Random History of Belgium

Random History of Belgium

Author: Manuel Van den Eynde Language: English Episodes: 100
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This history podcast tells the story of Belgium's history, in a non-chronological order. Every two weeks, we'll cover Belgian history and take the bits and pieces we like, to entertain and inform the listeners. Our place on the web: rhob.be
Episodes
EP107 - Witloof - Belgian Endives [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 30:24
EP107 of the Random history of #Belgium, deals with another food item important to our history, we'll talk about Brussels Chicory, #Witloof or Endives. We'll look at what it is, how it was discovered and how it's cultiva…
EP106 - Origins: the Belgian election system - part 3 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 54:39
EP106 - The 3rd part of our Origins of the Belgian election system episide, and we go through the 1949 to more recent years, the regions gain importance, we see a few notable elections like the one of 1971 and 1991 and t…
EP105 - Origins: the Belgian election system - part 2 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 39:28
EP105, the 2nd part of the origins of the Belgian election system, we start with 1899 to 1949 and the adaptations made along the way for a more stable and math based seat distribution in parliamant, we go over the social…
EP104 - Origins: the Belgian election system - part 1 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 46:23
In this episode in our origins series, we'll look at the origins of the Belgian election system, its evolution and we'll look at the first provisional governement for Belgium. We'll recap some early history and look at t…
EP103 - Lotus Bakeries [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 30:50
In EP103 we take a look at speculaas and speculoos, but also one of the biggest brands of biscuits in Belgium: Lotus. We look at the pastries and company history.
EP102 - The dioxin crisis [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 30:26
With EP102 we visit the 1990s politics during a food scandal, leading to some key moments in political history. We look at what this crisis was all about, how it physically came to be and take a look at the repercussions…
EP101 - Amikejo [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 37:03
EP101 - We look at the mini-state or territory that existed for 100 years within the current Belgian borders: Neutral-Moresnet. We look at its strange start, the economy, the Mosselman family and the many aspects that ma…
EP99 - Fort Breendonk - Belgium in WWII (part 12) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 45:06
In Episode 99 of the Random history of Belgium we look at one of the subjects I've very briefly talked about during the Battle for Belgium episodes. Fort Breendonk. A SS-run concentration camp during WWII. We look at the…
EP98 - About mystic lambs and Just judges [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 45:50
Episode 98 of the Random history of #Belgium podcast: It's one of the most famous and important paintings in the world, commonly known as “the Ghent Altarpiece”. We'll learn more about who made it, what it depicts and wh…

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