Since the World's been Turning
This podcast series is a journey through history, one guided by the lyrics of Billy Joel’s song “We Didn’t Start the Fire". Join us for an educational and fun exploration of the events, people, and inventions that helped to shape the modern world during the Cold War. These roughly half-hour episodes place a microscope on each of Billy Joel’s lyrics, discovering the rich detail that helps breathe life into the past. Narrated by Robin Harrison, each episode also features interviews with guest speakers, including experts in the field and friends and family of the people being discussed. Together, we’ll learn why Billy Joel wrote the lyrics he did and hopefully come to understand what he meant when he sang “We didn’t start the fire, it was always burning, since the world’s been turning.”
Since the World's been Turning
Episode 32 - Communist Bloc
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Episode 33
This episode explores life in the Communist bloc. A collection of states in Eastern Europe that were under the oppressive thumb of the Soviet Union. Life within the bloc contrasts sharply with life in the West. Berlin, being split in two, provided a clear example of this. To help us explore life in the Bloc is Dr Gerhard Schüsselbauer Director of the Pan-European Studies Institute. We dive into life within the bloc and specifically life in Berlin during this pivotal period of Modern European history, that ended with the fall of the Berlin Wall.