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Martha Stewart puts the craft world into a tailspin when she's charged with fraud and insider trading, putting her empire, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia in peril! 

Flu Mist means there's no more shots for kids who are scared of needles n the USA - just make sure you read the disclaimers. 

Jewel yodels her way into our hearts, while Metallica release what has been labelled as their worst album. 

Plus heaps more! Listen and find out!  

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This week we go dark! Two terror related incidents dominate the news, including an attempted hijacking in Australia. 

We discuss dead malls, the creation of Wordpress (for better or worse), Bruce Almighty, the tragedy of Finding Nemo and how the death of a band member encouraged Cedric and Omar from the Mars Volta to get clean.

Plus, we look at the rise and fall of Crazy Town, who split up in 2003, reunited a couple of times and continue to self destruct in 2023. Most of their issues seem to focus around lead singer Shifty Shellshock, who happens to be a shocking shell of his former self. 

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Now there is a show that didn't age well. We look at the worst faux pas that took place over all the 'cycles' of America's Next Top Model and explain why Tyra Banks deserves a gold medal for gaslighting.

There is tragedy in Algeria this week 20 years ago as a magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes in the Boumerdès province that kills over 2000 people and leave hundreds of thousands homeless. 

Local hero Michael Milton inspires the community when he wins a Laureus World Sports Award. 

We find out the true story behind the rapper guy on Evanescence's 'Bring Me to Life' go shopping for Poodle Hats with Weird Al, reload the Matrix and loads more! 

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Yes finally those thirty something year old actors pretending to be teenagers had come of age and had to leave Dawson's Creek. We have questions... How long is too long when it comes to the friend zone? Did Dawson really have a creek named after him? And if so, how does one obtain naming rights to a creek?

Unfortunately we had a couple of bad news stories with two major bombings taking place on Western targets in Saudi Arabia and another in Morocco, leading to further unrest in the wake of the US presence in Iraq. 

We do however have a fantastic heist story. A major art theft that was the result of a drunken night out that netted a $58 million haul! 

Plus we talk about the creation of CAPTCHA technology and how every single verification puts a little good back into the world. 

And loads more! Get amongst it! 

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A breakthrough in Iraq when Saddam Hussein's top bio weapons scientist surrenders to US forces. 

A massive tornado event decimates the Great Plains and Eastern USA. 

And probably one of the biggest natural disasters of all time, Justin Timberlake beatboxing!

LinkedIn is launched, new albums from Lamb of God, Anthrax and Jack Johnson, the XMen storm the box office, 50 Cent get's served and Harry Potter gets left in a field. 

Plus so much more! 

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The iTunes store goes online this week putting over 200,000 songs at our fingertips, if our internet connection could handle it. 

The Australian Therapeutic Goods Association issues the biggest product recall in Australian history when someone started allegedly tripping balls on Travacalm. 

The Old Man of the Mountain meets a sad end as years of erosion causes his face to fall off. 

Plus American Idol gets all patriotic, the Beastie Boys headline Coachella and our televisions say goodby to Touched By An Angel. 

We've also got a healthy dose of Christian apocalyptic fiction and heaps of other stuff. 

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Trigger warning! It's a week of true crime when we discuss one of the most horrendous murder cases and longest trial in the history of the state of Queensland.   

50 Cent asks us 21 questions, S Club 7 split and Opeth release Damnation on us all. 

Sabrina the Teenage witch calls it a day and Australia finally gets to see the infamous cheating episode of 'Who Wants To Be a Millionaire'. This was almost 9 months after it aired in the UK! We take a look at how Charles Ingram and some accomplices coughed and spluttered their way to a million pounds, closely followed by a holiday in Her Majesty's prison! 

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This week we're unpacking the Human Genome Project. We'll discuss the benefits and some of the ethical issues around this miracle of modern science.  This time 20 years ago also saw the arrival of the first spybot worm in cyberspace which meant no Kazaar user was safe. 

Also, Michael Jordan retired, we had a tonne of new albums and movies and we celebrate the birth of one of Australia's most successful bands that you've never heard of, Parkway Drive. 

And if that's not enough you'll also find out what a snack masticator general is. 

Strap yourselves in, it's a big week! A week we'd like to dedicate to a personal hero of ours, the late, great Doug Mulray. 

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After being missing for nearly five years, Natasha Ryan was found alive and well in her 26-year-old boyfriend's wardrobe in Rockhampton, Queensland. At 14, Natasha disappeared in August 1998, and her family had held a memorial service for her on her 17th birthday after police believed she had been murdered by a convicted rapist. However, the night before Leonard Fraser's murder trial in 2003, police found Natasha alive at her boyfriend's home, where she had been hiding for years. She had been living a secretive life, changing her name, and even signing a $200,000 exclusive deal with Woman's Day. 

Meanwhile, the winner of the world's biggest dog show, Danny the Pekinese, faced accusations of having a secret face-lift to improve his appearance before the competition. His owners argued that the surgery was necessary for a breathing problem and that it did not alter his looks. The Kennel Club conducted an investigation to find out if Danny underwent the surgery to alter his appearance, which is against the contest's rules.

Those stories and more, charts, albums, movies... You know the drill! On T Minus 20!

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America is a country divided with fans walking out on Pearl Jam, Madonna censoring her 'American Life' video and George W dropping his infamous 'Mission Accomplished' speech while everyone asks 'too soon?'. 

We find out why you should never get a Ned Kelly tattoo. 

In sport England demolishes Ireland in the rigby Six Nations. 

Wet lips is apparently all the rage with teenagers as lip gloss becomes a food group. 

New albums from Bathory and The White Stripes. 

And Brock Lesnar nearly dies at Wresltemania! 

Plus heaps more..

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