Podcast 'Echoes - Stories from four centuries of University of Groningen' (Ukrant)

Echoes is the historical podcast of Ukrant.nl, the news medium of the University of Groningen.

In it, historian and journalist Christien Boomsma and science journalist Rob van der Wal introduce you to fascinating people and remarkable stories from more than four centuries of the UG's history. From persecuted Scottish students who sought refuge in 17th-century Groningen to a Russian spy who twisted a UG physicist round his finger.

• ‘The death of resistance student Reint. 'Goodbye my loeve, farewell
• White moors: how Petrus Camper took a stand against racism
• The first Dutch car: Sibrandus Stratingh was a steam power pioneer
• 'A rebel preacher': the Scotsman who became a minister in groningen
• The other Jacobs sister: Charlotte was a powerhouse too
• A misunderstood genius: How Haga missed out on a Nobel Prize
• The suspicions against Gåsström. A Russian spy
• Alicia Boole Stott. The woman who saw in four dimensions
• The first student associations. The battle for the rector's residence
• The first female professor. 'She won't be a bother'
• Rotgers and the 21 condemned. The deadly advice
• Groningen versus the Belgians. For King and Country
• Van der Marck's dismissal. Martyr for the truth
• The UG missed out on a Nobel Prize. The cats of Szent-Györgyi
• A feud between rector and student. Obscene songs
• A life's work destroyed. The fire in the Academy Building