The Year Was

The Year Was

A podcast all about today and what makes today truly unique.

Episodes

January 14, 2023 16 mins

It’s the catch-up episode!!!

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to days 200-203. This time we examine the days December 21, 1988 as Pan Am Flight 103 Explodes over Scotland, December 28, 2014 as the MS Norman Atlantic catches fire, January 1, 1903 as Topsy the Elephant is electrocuted, and January 11, 1787 as William Herschel discovers Uranus’ moons Oberon and Titania.

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Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 198/199. This time we examine the days December 7th, and December ...

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Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 197. This time we examine the year 1936 as London's Crystal Palace Burns Down..

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Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 196. This time we examine the years 1936 as Robert Johnson begins his recording sessions in San Antonio, and 1942 as Poon Lim begins his 133 days lost at sea.

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Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band

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November 16, 2022 6 mins

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 195. This time we examine the year 1532 as Francisco Pizarro traps the Incan ruler Atahualpa, and massacres 5,000 Incan soldiers.

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Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band

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November 9, 2022 7 mins

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Trans Lifeline

1-877-565-8860 (for the transgender community)

TrevorLifeline

1-866-488-7386 (for LGBTQ youth)

Veterans Crisis Line

1-800-273-8255, Press 1

 

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 194. This time we examine the year 1938 as the Kristallnacht, or t...

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Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 193. This time we examine the year 1947 as the H-4 Hercules, the “Spruce Goose”, makes its first and final flight. 

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Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band

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October 26, 2022 16 mins

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 192. This time we examine the year 1881 as the Earp family with Doc Holliday confront the Clanton and McLaury brothers for the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. 

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Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band

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iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-...

October 20, 2022 7 mins

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 191. This time we examine the year 1957 as the killer Michael Myers is born. 

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Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band

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October 13, 2022 6 mins

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 190. This time we examine the year 1810 as the first Oktoberfest is held. 

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Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band

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https://www.reverbnation.com/timkreitz

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October 5, 2022 7 mins
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Crisis Text Line

Text HOME to 741741

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

1-800-273-8255

Trans Lifeline

1-877-565-8860 (for the transgender community)

TrevorLifeline

1-866-488-7386 (for LGBTQ youth)

Veterans Crisis Line

1-800-273-8255, Press 1

 

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 189. This time we examine the year ...

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September 28, 2022 8 mins

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 188. This time we examine the year 1918 as the Liberty Loan Parade causes a major outbreak of the Spanish Flu in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania…also Polio, and 1923 as Alexander Fleming discovers Penicillin. 

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Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band

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September 21, 2022 7 mins

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 187. This time we examine the year 1866 as English author H.G. Wells is born, also Warehouse 13 (kind of).

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Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band

https://www.youtube.com/c/TimKreitzAdventures/

https://www.reverbnation.com/timkreitz

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Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 186. This time we examine the year 1814 as Francis Scott Key writes what will eventually be known as the Star Spangled Banner, the United States national anthem.

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Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band

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Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 185. This time we examine the year 1857 as the Mountain Meadow Massacre occurs.

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Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band

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https://www.reverbnation.com/timkreitz

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Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 184. This time we examine the year 1997 as Diana, Princess of Wales, Dodi Fayed, and Henri Paul are killed in a car crash in Paris.

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Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band

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Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 183. This time we examine the year 79ad as the city of Pompeii and it’s surrounding area (such as the city of Herculaneum), are covered in ash and debris after the violent eruption of Mount Vesuvius.

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August 17, 2022 7 mins

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 182. This time we examine the year 1945 as the Korean peninsula is divided at the 38th parallel. 

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Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band

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August 10, 2022 5 mins

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 181. This time we examine the year 1897 as German Pharmacist Felix Hoffmann synthesizes a stable form of acetylsalicylic acid, the main ingredient in Aspirin, for medicinal application  . 

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August 4, 2022 7 mins

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 180. This time we examine the years 1936 as Jesse Owens wins gold at the Berlin Olympics. 

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Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band

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