{"podcast":{"title":"Forgotten Australia","slug":"forgotten-australia-761872","podcast_index_feed_id":761872,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/8dc4b04f-b05b-4eac-9556-2a69d0be13cc","website_url":"https://forgottenaustralia.com/","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/6113eaa88b490330c716f7f9/1783601534761-7913cbac-a79d-4ac7-81f4-f8332d078bab.jpeg","author":"Michael Adams","episode_count":373,"summary":"Bloody crimes, unsolved mysteries, eccentric celebrities, dark events and bizarre happenings: it's all here – the stuff you wish they'd taught you in school! Dive into our strange-but-true history via never-before-told stories, author interviews, weekly flashbacks and the weekly trivia quiz. Forgotten Australia is created and hosted by Michael Adams, author of the acclaimed true crime books The Murder Squad , Hanging Ned Kelly and They'll Never Hold Me. He's also a regular history and true crime commentator on ABC Nightlife and the podcast Australian True Crime . Support Forgotten Australia for a few bucks per month to get ad-free early episodes, exclusive bonus episodes, a show shout-out and the chance to win prizes in the special edition trivia quiz episodes. Get a week's free trial here: Patreon: patreon.com/forgottenaustralia Apple: apple.co/forgottenaustralia Email: forgottenaustraliapodcast@gmail.com Check out my books! They’ll Never Hold Me: https://www.booktopia.com.au/they-ll-never-hold-me-michael-adams/book/9781923046474.html The Murder Squad: https://www.booktopia.com.au/the-murder-squad-michael-adams/book/9781923046504.html Hanging Ned Kelly: https://www.booktopia.com.…","last_synced_at":"2026-09-24T18:21:11.646145+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/forgotten-australia-761872"},"episode":{"title":"The Last Gasp: Stubbing Out Ciggie Commercials – Part One","slug":"the-last-gasp-stubbing-out-ciggie-commercials-part-one","published_at":"2026-08-31T07:34:18+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/forgotten-australia-761872/the-last-gasp-stubbing-out-ciggie-commercials-part-one","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/forgotten-australia-761872","url":"https://shows.acast.com/forgotten-australia/episodes/the-last-gasp-stubbing-out-ciggie-commercials-part-one","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/forgotten-australia/e/6a952e7a3255edf6047e041b/media.mp3","summary":"Fifty years ago this week – 1 September 1976 – tobacco commercials were banned on Australian television. So, it was goodbye to Paul Hogan, Stuart Wagstaff, Norman Gunston and other celebs selling ciggies and smoking to adults and kids alike via the idiot box. In this episode, we sift the dirty ashtray of recent history for a look at the powerful profiteers who put the A-list on the payroll, chronicling how multinational tobacco companies, the Australian media and government undermined medical science to make a killing. Part Two will be available first for supporters. It will go on general release later in the week. Patreon: patreon.com/forgottenaustralia Apple: apple.co/forgottenaustralia Email: forgottenaustraliapodcast@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Fifty years ago this week – 1 September 1976 – tobacco commercials were banned on Australian television. So, it was goodbye to Paul Hogan, Stuart Wagstaff…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3751,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/forgotten-australia-761872/episodes/the-last-gasp-stubbing-out-ciggie-commercials-part-one/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/forgotten-australia-761872/the-last-gasp-stubbing-out-ciggie-commercials-part-one.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}