History Is Over

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History, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.6 • 16.4K Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2021

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

As the end of the 20th century approached, Radiohead took to the recording studio to capture the sound of a society that felt like it was fraying at the edges. Many people had high hopes for the new millennium, but for others a low hum of anxiety lurked just beneath the surface as the world changed rapidly and fears of a Y2K meltdown loomed.

Amidst all the unease, the famed British band began recording their highly anticipated follow ups to their career-changing album OK Computer. Those two albums, Kid A and Amnesiac, released in 2000 and 2001, were entrancing and eerie — they documented the struggle to redefine humanity, recalibrate, and get a grip on an uncertain world. In this episode, we travel back to the turn of the millennium with Thom Yorke and Stanley Donwood and the music of Kid A and Amnesiac.

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0:00.0	Okay, a little bit of history.
0:03.0	What?
0:04.0	History?
0:05.0	Because it's not like we normally do history or anything.
0:07.0	Okay, a little bit of public radio history.
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0:41.0	So you do that and Ramteen, how about we get on with the show?
0:46.0	Thanks.
0:59.0	I keep thinking of this phrase, I kept writing in one of my books.
1:03.0	I've born a monster.
1:06.0	You can see it when you look out your window.
1:08.0	People who don't pass men say, get a job on.
1:11.0	Or when you turn on your television.
1:13.0	The American people can remain confident in the soundness and the resilience of our financial system.
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