The Aftermath: The Aberfan Mine Disaster
The Alarmist
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🗓️ 7 July 2022
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
New Guest Expert! For this week’s Aftermath, Rebecca digs a little deeper into the Aberfan Mine Disaster with Professor Iain McLean. Iain is Professor of Politics at Oxford University and co-author of the book Aberfan: Government and Disasters. He helps us understand the culture and dynamics playing out in these mining villages at the time and reiterates the blatant denial and negligence by those in positions of authority. Afterward, Producer Clayton Early stops by to see if the verdict holds up.
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| 0:00.0 | And here he goes, original. |
| 0:03.6 | Each week, we decide who's to blame for historical tragedy. |
| 0:07.9 | And each week, you tell us if we got it right. |
| 0:12.0 | My name is Rebecca Delgado-Smith, and this is The Aftermath. |
| 0:15.9 | The Aftermath. |
| 0:18.9 | Hey, everyone. |
| 0:19.4 | Thanks for tuning into this episode of The Aftermath. |
| 0:22.0 | Today, we're speaking with guest expert Ian McLean. |
| 0:25.6 | Ian is a professor of politics at Oxford University |
| 0:29.0 | and a senior research fellow in politics |
| 0:31.4 | at Nuffield College in Oxford. |
| 0:33.8 | He is the co-author of Abervan, Government and Disasters. |
| 0:38.5 | And more recently, the author of Rational Choice |
| 0:41.0 | in British Politics, an analysis of rhetoric and manipulation |
| 0:44.8 | from peel to blare. |
| 0:46.6 | Let's hear what he has to say about the Abervan Mind Disaster. |
| 0:52.0 | Hi, and thank you so much for joining us today. |
| 0:54.6 | Hi, Rebecca. |
| 0:55.5 | Could you start off by giving us a little background |
| 0:58.0 | about yourself and why you were drawn to researching |
| 1:01.6 | and writing about the Abervan Disaster? |
| 1:04.6 | OK, so I'm so old, I'm afraid, that I remember the day |
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