EP138 - ... for now ..
Episode 138 is probably the fianl episode of this series on the history of Belgium
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Random History of Belgium
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 i...
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20 of 138 episodesEP137 - Belgian social security - final part 4
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 s...
EP136 - Belgian social security (part 3)
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 s...
EP135 - Belgian social security (part 2)
In EP 135 of the Random history of Belgium , continues the journey through the history of our social security system . We look at child labo...
EP134 - Belgian social security (part 1)
In EP134 of the Random history of Belgium, we start a multi part journey, looking at the early versions of social protection, funds and char...
EP133 - Hendrik Conscience
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 langua...
EP132 - The Belgian Railways 1830 - 1926
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 prob...
EP131 - Port of Antwerp: Cockerill and Boelwerf
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 a...
EP130 - Trappist WestVleteren
EP130 for this episode, I looked at the Trappist abbey of WestVleteren, their Cistercian religious order and their famous Trappist beers. We...
EP129 - Black Sunday
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 parti...
EP128 - Jean-Pierre Van Rossem - Moneytron
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...
EP127 - Belgians in Korea
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...
EP126 - Georges Lemaître and the universe
In EP 126 we talk about abbé , Georges Lemaître , the begin behind the expanding universe theory . We look at his life , his connection with...
EP125 - The Walloon movement
EP125 is the last episode on our political institutions and movements for now, and deals with the Walloon movement, the language law of 1932...
EP124 - The Flemish movement (part 3)
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 group...
EP123 - The Flemish movement (part 2)
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 exam...
EP122 - The Flemish movement (part 1)
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 rhe...
EP121 - Telenet
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 cab...
EP120 - Belgian TV - part 3
In part 3 on Belgian Television history we look at the commercial stations, the changing publisher landscape, VTM and DPG-media. #Belgium #h...
EP119 - Belgian TV - part 2
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, wi...