Yesteryear's News Today (CLASSIC)

Yesteryears News Today
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A weekly podcast where we discuss the week's news events from years long past. Beginning with the week of January 1st, 1901, and working our way through the next century one year at a time. Each week, a new year.

  1. #23 Old Timely Boxing and Making Lovecraft - This Week in 1923

    09/14/2015

    #23 Old Timely Boxing and Making Lovecraft - This Week in 1923

    A couple of day's late due to technical difficulties (no fault of our own we swear) we're up and running again. This week we're talking about one of the most dramatic sporting moments of the 20th century, an unrelated double KO in the ring, Destroyer Squadron Eleven (and the biggest peace time Naval disaster) and one of H.P Lovecraft's greatest works of weird fiction "The Rats in the Walls".(Sorry about the lack of abbreviation, our new host does't like punctuation apparently)

    1h 15m
  2. #22 Mary Winchester's Mystery House - This Week in 1922

    09/14/2015

    #22 Mary Winchester's Mystery House - This Week in 1922

    This week, Mary Winchester dies & with her, the truth behind her mystery house. Another mining disaster rocks England, and a man named Dolittle does quite a bit.

    1h 9m
  3. #21 Another Killer, Another Air Disaster - This Week in 1921

    09/14/2015

    #21 Another Killer, Another Air Disaster - This Week in 1921

    Another year, another serial killer, airship disaster and more strange news from this week in 1921

    52 min
  4. #20 A 1920's Serial Killer - This Week in 1920

    09/14/2015

    #20 A 1920's Serial Killer - This Week in 1920

    This week we step into the roaring twenties and take a look at the first commercial radio broadcast, a tragedy in baseball, and ruthless serial killer, Carl Panzram. All making the news, this week in 1920.

    1h 9m
  5. SE: Shoulder Arms Commentary

    09/14/2015

    SE: Shoulder Arms Commentary

    Originally removed from our feed because we weren't happy with how it turned out, here is our commentary on Charlie Chaplin's Shoulder Arms (as discussed in our episode for "This Week in 1918)

    47 min
  6. #19 Airships and Comicstrips - This week in 1919

    09/14/2015

    #19 Airships and Comicstrips - This week in 1919

    The latest episode of Yesteryear's News Today (July 12th 2015) in which Shane & Johnny look at some more lighter-than-air advances, a classic comic-strip by Frank King and anything else that was making the news This Week In 1919.For the Free audio-books recommended, check out: audibletrial.com/yesteryearsnewstoday

    1h 11m
  7. #18 A Farewell To Arms - This Week In 1918

    09/14/2015

    #18 A Farewell To Arms - This Week In 1918

    As the war winds down, we look at one of the other mass killers of the year, The Spanish Flu. Released this week was "Shoulder Arms" by Charlie Chaplin. And we discuss the works of Ernest Hemingway, who just this week was wounded in the War.For the Free audio-books recommended, check out: audibletrial.com/yesteryearsnewstoday

    1 hr
  8. #17 And The War Goes On - This Week in 1917

    09/14/2015

    #17 And The War Goes On - This Week in 1917

    This weeks marks the 3 year anniversary of the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, and the event that would send the world into one of the most disastrous conflicts in history. As America enters the war, we look at one of the big game changers of the current conflict, the introduction of Arial warfare. Meanwhile, more advances in film with the introduction of colour. And we look at another, more feel-good war journal.For the Free audio-book recommended, check out: audibletrial.com/yesteryearsnewstoday

    1h 15m
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A weekly podcast where we discuss the week's news events from years long past. Beginning with the week of January 1st, 1901, and working our way through the next century one year at a time. Each week, a new year.

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