Random History of Belgium
History Podcasts
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
Location:
United States
Description:
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
Language:
English
Episodes
EP138 - ... for now ..
4/10/2022
Episode 138 is probably the fianl episode of this series on the history of Belgium
Duration:00:14:51
EP137 - Belgian social security - final part 4
3/2/2022
EP137: In part 4 on the history of Belgian social security, we'll look at the post WWII situation on how both the pension and unemployment system evolved from the blueprint laid out by one of the main pioneers in social security Mr. Fuss. We will also look at the evolution of the RVA and much more.
Duration:00:45:56
EP136 - Belgian social security (part 3)
2/3/2022
EP136: In part 3 on the history of Belgian social security, we'll go over the interbellum, the two World Wars and the government organized social systems like NDAW.
Duration:00:48:27
EP135 - Belgian social security (part 2)
1/19/2022
In EP135 of the Random history of Belgium, continues the journey through the history of our social security system. We look at child labor, factories, healthcare, the first large street battles and protests, but also the first laws protecting the workers.
Duration:00:45:55
EP134 - Belgian social security (part 1)
1/17/2022
In EP134 of the Random history of Belgium, we start a multi part journey, looking at the early versions of social protection, funds and charities for workers, before and during the industrial revolution.
We'll track the origins of our social security systems and their history.
Duration:00:46:49
EP133 - Hendrik Conscience
12/6/2021
EP133 - We look at the life and work of our most renowned author Hendrik Conscience. His career and impact, the way he forged his own language and legacy, the marketing and symbolism and some insights about the square in Antwerp named after him.
Duration:00:56:42
EP132 - The Belgian Railways 1830 - 1926
8/13/2021
EP132 - We'll take a look at first 100 years of the Belgian railways. How it got started, the economic structure, some key elements and problems, as well as the building of stations. We focus on the early days to see where it all came from.
Duration:00:43:19
EP131 - Port of Antwerp: Cockerill and Boelwerf
6/23/2021
In EP131 of the Random history of Belgium, we look at the expansion of the port of Antwerp, we focus on two shipyards and their importance and eventual decline. We look at the Saint-Michiels abbey, the straightening of the Scheldt river, Cockerill yards and of course Boel shipyards in Temse.
Duration:00:49:31
EP130 - Trappist WestVleteren
5/24/2021
EP130 for this episode, I looked at the Trappist abbey of WestVleteren, their Cistercian religious order and their famous Trappist beers. We look at the early history of the site and their beer, while drinking a nice #Trappist
Duration:00:42:53
EP129 - Black Sunday
5/5/2021
EP129 We look at the November 1991 election day, we look at the previous governments in charge, the way they wen down. The rise of new parties, and a few older ones that gained power, we talk about the aftermath and impact of this important election and their key players like CVP/PSC, SP/PS, Volksunie, Vlaams Blok and ROSSEM.
Duration:00:49:24
EP128 - Jean-Pierre Van Rossem - Moneytron
4/19/2021
In EP128 we'll take a look at author, politician, macro-economic and "enfant terrible" of the early 1990s in Belgium: Jean-Pierre Van Rossem. We look at his Moneytron system, his media image, fraud allegations, political party and downfall.
Duration:00:51:51
EP127 - Belgians in Korea
3/19/2021
In EP127 we'll take a quick look at the Belgian volunteer corps during the Korean war, we'll look at how Belgium got involved, who was sent there and what their impact and actions.
Duration:00:45:56
EP126 - Georges Lemaître and the universe
2/22/2021
In EP126 we talk about abbé, Georges Lemaître, the begin behind the expanding universe theory. We look at his life, his connection with Albert Einstein and why he's been important in Belgian and even world history.
Duration:00:36:49
EP125 - The Walloon movement
1/29/2021
EP125 is the last episode on our political institutions and movements for now, and deals with the Walloon movement, the language law of 1932. We talk about Jules Destrée, Julien Delaitte, letters to king Albert I, the struggle for the French language privileges and much more.
Duration:00:52:07
EP124 - The Flemish movement (part 3)
12/9/2020
In Episode 124 of the Random history of Belgium we'll get into the post-war struggle of the Flemish movement, we look at the different groups and political parties emerging, as well as the rise and fall of the Volksunie party and much more.
Duration:00:54:45
EP123 - The Flemish movement (part 2)
12/1/2020
In EP123 of the Random history of Belgium, is part 2 on the history of the Flemish movement. We explore the 1914 tot 1946 timeframe. We examine collaboration, repression and the changing language and symbolism of the writers/politicians during that time.
Duration:00:40:15
EP122 - The Flemish movement (part 1)
11/25/2020
In EP122 of the Random history of Belgium podcast, is part 1 of 2 on the history of the Flemish movement. We'll look at their goals, the rhetoric, origins and explain the tipping point from cultural to political organization and much more.
Duration:00:45:35
EP121 - Telenet
11/10/2020
In EP121 of the Random history of Belgium, we look at one of our biggest telecom providers and their origins. We'll look at the original cable network, the municipalities, funding and their growth into the modern internet, telephony and tv provider they are now.
Duration:00:46:12
EP120 - Belgian TV - part 3
10/26/2020
In part 3 on Belgian Television history we look at the commercial stations, the changing publisher landscape, VTM and DPG-media.
#Belgium #historypods
Duration:00:42:38
EP119 - Belgian TV - part 2
10/6/2020
Episode 119 of the Random history of Belgium continues the history of TV and telecom in Belgium. We look at the 1958 to 1996 time period, with the new headquarters for the state television, TV programming, color Tv and the coax cable network.
Duration:00:39:56