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Irish popstar Sinéad O’Connor tore up a photo of Pope John Paul II during her performance of Bob Marley’s ‘War’ on NBC’s TV show ‘Saturday Night Li...
- Added: Oct 26, 2023
- Length: 10:13
The ‘Women’s March’ of 1789 began spontaneously, when a market trader banged a drum in a Parisian square on 5th October – launching a chain of even...
- Added: Oct 26, 2023
- Length: 09:58
According to the 17th-century Archbishop James Ussher, the world began on 23rd October, 4004 BC at precisely midday.
Today, it is easy to ridicule...
- Added: Oct 26, 2023
- Length: 09:52
My friend, Kurt Reynolds, joins me to share his favorite Halloween inspired tracks. HP Lovecraft meets the Fresh Prince!
- Added: Oct 25, 2023
- Length: 58:26
"Jim Jordan's Haunted House" WED UPDATE OCT 25, 2023 ( Told Through Narration, Music and Soundbites)
From: Paul FischerSeries: What's the Frequency, Kenneth? a newsical series
THIS VERSION ADDS ELECTION OF REP MIKE JOHNSON TO BE HOUSE SPEAKER...AND JUDGE IN NY TRIAL FINES TRUMP TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR VIOLATING THE GAG O...
Bought by KMUN
- Added: Oct 25, 2023
- Length: 59:02
- Purchases: 1
Halloween used to be about Fairies and Superman, but in the 1970s a new spook came on the scene -- the evil clown. Historians say it was because ki...
- Added: Oct 25, 2023
- Length: 02:30
In this week’s Sunday episode, exclusively for CLUB RETROSPECTORSsupporters on Patreon and Apple Podcasts, Arion, Rebecca and Olly investigate th...
- Added: Oct 25, 2023
- Length: 11:12
Nicholas Ray’s ‘troubled teen’ picture, ‘Rebel Without A Cause’ opened in the US on 27th October, 1955. The film was eagerly anticipated, partly du...
- Added: Oct 25, 2023
- Length: 11:01
‘Ghostwatch’, a Halloween drama in the style of a documentary, reached 11 million viewers on its first and only UK broadcast on BBC 1, on 31st Octo...
- Added: Oct 25, 2023
- Length: 09:36
The Retro Cocktail Hour is a finger-snapping, hip-shaking blend of space age bachelor pad music, tiki tunes, private eye jazz and other incredibly ...
Bought by KIYU-FM, KAMU, Royalton Community Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio), WLVT and more
- Added: Oct 24, 2023
- Length: 01:58:30
- Purchases: 28
Beatrix Potter’s The Tale of Peter Rabbit was published on October 2nd, 1902. The book was an instant sensation, needing reprints almost immediatel...
- Added: Oct 24, 2023
- Length: 10:22
Sculptor Gutzon Borglum began chiseling the rockface of Mount Rushmore on 4th October, 1927 - the start of a 14 year project to carve Presidents Wa...
- Added: Oct 24, 2023
- Length: :03
The world’s most famous adult magazine went ‘SFW’ on 12th October, 2015 – when Scott Flanders, then Playboy’s chief executive, announced that futur...
- Added: Oct 24, 2023
- Length: 09:59
The world’s most famous cabaret, the Moulin Rouge, opened its doors in Paris on 6th October, 1889. Founded by Joseph Oller and Charles Zidler, the ...
- Added: Oct 23, 2023
- Length: 10:02
In today’s Sunday episode, exclusively for CLUB RETROSPECTORS supporters on Apple Podcasts and Patreon, Arion, Rebecca and Olly look at the world's...
- Added: Oct 23, 2023
- Length: 09:20
On 10th October, 1967 a treaty went into force that has gone on to become the backbone for all international space law – a United Nations-approved ...
- Added: Oct 23, 2023
- Length: 11:20
Triggering a national and international outcry, the San Francisco school board issued an order on October 11th, 1906, requiring all Japanese and Ko...
- Added: Oct 23, 2023
- Length: 11:26
In this Sunday episode, exclusively for our CLUB RETROSPECTORS supporters on Patreon and Apple Podcasts, Arion, Rebecca and Olly investigate the st...
- Added: Oct 23, 2023
- Length: 09:51
The Secret of Monkey Island, one of the best loved video games of the point-and-click era, was released on the 15th October, 1990, without, it must...
- Added: Oct 23, 2023
- Length: 09:33
We'll spin spooky tunes from Screamin' Jay Hawkins and Stevie Wonder, Rockwell and Redbone, Toots and the Maytals and The Jimmy Castor Bunch!
Bought by WOMR, Georgia Public Broadcasting, Prairie Public, KZUM, KAAD-LP and more
- Added: Oct 21, 2023
- Length: 01:57:59
- Purchases: 11
THIS VERSION ADDS SIDNEY POWELL CODEFENDANT KENNETH CHESEBRO ALSO PLEADS GUILTY AND AGREES TO TESTIFY IN A PLEA DEAL WITH GA. PROSECUTORS....AND JI...
- Added: Oct 20, 2023
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 2
Get ready to groove to the spookiest beats this Halloween. I've got a killer playlist lined up with indie rock, classic rock, new wave, and some ha...
Bought by KVCR
- Added: Oct 18, 2023
- Length: 56:40
- Purchases: 1
The Retro Cocktail Hour is a finger-snapping, hip-shaking blend of space age bachelor pad music, tiki tunes, private eye jazz and other incredibly ...
Bought by KGOU, KIYU-FM, KUCO, Royalton Community Radio, WLVT and more
- Added: Oct 18, 2023
- Length: 01:58:30
- Purchases: 32
King Henry VIII’s third wife, Queen Consort Jane Seymour, died aged just 29 on 24th October, 1537 - 12 days after giving birth to their son, future...
- Added: Oct 18, 2023
- Length: 11:09
Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. became the first African-American general in the US Army on 25th October, 1940 - despite facing opposition from those who sa...
- Added: Oct 18, 2023
- Length: 10:07
