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Yesterday's News
by Joe ForresterJoe Forrester brings you three headlines from the week in history, focusing on the lesser-known, more unusual and often downright odd. Every week Joe is joined by a special guest as they discuss that show’s stories and a whole load of puerile nonsense besides. This is the podcast that shows you history is sexy, sweary and full of people acting like utter plonkers… Imagine Game of Thrones with Benny Hill music. @VeryOldNews (https://twitter.com/veryoldnews) @forrester_joe (https://twitter.com/forrester_joe)
Episodes
8: Fri 9th December: Pearl Harbour, the Altamont Festival and Smog - with Neil Reynolds
34m · Published
This week I'm joined by sports presenter Neil Reynolds to discuss the infamous attack which forced the US in the Second World War; the free concert which ended in tragedy and signalled an end to the free love of the 60s and the dark truth behind the legendary London 'pea-soupers'.
#history #comedy #podcast #Altamont #RollingStones #MeredithHunter #HellsAngels #PearlHarbour #FDR #Smog #WW2
7: Fri 2nd December: Tutankhamun's tomb, Rosa Parks and King Cnut - with Joe Clark
30m · Published
This week I'm joined by writer Joe Clark to discuss if The Mummy could actually happen; we talk Rosa Parks and the most significant bus journey in history and doff our caps to the underappreciated King Cnut and his ambitious wife, Emma of Normandy.
Warning: contains strong language and copious plot spoilers for Brendan Fraser's 'The Mummy'
#history #comedy #podcast
6: 25th Nov: The Nuremberg Trials, Perkin Warbeck and the JFK Assassination - with Simon Harkness
34m · Published
This week we discuss a landmark trial as leading Nazi war criminals are brought to justice; the strange case of a Belgian impostor and Henry VII and one of the seminal moments of the 20th Century, the murder of President John F. Kennedy. My guest is friend of the show Simon Harkness.
Warning contains strong language and unnecessary bullying of the people of Belgium and Luxembourg... sorry guys.
#history #comedy #podcast #thisweekinhistory
5: Fri 18th Nov: Captain Scott, Churchill and the Boer War, New Orleans desegregation crisis - with Aaron Roach Bridgeman
36m · Published
On this week's show I'm joined by presenter Aaron Roach-Bridgeman as we discuss the sad story of Captain Scott and his diary (1912); Winston Churchill's daring escape during the Boer War (1899) and the sad case of the fallout when the New Orleans School Board attempted to allow black and white children to learn together in 1960.
Warning: contains some strong language
#history #culture #politics
4: The Gunpowder Plot, the fall of Catherine Howard and the Beer Hall Putsch - with Rebecca Rideal
25m · Published
This week we look at what would have been the single largest terrorist attack on British soil - The Gunpowder Plot; we also consider the demise of Henry VIII's fifth wife, Catherine Howard; and go live to the scene of Hitler's failed coup in Munich, 1923.
I'm also joined by historian Rebecca Rideal to chat about the seventeenth century, anti-Catholic hysteria and ask, was the Party King Charles II a sociopath!?
Warning: contains strong language
#history #podcast #comedy
3: Fri 4th Nov: Luther and the 95 Theses, Henry VIII and the Act of Supremacy, the execution of Sir Walter Raleigh - with Will Turner-Roden
31m · Published
This week I'm joined by actor Will Turner-Roden as we discuss the Protestant Reformation, the end of an English adventurer and ANGRY GERMANS!
Warning: Contains strong language, borderline offensive (or at least culturally-insensitive) accents and as always, sweeping generalisations... Enjoy!
2: Episode 2: Cuban Missile Crisis, The Meal Tub Plot and the Peace of Westphalia - with Simon Harkness
36m · Published
In this episode we discuss the world being on the brink of nuclear disaster, treasonous plots being hidden in tubs of grain in 17th Century London and the end of the Thirty Years War. Other topics include the inconsistent clothing choices of the characters of Winnie the Pooh; what would happen if Theresa May made sweet love to James Bond and of course, some borderline offensive accents... Enjoy.
Warning: contains strong language, ill-researched opinions and unjustified attacks on much-loved fictional bears.
#history #comedy #podcast
1: Episode 1, Friday 21st October 2016: King John, The War of Jenkins Ear, Marie Antoinette and the Nobel Prize - with Simon Harkness
32m · Published
On the very first episode of Yesterday's News we discuss the death of 'Bad' King John in 1216; unearth the story of one of history's most famous appendages in the War of Jenkins' Ear in 1739; head back to Revolutionary France and discuss the execution of Anne Boleyn in 1793.
My guest is presenter Simon Harkness who tells us why he's not impressed by empires, discusses famous body parts and shows a truly stunning lack of aptitude for accents. We also have a look at the history of the Nobel Prize and come to some surprising conclusions.
Follow the show @VeryOldNews and please do get in touch.
You can follow Joe: @forrester_joe and Simon: @simonharkness
Enjoy!
Warning: contains some strong language and plenty of ill-considered snap judgements.
Yesterday's News has 18 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 8:25:18. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on November 22nd 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on February 17th, 2024 23:03.
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