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20th Century Facts & Events

20th Century Facts & Events

By: Greg Brown
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 This is the podcast that started with me wanting to learn more about things that interest me; crazy and important things that happened In the 20th century; things that don’t always get the attention to detail that they deserve. I dig into the story behind what happened, and offer an abridged version of the history and events that became the story. As each series develops and I think about what to cover in the future, I have come to realize that I want to find out what can be learnt from the last 100+ years. Each event has lessons for us today, if we want to learn them.Greg Brown World
Episodes
  • Ukraine; & the bear next door.

    Ukraine; & the bear next door.
    Aug 18 2025

    Here is the continuation of the 2 part series on Ukraine in the last 100+ years; trying to see the overall picture and understand why Ukraine has become such an important headline in the last few years.

    If you haven't yet, please listen to part 1.
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    43 mins
  • Ukraine; from about 1910 to World War II.

    Ukraine; from about 1910 to World War II.
    Aug 11 2025

    It seems that Ukraine rarely made the news until about 2013-14 when Russia invaded Crimea and somehow the Bidens were involved in a scandal. I knew of it, because my mother's family all trace their lineage to the Ukraine as recently as the 1920s. I do not go into any of that here - we're going back to the beginning of the 20th century, when Ukraine was a nation split between the Hapsburgs and the Romanoffs. During the first half of the 20th century, Ukraine was in the middle of everything. What was Ukraine like demographically then and now, and what is the legacy of a century of nation building?


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    45 mins
  • Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge

    Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge
    May 12 2025

    Its effect was little in the rest of the world. Vietnam was the larger story at the time, and the horror of the Cambodian Killing Fields a sidenote in coverage.

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    48 mins
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