Bletchley Park

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  • Bletchley Park is the home of British codebreaking and a birthplace of modern information technology. It played a major role in World War Two, producing secret intelligence which had a direct and profound influence on the outcome of the conflict. The site is now a museum and heritage attraction, open daily. The Bletchley Park Podcast brings you fascinating stories from Veterans, staff and volunteers on the significance and continued relevance of this site today.
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  • E176 - The Age of AI

    E176 - The Age of AI
    Feb 21 2025
    February 2025

    Here at Bletchley Park - one of the birthplaces of modern computing – our latest temporary exhibition ‘The Age of AI’ has just opened. This new gallery explores the power and potential of AI in our everyday lives. From the 1930s origins of what we now call ‘artificial intelligence’, to the incredible (or alarming?) potential it might bring, the exhibition explores the benefits and risks of AI in our world today.

    In this episode, Head of Content Erica Munro meets the team behind the exhibition’s creation. Come with us on a gallery tour with Exhibitions and Interpretation Manager Tilly Davis, and hear from experts and visitors on their impressions of what AI means to them. There’s also a deeper dive into the research and exhibition’s case studies with Content Curator Steve Swaby.

    Many thanks to our contributors Dame Wendy Hall, Dr Ed Pyzer-Knapp, Professor David Leslie and our Friends of Bletchley Park exhibition preview visitors.

    Image: ©Bletchley Park Trust 2025

    #BPark, #Bletchleypark, #WW2, #Enigma,
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    57 mins
  • E175 - Decoding the Holocaust

    E175 - Decoding the Holocaust
    Jan 27 2025
    January 2025

    The 27th of January 2025 is the eightieth anniversary of the liberation of the concentration camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau - an event marked annually by Holocaust Memorial Day.

    In order to perpetrate the mass killings and other crimes of the Holocaust, the Nazi regime needed to coordinate and communicate about its activities. This included wireless communications which were intercepted and decoded at Bletchley Park.

    In this episode we take a look at what the Government Code and Cypher School (Bletchley Park) knew about these Nazi crimes, how and when this information was obtained, and how western governments responded to the news.

    Bletchley Park’s Research Historian Dr David Kenyon is joined by journalist, author and Holocaust historian Christian Jennings to discuss his work on the role of codebreaking in these terrible events.

    Image: ©Bletchley Park Trust 2025

    #BPark, #Bletchleypark, #WW2, #Enigma, #Holocaust,
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    59 mins
  • E174 - Top Secret Misinformation Part 4

    E174 - Top Secret Misinformation Part 4
    Dec 20 2024
    December 2024

    For this year’s festive episode, we once again put the word out to our listeners: what baffles you about Bletchley Park, and what myths and misconceptions would you like our resident Historians to investigate and interrogate?

    Bletchley Park’s Head of Content, Erica Munro, is asking the questions, with Research Historian Dr David Kenyon and Research Officer Dr Thomas Cheetham fielding queries on uncracked ciphers, captured codes, cribbing, declassification … and, of course, Christmas.

    Many thanks to Dr Ben Thomson for voicing our archival documents.

    Image: ©Bletchley Park Trust 2024. Children’s Christmas party hosted by US 6813 Signals Security Detachment at the Manor House, Little Brickhill, from the photograph album of Francis Hayward Stanton.

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    59 mins

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Historical analysis oft v.g. +ongoing reports

Very informative: if you are interested in Bletchley Park, then you will enjoy. A mixture of A) analysis of WW2 principally BP's contribution; B) reports on interviews with BP veterans; C) potpourris of e.g. what truth is there in various urban legends re BP.
What I find of particular interest is that the historical analysis of the role BP (and similar org.s) played in actionable intelligence e.g. in the victory at El Alamein late 1942. The speakers know their subjects very thoroughly and are in a position to evaluate state-of-the-art assessments of e.g. the so-called "Battle of Britain", campaigns in N. Africa, UK's problems in the Far East and S Asia in the face of Japan's militarism. The tone of the exegeses is never chauvinistic but scholarly instead.
I don't agree with everything but nevertheless find it fascinating and a great listen.

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Simply the best

Detailed, engaging, empathetic, and informing. What a team! This is a must-have on any Follow
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Fascinating

a great variety of stories and topics. it is lovely to hear it in the words of people who were there.

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