A significant episode where we travel to 1984, to discuss the George Orwell, Orwellian classic novel 1984, which was written in 1948, the Crack Cocaine epidemic spreads across America, Argentinian football legend Diego Maradona is sold Italian team Napoli, and political commentator Ben Shapiro, entrepreneur and fraudster Elizabeth Holmes and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg are all born Watch Red Richardson's brand new comedy special - https://www.youtube.com/@redrichardsoncomedy Sign up now to our Patreon for early access, bonus weekly episodes not available anywhere else, posters, cameo messages, free tickets to online shows and discounts to live shows and much more - https://www.patreon.com/theyearispod What obscure or significant events from the pod have we missed from 1984? Let us know your favourite historical facts from that year, or if have any suggestions for other years for us to do an episode on send us an email to [email protected] Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.