1969

Before Stonewall (2019)

Published 2021-06-17 1969 harassment stonewall

In 1969, a gay bar in New York City called The Stonewall Inn was raided by police. It was a common form of harassment in those days but what followed, days of r…

Remembering Murray Gell-Mann

Published 2019-06-04 gell 1969 24th

Murray Gell-Mann, 1969 Nobel Laureate in Physics who identified the quark, died May 24th. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

War - Low Rider

Published 2024-04-18 bandleader rider 1969

The band War formed in 1969, in Long Beach, California. “Low Rider” is from their 1975 album Why Can’t We Be Friends? The song was a hit as soon as it came out.…

Sino Lunar missions with Bradley Perrett

Published 2023-03-05 sino perrett missions

China has a Lunar landing program. It is as ambitious as NASA was in 1969. Dr Karl probes Space journalist Bradley Perrett on how soon we might see Chinese craf…