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NEW on The History Podcast: Half-Life. Drawn to a family legend about his German-Jewish family's dramatic escape from Nazi Germany in 1936, the writer Joe Dunthorne accidentally discovers a far more disturbing history.

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Half-Life: Trailer

Drawn to a family legend about his German-Jewish family’s dramatic escape from Nazi Germany in 1936, the writer Joe Dunthorne accidentally discovers a far more unsettling history. A confession hidden on page 1692 of his great-grandfather Siegfried’s unpublished memoir leads Joe into a story of radioactive toothpaste, unexploded bombs and erased histories, exploring the many ways the past continues to haunt the present - even when we try to ignore it. A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4

2min
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Half-Life: 1. Daughter of Radium

Drawn to a family legend about his German-Jewish family’s dramatic escape from Nazi Germany in 1936, the writer Joe Dunthorne accidentally discovers a far more disturbing history. A conversation with his granny, who spent her childhood brushing her teeth with the radioactive toothpaste her father Siegfried manufactured, leads Joe to finally read his great-grandfather's nearly 2000-page long unpublished memoir. Hidden on page 1692 he finds an unsettling confession. Written and presented by Joe Dunthorne, (based on his book Children of Radium: A Buried Inheritance) Produced by Eleanor McDowall Music by Jeremy Warmsley Mixing engineer, Mike Woolley Story consultant, Sarah Geis Executive producer, Alan Hall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4

29min
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Half-Life: 2. The Quiet Town by the River

Dangers lurk beneath the soil, in the town where Joe's great-grandfather worked. Written and presented by Joe Dunthorne Produced by Eleanor McDowall Music by Jeremy Warmsley Mixing engineer, Mike Woolley Story consultant, Sarah Geis Executive producer, Alan Hall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4

28min
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Half-Life: 3. Lost

Joe's research into his great-grandfather's work takes him to Ammendorf, south of Berlin - one of the key sites of Nazi Germany's chemical weapons production. Written and presented by Joe Dunthorne Produced by Eleanor McDowall Music by Jeremy Warmsley Mixing engineer, Mike Woolley Story consultant, Sarah Geis Executive producer, Alan Hall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4

29min
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Half-Life: 4. Young Republic

Joe follows in his great-grandfather's footsteps to Turkey where he was employed, it seems, making gas masks. Written and presented by Joe Dunthorne Produced by Eleanor McDowall Music by Jeremy Warmsley Mixing engineer, Mike Woolley With thanks to David McDowall Story consultant, Sarah Geis Executive producer, Alan Hall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4

29min
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Half-Life: 5. The Road Through the Mountains

A letter from Joe’s great-grandfather, leads him to the east of Turkey and the story of a massacre, kept silent for many years Written and presented by Joe Dunthorne Produced by Eleanor McDowall Music by Jeremy Warmsley Mixing engineer, Mike Woolley With thanks to Jaclynn Ashly and David McDowall Story consultant, Sarah Geis Executive producer, Alan Hall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4

28min
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Half-Life: 6. Tranquility

After the war, Joe's great-grandfather attempts to build a new life in the United States where his mental health begins to deteriorate. Written and presented by Joe Dunthorne Produced by Eleanor McDowall Music by Jeremy Warmsley Mixing engineer, Mike Woolley Story consultant, Sarah Geis Executive producer, Alan Hall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4

29min
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Half-Life: 7. The City Forgets

In Munich, Joe traces a very different side to his family history, events that were left out of his great-grandfather’s memoir. Written and presented by Joe Dunthorne Produced by Eleanor McDowall Music by Jeremy Warmsley Mixing engineer, Mike Woolley Story consultant, Sarah Geis Executive producer, Alan Hall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4

29min
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Half-Life: 8. A Fracture

Written and presented by Joe Dunthorne (based on his book Children of Radium: A Buried Inheritance) Produced by Eleanor McDowall Music by Jeremy Warmsley Mixing engineer, Mike Woolley Translator in Berlin: Francesca Schweiger Recordings of the memorial unveiling: Phoebe McIndoe Story consultant, Sarah Geis Executive producer, Alan Hall Commissioning editor, Daniel Clarke A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4

30min

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Excellent

17 de mai.

Al&frank

Takes a story about a man born in the 1800’s and makes it very relevant to today. Fascinating history
Well Presented

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Mac an tSionnaigh

Another winner from the BBC
Doesn’t find the right metaphor

17/07/2024

Nitram99

This podcast can’t decide what it wants to be. An exciting escape drama? Or a political analysis of the Troubles? It also fails to see the obvious metaphor: prisoners were able to escape from the Maze, though people thought that was impossible. And Ireland seems to have been able to escape from the maze of conflict, thought many people had thought that too was impossible. Not everyone escaped, in either case, and in both there is the danger of ending back where one started, but one can describe a positive outcome for both prisoners and country. Lacking that metaphorical unity the podcast lurches around for a focus (from “ripples” to the obvious fact that narratives clash) and ends up imprisoned in its own negativity. It seems to criticize the British for not running a more effectively repressive prison!