PLAY PODCASTS
Looking Back to 20 Years Ago Today, at Life Before 9/11

Looking Back to 20 Years Ago Today, at Life Before 9/11

We look back at life, politics and culture on 9/10/01 to take measure of what changed after that next day.

KQED's Forum

September 10, 202155m 45s

Audio is streamed directly from the publisher (podtrac.com) as published in their RSS feed. Play Podcasts does not host this file. Rights-holders can request removal through the copyright & takedown page.

Show Notes

Looking back at the news headlines in the Bay Area on September 10, 2001 gives us a snapshot of what consumed us that day. There was violence: a mass shooting in Sacramento, the murder of a family in Bernal Heights. Barry Bonds reached 63 home runs the day before. Democrats were hitting President George W. Bush on the sluggish economy. The Dow Industrial Average neared 10,000. It wouldn’t reach that level again until 2009. We look back at life, politics and culture on 9/10/01 to take measure of what changed after that next day. 

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices