Feb 25th, 2010 · The murder of Hamas operative Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Dubai last month has had serious diplomatic repercussions for Israel. But many ordinary Israelis say they are proud of the assassins for eliminating an enemy believed to be responsible for the killing of two Israeli soldiers in 1989.
Jan 31st, 2010 · It's still illegal to import haggis from Scotland, despite reports saying otherwise. There's been a ban on this concoction of sheep meat cooked in a stomach since 1989, when mad cow disease was in the news.
Jan 19th, 2010 · Before the death of photographer Robert Mapplethorpe in 1989, punk godmother Patti Smith promised her friend she would write their story. Twenty years later, she's keeping that promise. She joins Fresh Air for a conversation about their relationship and their art.
Dec 18th, 2009 · The influential photographer died of cancer on Sunday. He was 63. In remembrance, we listen back to an 1989 interview with him about his Pictures From Home, a decade-long project where he observed the effect the loss of his father's job had on his family, a poignant topic once more.
Dec 13th, 2009 · Twenty years after the fall of the Iron Curtain, a new book titled Dracula Is Dead takes a look at how Romania has fared since the December 1989 overthrow of dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. Host Liane Hansen speaks with co-authors Jim Rosapepe, former U.S. ambassador to Romania, and journalist Sheilah Kast.
Dec 6th, 2009 · This past week, state and federal officials broke ground on a long-awaited project key to the restoration of the Everglades. The project is part of a plan passed by Congress in 1989. It's long overdue and could be important in getting water back to the parched Everglades National Park.
Nov 10th, 2009 · In 1989, Nirvana's Bleach (reissued this month) didn't make much of a splash at the time. But with hindsight, the album shows a band clearly hurtling toward greatness. A mere two years later, Nirvana headlined England's Reading Festival; by then, the greatness was obvious.
Nov 8th, 2009 · Monday marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. On the streets that November night in 1989, Germans celebrated the demise of the barrier, but had no way of knowing what political and cultural fallout would follow. Host Guy Raz recaps the events from 20 years ago and talks with Mary Sarotte, author of 1989: The Struggle to Create Post-Cold War Europe, about the fall of the wall and what came after.