T minus 20

Hormone Replacement Therapy hits the headlines, a piece of baroque art breaks a record at auction and pilots are allowed to carry guns on planes. Lleyton Hewitt wins Wimbledon and Friendster is the new social network everyone wants to be a part of. New albums from the Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Men in Black 2 is a hit at the box office and Monk makes his TV debut. Plus loads more on the week commenci...

The International Criminal Court vows to bring tyrants to justice, there's gangland murders in Griffith and we see a mid air disaster end with a shocking true crime twist. Steve Fossett finally succeeds in his around the world solo balloon flight at the expense of the Aussie taxpayer and Brazil dominates the World Cup Final. Oasis release Heathen Chemistry, Green Day get up to Shenanigans and...

George W Bush gets a colonoscopy, someone invents an electronic dog translator and we take a 'trerp' to Nellyville. Rod Stewart and Coldplay headline Glastonbury, Ozzy Osbourne releases Live at Budokan and The Who's John Entwhistle is found dead in a hotel room. Cruise and Speilberg rule the box office with Minority Report, Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen are no longer in action and Aust...

It's a week of earthquakes, wildfires and Willie Mason's hair! Plus we've got tooth phones, Elvis lives and our patron saint, Britney Spears is ranked the most powerful woman in the world. Scooby Doo dominates the box office, Boris Johnson celebrates his birthday while working as the editor of The Spectator and we check out the latest New York Times best selling novel that we couldn...

It's a week of scientific mystery and wonder as we discuss husband and wife planting electrodes into their nervous system, asteroid near misses and the infamous Lithgow panther. We talk about the size of Shaq's shoes and the Lakers winning the 2002 NBA finals as well as the Manly Sea Eagles full-time return to Brookie! Bowie and Korn released albums this week 20 years ago. So did Boyz II...

This week sees a new development in the case against murderer Sef Gonzalez, the spammers sue the spammed in a landmark case and Elizabeth Smart is kidnapped from her home in Utah. Interest rates are on the rise in Australia, The South Koreans draw the ire of the Italians when they knock them out of the Fifa World Cup and Serena Williams beats her sister in France. Will Young butchers a Doors class...

This week 20 years ago was an emotional milestone in the aftermath of September 11 as the clean up crews started to pack up and head home. It was also a sad week for sports fans with the passing of a cricketing great Hanse Cronje. While at the same time, a deceased sports super fan becomes a very unlikely terrorist threat. We saw the rise and rise of rapper Eminem so it’s only fitting for a bit of...

It's a week where we prattle on about music for quite some time. There's new number one's from Shakira and Liberty X plus album releases from Killswitch Engage,  Poison, Tommy Lee, Danzig, Dio and Boxcar Racer. It's also  the 47th Eurovision Song Contest in Estonia and Alien Ant Farm are lucky to survive a horror bush crash in Spain.  In the news the body of Chandra Levy is rec...

Jimmy Carter misses out on the April Sun in Cuba but discusses peanut farming with Fidel Castro, the ambitious Network Against Prohibition storm the legislative assembly in Darwin and we get all hippy dippy at the Mind, Body, Spirit Festival. We confuse Scott Cain with Scott Cam and question the morality of taxidermy for your pets. We break down High Crimes starring Morgan Freeman and Ashley Judd...

Did you know that, long before he purchased Twitter, Elon Musk went shopping in Russia to buy the largest ICBMs that they had in their nuclear arsenal? We've got the skinny on the 20th Anniversary of Space X, a political assassination in the Netherlands and a devastating terrorist attack in Russia that you probably never even heard about. Big Kev gets excited about coming back from a DUI. Spi...

Find out why they called the Mig21 aircraft 'the flying coffin', the government thought our kids playgrounds were about as safe and fax machines were essential working from home kit way back in 2002. In sport Barry Bonds hits his 400th homer and mistakes performance enhancing drugs for arthritis cream while Arsenal snatches the FA cup from Chelsea.  In the charts it's the Sugarbabes...

There's gold in them there hills around Orange in NSW this week, people are finding bodies in the Thames over in the UK and we send nudes via one of the most successful space probes of all time. We dissect Oasis's the Hindu Times, get all indie with Badly Drawn Boy and then add a touch of glam with the latest release from Dokken. The Rock takes his first steps into becoming a Hollywood h...

Air disasters in Korea, friendly fire incidents in Afghanistan and the Indian Army integrate yoga into their training. Tiger Woods wins the Masters, the Boston Marathon is dominated by the Kenyans and we discuss the affect of long distance running on toenails. In the charts, sports fans go crazy over an Icelandic DJ, Damon Albarn gets fresh beats in Mali, Blink 182 and Green Day hit the road and a...

This week we farewell the Queen Mother, George W Bush denounces cloning and the development of human animal hybrids and the worlds shortest coup d'etat takes place in Venezuela. Plus Nelly heralds the end of Nsync, Lance Bass joins the Russian space program and we discuss why Lemmy is the coolest human ever to walk the earth. We also discuss the 'Cash for Comment' controversy, Joe r...

He’s one of our peers, a long time friend of the show, he’s been a big deal in media circles for quite some time and he’s embarking on a new business venture with Smoke Masters Barbecue . Scott Masters joins us to chat meat, music, footy, pies and life after radio. And this week 20 years back, the grisly murder that rocked Australia, the death of a grunge superstar that really hit hard and the Dut...

Idol winners go big on the charts, Iron Maiden Rocks in Rio, Mel gets a copy of the Blade Soundtrack while on holidays in Bateau Bay and Joe goes broke from too much metal. We've got a trifecta of celebrity deaths as well as a celebrity birthday from an athlete that should have retired before he was over the hill, the Bachelor makes his debut and  Halle Berry becomes overcome with emotion at...

We kick off the week with a celebration of St Paddy's day and then spiral down into a web of true crime, kidnapping and terrorism. Only to clamber back with Wrestlemania, deliver a finishing move to the pop punk genre and discuss why Mel's become typecast as the voice for bunions and heel scraping. We also break down a creepy new sitcom, Jeffrey Atkins takes the Soul Train Awards off the...

This week we celebrate Canberra Day by talking all things Queanbeyan with our special guest Bree Element, founder of Q!News . We discuss everything from the fate of Raider's nightclub to body glitter and the state of journalism then vs now. Go to qnewsmedia.com.au to find out more about Joe and Mel's wonderful home town. We've also got Mugabe winning a second term in Zimbabwe, pile...

This week we get political, scientific, delve into a lawsuit and then cancel out all that brainpower with a bit of reality telly. Joe discusses how he met the leader of an alien cult, Mel talks about her love for promotional products and we both try and make sense of how Jeffery Atkins became Ja Rule.  New number 1s in music and at the box office and a big game release this time 20 years ago but i...

Trains and planes in flames, a royal visit and Anacondas in Afghanistan. We close out the Winter Olympics, check out the winners from the 2002 Grammys and take a bite out of Aaliyah's posthumous movie debut. We also get uber nostalgic with Sesame Street, the poetry of Spike Milligan and a celebrity birthday that will take you right back to the time you got your first car. Hang with us on soci...

It's a monumental week for space exploration as NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft begins  mapping Mars. We're joined by Glen Nagle from the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex to discuss its role in this and many other missions that boldly went where no man had gone before. You can find out all about his work here: https://www.cdscc.nasa.gov/ Speaking of astronomy, we'll dis...

It's a week of war crimes, gang violence, assassinations and body snatching.  But, on the bright side it's GOLD for Australia at the Winter Olympics, the Bunnies are welcomed back to the NRL and our patron saint, Britney Spears, makes her motion picture debut.  Plus we have a run in with the Terminator, Shakira conquers the world, Family Guy gets shafted and Australian Survivor hits our...

Western Australia is hit by cyclone named Chris, a fairytale ending at the SuperBowl becomes the start of a dynasty and Gene Simmons takes a few licks from public broadcasting.  Plus we head to Salt Lake City for the opening of the Winter Olympics, the Queen takes another hit in her Jubilee year and we narrowly avoid getting Rick-rolled. Sharpen your skates! T-minus 20 is live now!  Hang with us o...

George W drops some serious soundbites at his State of The Union Address, an Aussie pop icon joins in the fight against teen binge drinking and controversy reigns in the world of pop reality tv shows.  It's also a week where our hometown hero Mark Webber makes his debut at the Australian F1 Grand Prix, we find out who the Pyjama Picasso was and discuss the ins and outs of asexual reproduction...

For anyone who thought maybe 20 years ago was "a better time" it's a week of kidnapping, viruses that threatened to wipe us out and big tech companies trying to take over the world. The more things change, the more they stay the same it would seem.  On the lighter side it's the week of the 2002 Triple J hottest 100, new releases from punk music icons and a band who may be the f...