Since the World's been Turning

About 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.”

Publisher

NZpodz

Category

education · history · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

3 May 2021

Latest episode

17 Mar 2025

Latest episodes

119 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   17 Mar 2025

   Episode 117 - Rock N Roller Cola Wars

   We’ve covered a lot of military history throughout this series, but in this final episode we’re discussing a different kind of war. It’s the not-so-sweet rivalry that ignited in the 1980s: the Cola Wars between Coke and Pepsi. Both drinks are icons of American pop culture, but if you were asked to taste the two beverages, could you tell the difference? That’s the question our special guest Priya Raghubir asks her students - and only 1% get it right. Priya is the Dean Abraham L Gitlow Ch...

2. 

   24 Jan 2025

   Episode 116 - Chinas under martial law

   In this episode, we’re returning to communist China after the death of Chairman Mao, and learning about one of the grimmest moments of the 1980s: Tiananmen Square.Footage and photographs of the Chinese army cracking down on protesters travel around the world - but due to state censorship, much about the massacre there is still unknown. We’re joined by special guest Jeff Wasserstrom, who is a professor of history at the University of California, Irvine. Jeff’s area of particular int...

3. 

   16 Dec 2024

   Episode 115 - Hypodermics on the shore

   Medical waste historian Jeremy Greene uncovers the shocking truth behind the 1987 Atlantic Coast hypodermic syringe contamination crisis.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.3 / 5

4 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

21 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 38 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

41

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

85