History of the 90s

There are few people who embody the 1990s more than Anna Nicole Smith. The Texas beauty rose to fame after an appearance in Playboy magazine lead to a high profile modelling contract with the Guess fashion brand. And in the midst of it all she made headlines for marrying an 89 year old oil tycoon. But fame was fleeting for Smith who struggled with a dangerous drug addiction that would eventually lead to her tragic death. Show contact info: X (formerly Twitter): @1990shistory [https://twitter.com/1990shistory] Facebook: @1990shistory [https://www.facebook.com/1990shistory/] Instagram: @that90spodcast [https://www.instagram.com/that90spodcast/?hl=en] Email: 90s@curiouscast.ca [90s@curiouscast.ca] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

On this episode of History of the 90s, part two of our look back at the rise and fall of Brit Pop and Cool Britannia. In the 1990s all areas of British culture underwent a massive re-birth. A new wave of pop music swept the nation, the film industry was booming, the fashion world was alive with fresh new talent and a group of non-conformist Young British Artists was taking the art world by storm. Even a younger, cooler Prime Minister had moved in to 10 Downing Street. Show contact info: X (formerly Twitter): @1990shistory [https://twitter.com/1990shistory] Facebook: @1990shistory [https://www.facebook.com/1990shistory/] Instagram: @that90spodcast [https://www.instagram.com/that90spodcast/?hl=en] Email: 90s@curiouscast.ca [90s@curiouscast.ca] Guest Info: Daniel Rachel, 90s musician turned award-winning author. His book is called: Don’t Look Back in Anger: The Rise and Fall of Cool Britannia Told by Those Who Were There. www.danielrachel.com [https://danielrachel.com] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

The old days of air travel were quite risky…compared to today, the chances of your flight going down were far greater …every airport had kiosks and coin-operating vending machines where you could buy life insurance before you headed to the gate—you know, just in case you thought you weren’t going to make it to your final destination… 1977 was one of the worst years for accidents in aviation history…in addition to several violent hijackings every month—sometimes with fatal results—There were also passenger plane crashes with great loss of life…including the worst aviation disaster of all time when two 747s planes collided on a runway in the Canary Islands, killing 583 people. Frank Sinatra’s mother, the Prime Minister of Yugoslavia, and all but one member of the University of Evansville basketball team died in crashes… But then there were the events of October 20, 1977, when a rickety chartered plane went down in a swamp in Mississippi…on board were members of Lynyrd Skynyrd…six of the 24 passengers died, including singer Ronnie Van Zandt, guitarist Steve Gaines, backup singer Cassie Gaines, and assistant road manager Dean Kilpatrick…both pilots also died… What happened? Have I got a story for you... Like what you hear? You can find and follow Uncharted: Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry on your favourite podcast app or by clicking here: https://link.chtbl.com/uncharted-rssdrop [https://link.chtbl.com/uncharted-rssdrop] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]