how did it come to this?

And so this is Christmas, and what have you done. I bet it’s not as much as the subject today. Keeping a running tally on every person in the world, running a large community of what appear to be indentured labour, somehow managing to traverse the globe in a single night, while stopping at every place of residence, and let’s not get started on the breaking and entering. Where does Santa come from?...

This week, ScoMo has defended our honour and demanded an apology for what he describes as salacious claims against our nation. Australia has awoken the tiger and it did not use a long stick to do so. The trade war between the nations has escalated and neither side appears to be backing down. But where did this come from, has there always been animosity between us? How has our relationship changed?...

The premier of New South Wales, Gladys Berejiklian, has said she feels for Indigenous Australians who say the national anthem doesn’t reflect them and their history and it’s time to make “a small gesture” and change some lyrics. This week National Anthems. Where did the Australian National Anthem come from? Are they representations of a national identity? Can they be a rallying point for a nation...

Rupert Murdoch's media empire has come under fire from former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. This week we follow the rise of Rupert Murdoch. How does the media control our day to day? Should personal politics inform our news? When is a company too big? Will I ever get the 20th Century Fox music out of my head? And ultimately how did it come to this? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy fo...

This week on how did it come to this? 2500 witches from the middle ages in Scotland are on the verge of being exhonerated of their crimes. Who were they? What did they do? Who was after them? Did they weigh the same as a duck? all these questions about Witches and more as we ask, how did it come to this? The Guardian Article Daemonologie by King James Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mor...

Sometimes something happens so quickly in the news that you have to stop and talk about it. Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death has thrown an interesting spanner into the 2020 US Presidential Election. Join us as we look at the life of an incredible Supreme Court Justice, the history of the Supreme Court of the United States, what will The Donald do that inevitably leads us to ask... how did it come to th...

Part Two of our discussion around the European Union, Brexit and Tony Abbott. Come and find out the reasons why the UK is exiting the Union, and the controversy around those decisions, how did it come to this? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tony Abbott, Ex-Captain of Team Australia, has been appointed a trade advisor for the UK in the wake of Brexit. But how did the European Union form, why does it exist, how did it come to this? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on 'how did it come to this?' we look at the current cases of Bubonic Plague and discuss its impact on history. Contact us at: howdiditcometothispodcast@gmail.com 'how did it come to this?' is written by Daniel Mattes and Siobhan Dougherty, Producer James Tuckwell, edited by Daniel Mattes, original music by Lachlan McWhirter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.