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It's the second and final part of our summer programming before we hit 2003.  We talk about the biggest news stories to hit the second half of 2002 including SARS, the Washington Sniper and the Moscow Theatre Siege.  We look at the biggest films of the year and we discuss the year in Google search where we dissect all the trending topics for 2002.  Send us Fan Mail Hang with us on socials to...

It's summer programming time as we re-cap all the biggest news stories from the first half of 2002. We also look at what was happening in music, the biggest toys of 2002, the best book and a bunch of people who were born then and are famous now.  Send us Fan Mail Hang with us on socials to chat more noughties nostalgia - Facebook (@tminus20) or Instagram (tminus20podcast) . You can also conta...

After a year of controversy Britney's contract with Pepsi does not get renewed and neither is the Canberra Cannons as they slip into voluntary administration and out of the NBL.  Nelly doesn't get paid for his Nike endorsement, Blue and Elton John say sorry under difficult circumstances and the Emos give zero effs about Christmas albums.  Big movies are out for the holidays though, Lord...

United Airlines goes bust, Ronaldo is named the best in the world and Tatu debut amidst a storm of controversy.  Plus we can't believe that 20 years ago paid maternity leave only existed within 30% of the Australian workforce. We break down Pru Goward's plan to get us out of the dark ages once and for all.  And what's a week in the early 2000s with a little bit of fear mongering as...

Someone mixed up their envelopes in an elaborate Anthrax hoax concerning billionaire Bill Gates, Ivan Milat get's read his rights on privacy and Google gets Froogle in a failed online shopping venture.  Plus Delta hits the big time with Born to Try, Peter Garrett bails from the Oils and we see yet another riot break out thanks to Guns n' Roses.  Jay Z gets new shoes, Sauron gets a couple...

Napster rises from the ashes thanks to Roxio, George W establishes the Department of Homeland Security and Australia embraces this new fangled DVD technology.  We've got a big release on the German charts, discover that Will Smith had issues way back then and talk about the piece of shizzle that was Doggy Fizzle Televizzle.  And we bid a fond farewell to the great Brian Henderson, arguably Au...

20 years ago Michael Jackson, his baby son and a balcony, a catwalk invasion at the Victoria’s Secret show, and violence at the Miss World pageant in Nigeria. In tech and health news laptops burn your plums. In music Ja Rule has his Last Temptation and supergroup Audioslave make their debut.  In entertainment Madonna runs out of money, Star Wars Clone Wars hits Cartoon Network and we saw the now i...

SARS. Remember that? 20 years ago is when the first case was found and it’s very interesting to revisit post-COVID. Plus one of the biggest ecological disasters at the time and one of the biggest social disasters when online gaming becomes a legit thing.  We also talk LL Cool J, Opeth, Eminem, Westlife and Mick Jagger. Harry Potter is back in the box office with his first sequel, and Brittany Murp...

A crazy story about the attempted kidnapping of a Spice Girl that led to the arrest of 9 people, Media Puzzle wins the Melbourne Cup and Guns N Roses fans riot in Vancouver.  Plus we discuss the morbid fascination the media had with the virginity of young pop stars (especially Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake) and why A Current Affair was the most complained about show on Australian Television...

A courtroom drama with a Royal Butler that sees the Crown becoming the witness that destroyed its own case.  Eminem releases the soundtrack to his own movie, Jackass takes to the big screen and JLo spills on her relationship with Ben Affleck.  Plus we look into the shocking true crime case surrounding the death of Run DMCs Jam Master Jay.  Send us Fan Mail Hang with us on socials to chat more noug...

A theatre seige in Moscow that sees 900 hostages held by 40 Chechen terrorists, a gunman on the loose at Monash University and Damir Dokic playing with hand grenades. It's a crazy week this time 20 years ago!  We've got new albums from XTina, Foo Fighters, 3LW, Killing Heidi and the mighty Napalm Death.    Plus Kanye West falls asleep at the wheel and records Through the Wire following a...

At the time of recording Angela Lansbury and Coolio were very much alive. Both feature in this show so we've made some slight addendums.  There's the biggest prop theft of all time, we celebrate the creation of the GoPro, Missy Elliot throws down, flips and reverses it and Keanu Reeve's band calls it quits. We look into the travesty that is the annual ARIA awards, review the latest...

It's a bleak week as we mark 20 years since the terror attack in Bali resulting in the deaths of over 200 people. This tragic event however leads to a major medical breakthrough in the treatment of burns led by the incredible doctor Fiona Wood. We also look at a big music release from Rollins Band with their Black Flag cover album 'Rise Above' that sought to raise awareness and fund...

There's a sniper on the loose in DC,  eBay buys PayPal and Shaun Alexander falls victim to the Madden Curse. Happy hardcore dominates the Aussie charts, Therion perform live in Midgard, Xzibit releases his fourth album and Good Charlotte dominate the hot AC stations with their second. Plus Christina Aguilera gets Dirrty. Russel Coight sings his swan song on Aussie TV while the Wiggles stage a...

In spite of his potential to become a rave vulture icon Dewey The E Turtle takes the high road and becomes a bastion for cyber safety. In other tech news Firefox misfires at the patent office with their first iteration. Herbert Grönemeyer gets bumped from the top of the German pops by a condiment, we've got album releases from Sepultura, Sean Paul & CKY and Tina Turner is honored by the N...

This week we're worried about the sex lives of koalas, struggling to pronounce Hyundai, celebrating a posthumous release from Kurt Cobain and watching a bit of Dr Phil while we chuck a sickie. In the news we discuss a rockslide in Russia that wiped out an entire film production, we find out why Toby Keith will never smoke weed with Willie again and look at the premiere of Firefly on network t...

A manhunt in the NT dominates the news in Australia, it's a sombre week in the USA with the first anniversary of the September 11 attacks and TransOrbital get permission to put man and a time capsule on the moon. New albums from Atomic Kitten, Megadeth, RUN DMC and in music news Marie from Roxette receives a terrible diagnosis. Aussie director John Polson goes to the top of the US box office...

Using a prison prayer room for Satanic worship, people having relations with frozen chooks and freeze dried pets. It's a weird old week this one. We've also got the rise of the Roomba, the Williams sisters face off again and Argentina deliver one of the biggest upsets in basketball history. Atomic Kitten ruin a Blondie track, Aaron Carter is a pathological liar, The Music debut with thei...

Pearl Harbour mystery solved, the Earth holds a summit and the time they tried to kill Christmas in Camden. Blazin' Squad hits the charts, we've got new albums from Eve, Queens of the Stone Age, 30 Seconds to Mars and we find out what happened to Popstars 2 runner up Selwyn. Michael Jackson crowns himself artist of the millennium lil Tecca is born and we have cake with Jeff Hardy and Yas...

Typhoons, plane crashes and embassies under seige! It's just another week in the early 2000s. Rich Beam won the PGA Championship at Hazeltine after he was drugged by his wife, the Doggiez breached the salary cap and were in big trouble and nobody told Steve Jobs how to properly pronounce Jaguar. We take you on a world tour of music with a new UK number one from the Sugababes, albums from Blac...

Airlines going bankrupt, floods in Europe and a product recall on human tissue. You'd be forgiven for thinking the end times were upon us! But no! It's just another week back in 2002. In. music we've got the history of Murder Inc, new albums from Nerf Herder & Def Leppard and we ponder who on earth would call themselves Keith Sweat. You'll get some pretty confronting search...

An abduction at in the UK that shook the world, in Australia Pacific Brands led the way for a national paid maternity leave scheme and in sport Australia wins the Bledisloe Cup. In music Nelly is number one in the US, Darius is colourblind in the UK and DJ Sammy takes us to Heaven. New albums from Swedish extreme metal masters Meshuggah and Bowling for Soup are Drunk Enough to Dance. At the movies...

A harrowing rescue this week as nine coal miners are trapped in the Quecreek Mine in Pennsylvania, terror in Jerusalem with the Hebrew University bombing and a Legionnaire's disease outbreak in the UK that could have easily been avoided. We've got three wheeled scooters and nobody won the Tour De France that year, however Aussie Robbie McEwen did win the green jersey and no one could tak...

A financial scandal bigger than Enron, cloning returns to the headlines when a well known fertility expert takes his operation underground and a massive disaster over the skies of the Ukraine at the Sknyliv air show. Schumacher wins his 5th F1 championship in France, the Commonwealth Games open in Manchester and Warwick Capper enter the Big Brother House! Road to Perdition dominates the box office...

The French president avoids an ill-conceived assassination attempt on Bastille Day, there's a massive beef recall in the States when they find poo in the meat and a nightclub in Peru turns into a deathtrap when it is consumed by fire. The second gen iPod is released with Windows support, Gareth Gates goes to number one in the UK and Aussie band The Vines release their critically acclaimed deb...