In 1969, three kilometres under the North Sea, drillers found something that would change Britain completely.
It would transform us into an oil-producing nation, fuel Thatcherism in the 1980s, feed resentment in Scotland — and yet all of it happened largely out of sight of most Britons.
How did North Sea oil and gas change us? What’s life like for the dwin ... Show More
Oct 2025
How Russia’s shadow fleet is sailing around oil sanctions
Bjarne Caesar Skinnerup works as a maritime pilot in the straits of Denmark. That means he’s used to seeing oil tankers. But after the start of the war in Ukraine, the tankers started getting weird. They were flying flags he’d never seen before. They were old, very old, though ma ... Show More
31m 18s
Jun 2025
John Hagan - Red Centre Reflections
This episode was recorded as part of a Centralian Land Management Association project - which they have kindly shared with our listeners. In this episode, we hear from John Hagan — someone who knows the Territory not just by map, but by memory. Over the course of 87 years, John h ... Show More
2h 8m
<p dir="ltr">(Conversation recorded on May 7th, 2024) </p> <h3 dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Show Summary: </span></h3> <p dir="ltr">In contrast to 'The Great Simplification', some might call the events of the last few hundred years a 'Great Complexification' in terms ... Show More
