Living History With Mat Mclachlan

Mat speaks with Professor Joan Beaumont from the Australian National University about Australia in the years after the First World War. What was life like for returned soldiers, how did the Great Depression impact the lives of ordinary people, and did we create a 'Land Fit for Heroes' as we promised the soldiers we would? Presenter: Mat McLachlan Guest: Professor Joan Beaumont Producer: Jess Stebnicki For more great history content, visit www.LivingHistoryTV.com, or subscribe to our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/c/LivingHistoryTV See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Mat travels to the Australian War Memorial in Canberra to speak with historians Dr Karl James, Dr Aaron Pegram and Dr Roger Lee about the future of remembrance in Australia. Presenter: Mat McLachlan Guests: Karl James, Aaron Pegram, Roger Lee Producer: Jess Stebnicki For more great history content, visit www.LivingHistoryTV.com, or subscribe to our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/c/LivingHistoryTV See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This month marks the 75th anniversary of the Sandakan Death Marches, the brutal forced marching of Australian POWs by the Japanese in Borneo, which resulted in the deaths of more than 2400 prisoners.  In this confronting episode, historian Lynette Silver reveals the true story of the death marches, the horror of the ordeal for the Australian prisoners, and the legacy they have left us. (Please note that this episode may be distressing for some listeners.) Presenter: Mat McLachlan Guest: Lynette Silver Producer: Jess Stebnicki Editor: Landon Grace For more information about Lynette's work, visit https://lynettesilver.com/ For more great history content, visit www.LivingHistoryTV.com, or subscribe to our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/c/LivingHistoryTV See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This month marks the centenary of the formation of the Nazi Party. In this episode Mat is joined by historian Dr Marco Durante to discuss the origins and legacies of this infamous regime. For more great history content, visit www.LivingHistoryTV.com, or subscribe to our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/c/LivingHistoryTV See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Mat travels to Darwin for the anniversary of the 1942 bombing raid that destroyed the town and brought the Second World War to Australia. In this episode he speaks with Norm Cramp from the Darwin Military Museum about the legacy of that devastating attack. For more great history content, visit www.LivingHistoryTV.com, or subscribe to our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/c/LivingHistoryTV See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Brad Manera, Director of the Anzac Memorial in Hyde Park, Sydney, joins Mat to discuss the first victory of the Royal Australian Navy, when HMAS Sydney sunk the German raider SMS Emden in 1914. A damaged gun, recovered from the wreck of the Emden, stands in the park as a monument to the battle, and forms a tangible link to this fascinating chapter of history. For more great history content, visit www.LivingHistoryTV.com, or subscribe to our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/c/LivingHistoryTV See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Mat is joined by full-time battlefield guide Jo Hook to discuss her rewarding career spent in the footsteps of the soldiers of WW1 and WW2. For more great history content, visit www.LivingHistoryTV.com, or subscribe to our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/c/LivingHistoryTV See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Mat visits the National Film and Sound Archive to see the restored version of 'The Sentimental Bloke', one of the earliest Australian silent films, more than a century after its first release. For more great history content, visit www.LivingHistoryTV.com, or subscribe to our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/c/LivingHistoryTV See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Mat is joined by leading UK historian Dan Snow to discuss the importance of history in an ever-changing world, and the new ways history is being studied, explored and presented. Learn more about Dan's history work and subscribe to his digital history channel at www.historyhit.com For more great history content, visit www.LivingHistoryTV.com, or subscribe to our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/c/LivingHistoryTV See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In July 2019 we recorded one of our most popular podcasts of the year, an interview with Apollo 16 astronaut Charlie Duke, the 10th man to walk on the moon. Please enjoy this revisit of that very special interview. For more great history content, visit www.LivingHistoryTV.com, or subscribe to our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/c/LivingHistoryTV See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The format is reversed in this special episode of the podcast, as new podcaster Adam Blum interviews Mat McLachlan about the meaning and legacy of Anzac. For more great history content, visit www.LivingHistoryTV.com, or subscribe to our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/c/LivingHistoryTV See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Join Mat as he explores Bletchley Park and learns how the Enigma machine was cracked in WW2. Watch the documentary here: https://youtu.be/JDlda6K_XmI For more great history content, visit www.LivingHistoryTV.com, or subscribe to our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/c/LivingHistoryTV See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Mat speaks to Dr Roger Lee from the Australian War Memorial about the origins and legacy of the Christmas Truce, one of the most enduring chapters of the First World War. For more great history content, visit www.LivingHistoryTV.com, or subscribe to our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/c/LivingHistoryTV See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Mat joins Dr Karl James, Head of Military History at the Australian War Memorial, for a guided tour of the 1941 gallery. Karl gives his unique perspective on key items in the museum's collection, and the picture they paint of fighting in North Africa in 1941. Highlights include an artwork depicting the capture of Bardia, an improvised anti-aircraft battery on a truck, a dramatic diorama of the Siege of Tobruk, the only item recovered from the lost HMAS Sydney, General Montgomery's distinctive slouch hat, and the first Victoria Cross awarded to an Australian in WW2. For more great history content, visit www.LivingHistoryTV.com, or subscribe to our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/c/LivingHistoryTV See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Prisoners of war are most commonly associated with the Second World War, but thousands of men were also captured during the First World War, and their stories have rarely been told. Join Mat as he speaks to Dr Aaron Pegram about his new book, 'Surviving the Great War', and the unique experiences of First World War POWs, before, during and after the conflict. For more great history content, visit www.LivingHistoryTV.com, or subscribe to our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/c/LivingHistoryTV See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this bonus episode of Living History, Mat speaks to Adam Holloway about his book, 'Duty Nobly Done', and how the story of the Australian Imperial Force is told via 11 men from the same family who all served in the Great War. For more great history content, visit www.LivingHistoryTV.com, or subscribe to our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/c/LivingHistoryTV   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Mat speaks to Professor Frank Bongiorno from the Australian National University in Canberra about the Eureka Stockade, the 1854 armed rebellion on the Victorian goldfields that led to sweeping democratic changes in the young Australian colonies. Visit www.LivingHistoryTV.com to explore more exciting chapters of history. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Join Mat in an exclusive tour of Kensington Palace, walking in the footsteps of the young Queen Victoria, who was born and raised in the Palace. For more information, visit www.LivingHistoryTV.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

To celebrate the start of cricket season, Mat takes a behind-the-scenes tour of Lord's, the world's most famous cricket ground, and examines artefacts that tell the story of cricket throughout the centuries. For more information, visit www.LivingHistoryTV.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On the 139th anniversary of Ned Kelly's death, Mat visits Old Melbourne Gaol to learn about the final day's of Ned's life, his death and his legacy. For more information, visit www.LivingHistoryTV.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.