Essential history listens podcasts

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Essential history listens podcasts

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    A family gathered on a tropical island, looking towards an orange mushroom cloud at sea.
    An illustration of a cassette tape in yellow with two blue spools on a cyan background. The words "The Mixtape" appear in the corner and top.
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    Mist shrouded bush covered hills fill the background, in front the text reads "Deer Wars" is a font reminiscent of Westerns along with a pair of crossed antlers

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    A dark green background with stars, the title "Gone Fishing" in bold letters with a red target overlay, and the tagline 'Mayhem. Murder... Maybe.' Below, a winding road with a red car and silhouetted trees.
    Promotional image for the 'Mr Lyttle Meets Mr Big' podcast. A moody black and white landscape is mirrored vertically and horizontally, creating a rorschach like effect with the name of the podcast in a vibrant green overlaid.
    An illustrated portrait of Peter Ellis that looks distorted by glass. A bold 'CONVICTION' sits on top.
    A silhouetted figure stands in the "O" of the word "Lost". Clouds are in the top of the image and the ground is made up of a newspaper headline about a disappearance.

  • Listen while you walk

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    Mist shrouded bush covered hills fill the background, in front the text reads "Deer Wars" is a font reminiscent of Westerns along with a pair of crossed antlers
    A podcast cover for "Flying Nun Records" featuring the years 1981 and 2021. The title is in bold, stylized orange text at the top. The central image shows several illustrated nuns in brown robes, depicted as if they are flying, against a peach background. The words "Flying Nun" are flanked by the years 1981 on the left and 2021 on the right, both in vertical orientation.
    Abstract illustration featuring an eye on a pink background. Text reads "Eye Witness" below it.
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    A woman with short grey hair stares directly forward with a half-smile, text reads "Kim Hill Wants to Know".
    The title of the programme "Nau Mai Town" in the style of iconic New Zealand road signs
    A family gathered on a tropical island, looking towards an orange mushroom cloud at sea.
    A vintage CD featuring Nick Bollinger's album on a blue background. The text says "Esseential New Zealand Albums"

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