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We didn't start the fire (History Podcast; 2021-2023) Hosts: Katie Puckrik & Tom Fordyce In the mid-1980s, a young person commented to Billy Joel. In the young person's mind, the world of the 1980s was plagued with tumultuous events. In passing, he said, "I bet the world must have been a more peaceful place when you were growing up." That got Billy Joel thinking. He started jotting down all the significant events from his birth in 1946 throughout his time growing up in New York till the summer of 1989. Like that, he came up with close to 119 incidences that impacted him at least. He started arranging the list, like a good composer would, and wrote a record-smashing hit that everyone in the 90s would know. Billy Joel realized as he reminisced about the years that went by that the world had always been a restless place. Looking back on the events, one thing is clear: It was as unsettled then as it is now. The list he came up with became a narration of all the events...

Panam (noun) பனம் Tamil meaning money. Panama பனமா- expressed as a question or an exclamation of awesomeness. The word Panama is often used in combination with Pasama (love in a question mode) in philosophical circles to ponder upon life - பனமா பாசமா ; whether which one takes the precedence over matters of life. Is it money or love? பனமா பாசமா ( Panama Pasama) is also the name of the 1968 tearjerker starring Gemini Ganesan and B Saroja Devi. In the year 2016, the mention of the word 'Panama' strikes awe in the minds of the plebeians who would hear of the cavalier attitude of leaders who would transfer monies of gargantuan proportions across borders without an iota of guilt or feeling of moral misconduct. If fact, they would claim it to be of their sovereign rights and that no laws were broken in the process. Like the catchphrase of the Little Eva's 1962 hit song. 'Loco-motion', they say everybody is doing it, why don't you? Is it a mere coincidence t...

A King in New York (1957) Many Americans look back at the early years of the 50s with much disdain. They had let the idea of a senator and politics of the time to go on a witch hunt on individuals based on frivolous hearsay. All in the name of nationalism and national security, many valuable man-hours were wasted. After all these, one would think that the general public cannot be taken for a ride anymore or can they? Based on turn of events of late, the hoodwinking continues. Coming closer to our shores, people are being unpatriotic with same flimsy reasons with a hidden agenda behind them. It seem that we will never learn from history. We will have to endure the whole thrust of its mayhem before we look back at yourselves, in years to come, and hopefully laugh at ourselves! The post WW2 years in America was tumultuous one. The Cold War had started and US of A had slowly taken the rein as the leader of the free world. Free they may be with their capitalistic market forces stance on...

Andy Warho l Andrew Warhola (born as), Prince of Pop (August 6, 1928 -- February 22, 1987) By Jennifer Rosenberg, About.com Guide Who Was Andy Warhol? Andy Warhol was one of the most important artists of pop art, which became extremely popular in the second half of the twentieth century. Though he is best remembered for his paintings of Campbell's soup cans, he also created hundreds of other works including commercial advertisements and films. The Childhood of Andy Warhol Andy Warhol grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with his two older brothers and his parents, both of whom had emigrated from Czechoslovakia. Even as a young boy, Warhol liked to draw, color, and cut and paste pictures. His mother, who was also artistic, would encourage him by giving him a chocolate bar every time he finished a page in his coloring book. Elementary school was traumatic for Warhol, especially once he contracted St. Vitus' dance (chorea, a disease that attacks the nervous system and m...