Orange Juice – John Peel – 1981 – Past Daily Night Session
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Day: April 17, 2026
Should We Outlaw The Hydrogen Bomb? – 1955 – Past Daily After Hours Reference Room
The question was asked; “how dead do we need to be?” The question of outlawing the hydrogen bomb in 1955 emerged at a moment of profound anxiety and moral reckoning in the early Cold War. By this time, both the United States and the Soviet Union possessed thermonuclear weapons—devices vastly
Babyshambles – Brussels – 2014 – Past Daily Lunchroom
Babyshambles – just in time for lunch. Babyshambles for Friday lunch – recorded January 16, 2014 at Ancienne Belguiqe – broadcast by RLT. Babyshambles came about as an offshoot by Pete Doherty of The Libertines, during that band’s hiatus during the period of banishment as a result of wretched excess.
April 17, 1998 – Enter: Kiriyenko – Nelson Mandela And Rugby – Clinton In Chile – Taliban Makes Promises.
Taking a world view for this April 17th in 1998, via The BBC World Service Newsdesk program. News of Russian President Boris Yeltsin making a second try at getting Parliament approval for his Prime Minister pick of Sergei Kiriyenko. He threatened to dissolve Parliament if it didn’t happen this time.