Half-Life: 6. Tranquility
The History Podcast14 Touko 2025

Half-Life: 6. Tranquility

After the war, Joe's great-grandfather attempts to build a new life in the United States where his mental health begins to deteriorate.

Written and presented by Joe Dunthorne Produced by Eleanor McDowall Music by Jeremy Warmsley Mixing engineer, Mike Woolley Story consultant, Sarah Geis Executive producer, Alan Hall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4

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Half-Life: 5. The Road Through the Mountains

Half-Life: 5. The Road Through the Mountains

A letter from Joe’s great-grandfather, leads him to the east of Turkey and the story of a massacre, kept silent for many yearsWritten and presented by Joe Dunthorne Produced by Eleanor McDowall Music ...

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Half-Life: 4. Young Republic

Half-Life: 4. Young Republic

Joe follows in his great-grandfather's footsteps to Turkey where he was employed, it seems, making gas masks.Written and presented by Joe Dunthorne Produced by Eleanor McDowall Music by Jeremy Warmsle...

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Half-Life: 3. Lost

Half-Life: 3. Lost

Joe's research into his great-grandfather's work takes him to Ammendorf, south of Berlin - one of the key sites of Nazi Germany's chemical weapons production.Written and presented by Joe Dunthorne Pro...

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Half-Life: 2. The Quiet Town by the River

Half-Life: 2. The Quiet Town by the River

Dangers lurk beneath the soil, in the town where Joe's great-grandfather worked.Written and presented by Joe Dunthorne Produced by Eleanor McDowall Music by Jeremy Warmsley Mixing engineer, Mike Wooll...

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Half-Life: 1. Daughter of Radium

Half-Life: 1. Daughter of Radium

Drawn to a family legend about his German-Jewish family’s dramatic escape from Nazi Germany in 1936, the writer Joe Dunthorne accidentally discovers a far more disturbing history. A conversation with ...

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Half-Life: Trailer

Half-Life: Trailer

Drawn to a family legend about his German-Jewish family’s dramatic escape from Nazi Germany in 1936, the writer Joe Dunthorne accidentally discovers a far more unsettling history.A confession hidden o...

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Invisible Hands: 6. There Is No Alternative

Invisible Hands: 6. There Is No Alternative

In 2006 an Australian investment bank bought Thames Water – Britain’s biggest water company. Everything went well for a bit. And then people started noticing something strange. Sewage in the water. Le...

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Invisible Hands: 5. The Lucky Gambler

Invisible Hands: 5. The Lucky Gambler

James Goldsmith was a billionaire tycoon who thrived in the free-market revolution. He was a corporate raider who conquered both the City of London and Wall Street. He was a playboy – four wives, a ho...

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