Podcasts by The Folded Lie

The Folded Lie

In 1917, Australia experienced one of its largest industrial conflicts, known as the Great Strike. At the height of the strike, strike breaker Reginald Wearne shot striker Mervyn Flanagan. One hundred years later, The Folded Lie uncovers the injustice that followed the shooting, and how it affected two families.

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The Folded Lie
5 - The M Word from 2019-07-07T12:34

Is Reg a murderer? Is Merv a martyr? Who gets to own this story? 100 years on, can the lies be unfolded?

In the final episode of The Folded Lie, the Flanagans and th...

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4 - What goes on in the corridors from 2018-09-13T19:31

In the weeks and months following the killing of Merv Flanagan, the government and the labor movement went head to head.
Frances Morgan reveals new research on how the strings of jus...

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3 - Gangstas and molls from 2018-04-19T01:00:27

If your grandfather had been shot dead, would your family tell you about it? Frances Morgan visits Sandra Williams, the granddaughter of Merv Flanagan, and discovers how Reg's decision to pull...

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2 - Legend has it from 2018-01-24T03:00:35

How has the Wearne side of the killing been folded into the family history? Frances Morgan visits Bingara and meets John Wearne - a descendant of Reginald Wearne. Reg is the man who killed Mer...

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1 - Civil war from 2017-12-13T06:48:01

This is a story about two men, Mervyn Flanagan and Reginald Wearne. But to understand how these two men came to cross paths, you need to understand the Great Strike of 1917. 

Presen...

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0 - All I have is a voice from 2017-12-10T19:48:42

Introducing… The Folded Lie.

Poem by: W.H. Auden 
Poem reader: David Marr 
With thanks to Mike Williams
Presenter/Creator: Frances Morg...

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