To mark the second series of The Things We Forgot To Remember, we've recorded a series of discussions relating to various historical issues. The subjects under discussion include the role of historians, families, the individual and communities in historical interpretation which you can listen to via a podcast (what's a podcast?).

In the podcast OU academic Chris Williams chats with Clive Emsley, professor of history, Jovan Byford, a psychologist and Dan Weinbren, a social scientist, all from the Open University. A new episode will be released each week, until all four are available.

To subscribe to the free podcast, type, or copy and paste, the following URL into your podcast software:

If you have iTunes it's easier to click on this link:subscribe to podcast in iTunes.

The software will automatically download the most recent episode and download more as they're released. It will list the other available episodes and give you the option to download them. As new episodes are released, your software will automatically download them.

If you don't want to subscribe to the podcast, you can download episodes using the links given below. Right-click on one of the links and click "Save target as" on the menu that appears. Then choose where you'd like the file to be saved on your computer. The file will then be downloaded.

Historical memories
Why do historians change their view of what's important? Who decides what's important anyway and what do they use as their sources? Find out about he modern view of historians in our podcast.

Download - Historical memories - 5.6MB

Transcript for - Historical memories podcast
Families in historyHow does our relationship with our ancestors change our view of history? Can we ever escape from our family and should we want to? Hear the modern bedbate on our ancestors in our podcast

Download - Families in history - 5.2MB

Transcript for - Families in history podcast
Individuals in history
Is there something about the way we think that changes the way we remember history? When it come to our memory of big events, do our minds play tricks on us? Listen to some individual viewpoints in our podcast.

Download - Individuals in history 5.2MB

Transcript for - Individuals in history podcast

Communities in history
What are the ways that communities fix and transmit their views of the past? Do comunities remodel the past to suit its own interests? Hear the historical debate in our podcasts.

Download - Communities in history 6.7MB

Transcript for - Communities in history podcast

Content last updated: 16/11/2006

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