Libyan sanctions lifted while Lil’ Jon gets low
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English - September 06, 2023 14:00 - 1 hour - 50.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsSociety & Culture 2000s nostalgia history noughties 00s y2k society pop culture culture music Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
The title says it all, a week of political significance and a low point for art.
Libya accepts responsibility for the Lockerbie Bombing in 1988. This leads to sanctions against the country being lifted and the victims of the disaster are finally compensated.
Meanwhile Lil’ Jon unleashes Get Low on an unsuspecting society, thus committing one of the biggest crimes against music since The Black Eyed Peas got it started.
In more news the world is shocked when Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh is fatally stabbed while out shopping. The crime may have had an affect on the outcome of the upcoming referendum to adopt the Euro as Sweden’s national currency.
In sport Andy Roddick wins the US Open. In entertainment The Ellen DeGeneres show premieres and David Spade makes a movie.
And we break down another book we didn’t read as Lies and Lying Liars Who Tell Them by Al Franken tops the New York Times best seller list this week 20 years ago.
Plus loads of other shenanigans and hi-jinks.
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