T minus 20
The year is 2005... Anakin turns to the dark side, YouTube makes its debut and we’re all couch-jumping for Maria, McDreamy and The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo…
T minus 20, rewind to this week in history 20 years ago with Joe and Mel.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 84 minutes
- Episodes
- 213
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Canberra bushfires 2003
This week marks 20 years since the firestorm that hit Canberra’s suburbs during a hot and terrifying Saturday. We talk about our experience during that disasters and break down the even…
Find us in da club with 50 Cent!
Passengers grounded after Qantas received a bomb threat, a plane crashes in North Carolina and the Centra Coast is overrun by carnies.
Children of Bodom release their sophmore album 'Hat…
2002 in review part 2
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 …
2002 in review part 1
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 …
Britney booted by Pepsi
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 d…
Fear of smallpox calls for mass vaccination
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…
Delta debuts and Jay Z gets new shoes
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 s…
The rise of DVD
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…
Wacko Jacko dangles Blanket
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 lap…
The SARS outbreak
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 t…
The Spice Girl kidnapping
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 dis…
Jam Master Jay murdered!
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 scr…
The Moscow Theatre Siege
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 …
RIP Angela Lansbury and Coolio
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 c…
The Bali Bombings 20 years on
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 …
Everybody loves Brendan Fraser
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,…
Nigerian Prince parties like it's 1999
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 …
Dr Phil has entered the chat
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 …
Dustin from Stranger Things turns 20!
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 …
The end of the line for Napster
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, …