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In the 1990s there was a new wave of improvisational rock groups known as jam bands. By far the biggest was the genre defying foursome Phish from Burlington, Vermont. In this episode of History of the 90s we look back at their rise from college band to a touring sensation capable ...  Show more

In July 1991 President George HW Bush nominated Clarence Thomas to the US Supreme Court. Initial reaction to the nomination suggested there would be a contentious Senate confirmation battle that would probe Thomas’s conservative views on issues such as abortion and affirmative ac ...  Show more

When the curtain rose on the murder trial of Pamela Smart 23 years ago, the stage was set for the birth of reality TV. Accused of plotting the 1990 murder of her husband Gregory, 22-year-old Smart was subsequently convicted in the first fully televised, gavel-to-gavel court case, ...  Show more

The case and trial of Pamela Smart for her role in her husband's death gripped the entire country. The first trial to be televised live in it's entirety, it ushered in the era of "trial watching". This case was filled with salacious details that cause the media to flock to New Ha ...  Show more

Amanda Knox, was a Seattle-born study-abroad student who spent almost four years in Italian prison for the murder of her roommate, Meredith Kercher. The Netflix documentary, Amanda Knox, chronicles the murder trial and the surrounding media circus, which began from th ...

In 1978, police closed in on a clandestine brothel located in a quiet, humble home in London. The ensuing trial of the brothel’s madam, Cynthia Payne, called into question everything the straitlaced British culture believed about sex work. Parcasters - Did you catch our most rece ...  Show more