-director of a documentary on Sealand
More Audio from the HavenCO people
Welcome to Sealand. Now Bugger Off.Wired Magazine
Sealand Movie Under production
Related Books:
How to Start Your Own Country — Erwin S. Strauss
This Week in Television:
All Times Pacific
History Channel
Sunday 18
5pm Saddam and the Third Reich
Wednesday 21
10pm A History of God
Thursday 22
8pm Secrets of the Black Box: Flight 007
History Channel International
Friday 16
7pm Global View: The Ottoman Empire
9pm History Viewpoint: What the Victorians did for us
9:30pm History Viewpoint: what the romans did for us
Monday 19
8pm Almanac: The Worst Jobs in History
Wednesday 21
8:30pm History Explorer: Great Scientist: Issac Newton
10:30 History Explorer: What the Tudors and Stuarts did for us
PBS
Monday 19
9pm American Experience: “Patriots Day” Episode #1608.
Enthusiasts annually re-create the Revolutionary battle of Lexington and Concord.
Travel Channel
Friday 16
8pm Mysteries of the British Museum
Sunday 18
9pm Travel Channel Presents: Mysteries of the Smithsonian
10pm Travel Channel Presents: In Search of Amelia Earhart
Discovery Times
Sunday 18
10pm Lost City of Pompeii: Secrets of the Dead
Wednesday 21
8pm Real Family of Jesus P1
9pm Real Family of Jesus P2
Discovery Channel
Tuesday 20
9pm Dirty Jobs
Wednesday 21
10pm Dirty Jobs
11pm Dirty Jobs
08 December
0Comments HistoryPodcast 36 – Ottoman Empire: A Brief History
The Ottoman Empire was an imperial power, centered around the borders of the Mediterranean Sea, that existed from 1299 to 1922. At the height of its power in the 16th century, it included Anatolia, the Middle East, parts of North Africa, much of south-eastern Europe to the Caucasus in the north. It comprised an area of about 19.9 million km², though much of this was under indirect control of the central government. The Empire was situated in the middle of East and West, and interacted throughout its six-century history with both the East and the West.
HistoryPodcast 36 – Ottoman Empire: A Brief History.mp3 8:17 – 7.77MB
Related Links:
The Ottomans – A great resource about the Ottomans.
The Young Turks: Proclamation for the Ottoman Empire
A 1300 Year Struggle for Control of Resources
BBC’s: Religion & Ethics: Islam
All Empires: The Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Empire and the Armenian Genocide
Why the crescent and star are a symbol of Islam
Related Books:
Constantinople — by Philip Mansel
The Ottoman Empire: The Classical Age 1300-1600 — by Halil Inalcik
Ottoman Warfare 1500-1700 — by Rhoads Murphey
The Ottoman Empire and Early Modern Europe (New Approaches to European History) — by Daniel Goffman
The End of the Ottoman Empire, 1908-1923 — by A.L. Macfie
The Great Powers and the End of the Ottoman Empire — by Marian Kent (Editor)
The Ottoman Empire, 1700-1922 (New Approaches to European History) — by Donald Quataert
04 December
0Comments HistoryPodcast 35 – Factories
I’m back and here is a new episode from Tom Barker!
HistoryPodcast 35 – Factories.mp3 13:28 – 12.5MB
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Related Books:
The World That Trade Created : Culture, Society and the World Economy, 1400 to the Present
Racing the Enemy : Stalin, Truman, and the Surrender of Japan
Unrelated History
My Flickr webpage where you can view pictures from my vacation and anything else I have uploaded to Flickr.
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