S2 E2, Part 2: Shonaleigh Cumbers and "The Fool of the Warsaw Ghetto"
“In the last clearing of the Warsaw Ghetto three children find themselves on a transportation to Auschwitz and encounter the Fool of the Warsaw Ghetto. He offers them a moment of magic in which to esc...
21 Okt 202535min
S2 E2, Part 1: Shonaleigh and "The Fool of the Warsaw Ghetto"
In the first part of this special two-part episode, Sam and Alex look at a vibrant part of Jewish culture that was nearly lost during the Holocaust: the drut’syla storytelling tradition.Special guest ...
29 Sep 20251h 16min
"Cabaret"
Wilkommen, bienvenue, welcome…the girls are back! In the season premiere, Sam and Alex look at the iconic musical Cabaret and ask: Is it a ‘Holocaust play’?The conversation includes their encounters w...
15 Sep 20251h 7min
"Playing for Time" by Arthur Miller
In this week’s episode, Sam and Alex look at Arthur Miller’s adaptation of Fania Fénelon’s memoir of her time in the women’s orchestra of Auschwitz. The pair talk about the history of the orchestras a...
7 Juli 20251h 26min
"Performing Captivity, Performing Escape: Cabarets and Plays from the Terezin/Theresienstadt Ghetto," edited by Lisa Peschel (16th June 2025)
Content warning: this episode contains references to disordered eating.In this week’s episode, Alex and Dr Sam talk to Professor Lisa Peschel - whose interviews with Czech survivors of Terezin/Theresi...
23 Juni 20251h 7min
"Fear and Misery of the Third Reich" by Bertolt Brecht (2nd June 2025)
In this week’s episode, Dr Sam and guest co-host John Summers-Campbell explore the most naturalistic of Brecht’s works: a series of 24 episodic scenes that illustrate what life was like for ordinary G...
23 Juni 20251h 25min
Contested Histories: "Our Class" and the Jedwabne Pogrom (21st April 2025)
Content warning: Discussions of sexual violence and graphic descriptions of antisemitic violence and killings. In this episode - the first in the Contested Histories series - Sam and Alex explore Our ...
23 Juni 20251h 2min
"The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas" by John Boyne, adapted by Angus Jackson (7th April 2025)
Since its publication in 2006, John Boyne’s novel has been the subject of criticism in the world of Holocaust education. Set at Auschwitz and telling the fictional story of a friendship between the na...
23 Juni 20251h 11min
