The Year Is - 2002 with Rob Mulholland - Eminem, Afghanistan, Ben Affleck, American Idol, Britney Spears splits up from Justin Timberlake & Fifa World Cup

2002 with Rob Mulholland - Eminem, Afghanistan, Ben Affleck, American Idol, Britney Spears splits up from Justin Timberlake & Fifa World Cup

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05/24/23 • 62 min

The brilliant and very funny and tolerant, Rob Mulholland joins us for one of our funniest episodes as historian Red Richardson takes us on a tour deep dive tour of 2002, a year when Eminem releases Lose Yourself and his biopic 8 Mile is released in cinemas, Afghanistan changes its name to the Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan, Ben Affleck was finally named People magazine's sexiest man alive, Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake split up, Simon Cowell starts American Idol, and the Fifa World Cup kicks off. Also Red can't remember his own name as he's sweating so much, Bobby takes offence at being interrupted and Rob has just learnt his hasn't got long to live.

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Watch/Listen to Bobby on Rob Mulholland and Freddy Quinne's very funny podcast Dead Men Talking - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S52PFbYKEQ

Set a reminder for Rob's special "Born Ready" coming out July 2nd on the Dead Men Talking YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@DeadMenTalkingPod

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