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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,... more
FAQs about Yesteryear's News Today (CLASSIC):How many episodes does Yesteryear's News Today (CLASSIC) have?The podcast currently has 25 episodes available.
September 14, 2015#23 Old Timely Boxing and Making Lovecraft - This Week in 1923A 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)...more1h 16minPlay
September 14, 2015#22 Mary Winchester's Mystery House - This Week in 1922This 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....more1h 9minPlay
September 14, 2015#21 Another Killer, Another Air Disaster - This Week in 1921Another year, another serial killer, airship disaster and more strange news from this week in 1921...more53minPlay
September 14, 2015#20 A 1920's Serial Killer - This Week in 1920This 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....more1h 10minPlay
September 14, 2015SE: Shoulder Arms CommentaryOriginally 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)...more47minPlay
September 14, 2015#19 Airships and Comicstrips - This week in 1919The 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...more1h 12minPlay
September 14, 2015#18 A Farewell To Arms - This Week In 1918As 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...more1hPlay
September 14, 2015#17 And The War Goes On - This Week in 1917This 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...more1h 16minPlay
September 14, 2015#16 Tolkien and The Great War, 1916World War 1 reaches the half way mark, and J.R.R Tolkien ships off to France. The commander-in-chief signs a bill incorporating the Boy Scouts of America. And the English Starling bird is on trial for its life.We also read from the War Journals of Thomas Fredrick Littler.Make sure to check out our new sponser and get a free audiobook atwww.Audibletrial.com/yesteryearsNewsToday...more1h 22minPlay
September 14, 2015#14 Martians, Mothers, and Witches. This week in 1914A Little Green Man is spotted in Texas, Mother's Day is made official by orders of the commander-in-chief himself, Witchcraft is discussed at length, and our imaginations might hold the answers to two mysteries from the news as it was this week In 1914....more1h 15minPlay
FAQs about Yesteryear's News Today (CLASSIC):How many episodes does Yesteryear's News Today (CLASSIC) have?The podcast currently has 25 episodes available.