It Was 20 Years Ago Today Podcast
1) Episode #186: Challenger Disaster
Thursday, January 28, 2016. Thirty years ago today, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after launch, killing the seven astronauts aboard. I talk about my own memory of that day, the impre...Show More
2) Episode #185 -- Windows 95
Monday, August 25, 2015. Twenty years ago today, Windows 95 was released to the general public. I look at the operating system which gave Microsoft a virtual monopoly in the personal computing world,...Show More
3) Episode #184 -- The Greenpeace Album
For Saturday, August 22, 2015. Thirty years ago this month, A&M Records released a benefit album for Greenpeace. The album cover featured a picture of Greenpeace's flagship, the Rainbow Warrior, whic...Show More
4) Episode #183 -- Coca-cola Classic
Tuesday, August 18, 2015. Thirty years ago this month, the original (well, almost the original) formula of Coca-cola came back to store shelves as Coca-cola Classic. I take a look at the real reason...Show More
5) Episode #182 -- Oklahoma City Bombing
Sunday, April 19, 2015. Twenty years ago today, a truck bomb destroyed the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, taking over 160 lives in the worst domestic terrorism incident in United...Show More
6) Episode #181 -- Tokyo Subway Gas Attack
Friday, March 20, 2015. Twenty years ago today, a group of religious cultists carried out an attack using sarin nerve gas on the Tokyo subway system. This attack killed at least a dozen people and i...Show More
7) Episode #180 -- Chickenpox Vaccine
Tuesday, March 17, 2015. Twenty years ago today, the Food and Drug Administration approved a vaccine for varicella (pictured here), the virus which causes chickenpox and shingles. I talk about the v...Show More
8) Episode #179 -- Mikhail Gorbachev
Wednesday, March 11, 2015. Thirty years ago today, Mikhail Gorbachev became the leader of the Soviet Union -- and, as it turns out, the last. Today, I'm taking a step back thirty years to look at wh...Show More
9) Episode #178 -- Top Quark Discovered
Monday, March 2, 2015. Twenty years ago today, scientists at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory announced the discovery of the top quark, the last of the six quarks predicted by current atomic...Show More
10) Episode #177 -- Yahoo!
Sunday, March 1, 2015. 20 years ago today, one of the first big Internet companies, Yahoo! was incorporated. Yahoo! began as a directory of websites, and back in the day was a useful tool for gather...Show More