S1E02: Nauru

In this week's episode of 80 Days, we are talking about Nauru, a small isolated island nation in the middle of the Pacific, only 60 km from the equator and about 3,000 km from Australia, the country it is largely a dependent of. It's a rags-to-riches-and-back-to-rags tale of an island paradise, once called Pleasant Island, its disastrous encounters with colonialism, the discovery of rich phosphate deposits, which led to it being the wealthiest nation per capita for a time, and poor administration which leaves the country where it is today - always in the news for the wrong reasons. Your hosts are Luke Kelly @thelukejkelly, Mark Boyle @markboyle86 and Joe Byrne @anbeirneach, in Hong Kong, the UK and Ireland, respectively. (Theme music by Thomas O'Boyle) Connect with us on Facebook and Twitter. Full show-notes on our website www.80dayspodcast.com