1985 w/Eshaan Akbar - Neighbours, Michael Jackson buys The Beatles, New Coke, Harrods, George Michael
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Eshaan Akbar eventually arrives after a big night out to join us for a historical tour of the year after he was born. In 1985, the fictional Australian town of Erinsborough is discovered, when television soap opera Neighbours begins and launches the careers of Kylie Minogue, Jason Donovan, Margot Robbie, Chris Hemsworth, and Guy Pierce, Michael Jackson takes the advice of his friend Paul McCartney to invest his money in music rights to build his wealth and buys half of the Beatles catalogue, Coca Cola launches New Coke, Mohamed Al-Fayed buys Harrods, Comedy Movies Back to the Future and Beverly Hills Cop films come out, and George Michael and Andrew Ridgley co-wrote Careless Whisper. Also Eshaan is making friends with his stand-up, opening for Mickey Flanagan at the o2, Red has invented a new measure of finance with the Haagen-Dazs Index, and Bobby is struggling with staying awake again. Get tickets to Eshaan's last remaining tour dates at London, Manchester and Leeds - https://www.eshaanakbar.com/tour Watch Eshaan in the latest season of Sex Education coming soon to Netflix! Get a free 7 day trial to our Patreon subscription and join our community for early access, bonus weekly episodes not available anywhere else, deleted scenes, posters, cameo messages, free tickets to online shows and discounts to live shows and much more - https://www.patreon.com/theyearispod Please send us your suggestions for years to devote an episode of the history podcast to and/or a story of your own for us to feature on our exclusive subscriber Patreon episodes - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1yYq_k5DMjVnyDYKjjDJMHRSU3mB9KIcltJBIsAcsY0I/ Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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