Summer Programming - Part 1

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We're going through the archives and pulling out the best bits from the past year including:

• The Antwerp Diamond heist - dubbed the "heist of the century", it was the largest ever diamond heist and one of the largest robberies in history. 
• 50 Cent releases "In Da Club" - the single produced by Dr Dre that put everyone else in the hip-hop community on notice, especially Irv Gotti and Ja Rule. 
• The Space Shuttle Columbia disaster - on Saturday February 1, 2003, Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated as it reentered the atmosphere over Texas and Louisiana, killing all seven astronauts on board. 
• Shane Warne tests positive to a banned substance that was given to him by his mum - poor old Warnie wanted to shed some water weight and the controversy that followed was out of control.
•  Christina Aguilera releases "Beautiful" - we break down the song and talk about how the writer Linda Perry from 4 Non Blondes came to the decision to let Xtina record it. 
• The world protests the war in Iraq - on 15 February 2003, a coordinated day of protests was held across the world in which people in more than 600 cities expressed opposition to the imminent Iraq War. It was part of a series of protests and political events that had begun in 2002 and continued as the invasion, war, and occupation took place. The day was described by social movement researchers as "the largest protest event in human history"
• Heath Ledger stars in the Ned Kelly biopic - we discuss the pehenomenon that sees people with a Ned Kelly tattoo more likely to meet a violent death. 

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