<p>Red is still in a Dubai Prison at the time of recording so our much anticipated guest Sean McLoughlin makes a 40 minute walk to chat with Bobby about the first few months of 2020. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Jakarta_floods" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Flash floods</a> struck <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakarta" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jakarta</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Indonesia</a>, killing 66 people in a worst flooding in over a decade, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine_International_Airlines_Flight_752" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752</a> is shot down by Iranian forces shortly after takeoff from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tehran_Imam_Khomeini_International_Airport" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport</a>, killing all 176 people on board, a rare Universal Palindrome Date (02/02/2020) occurs in the Gregorian calendar. Such events usually only transpire around once every 1000 years, with the last such event occurring in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1111_AD" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">1111</a>, Eleven people are killed and five injured in a terrorist shooting spree by a far-right extremist targeting shisha bars in Hanau, near Frankfurt, Germany, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NATO</a> expresses solidarity with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Turkey</a> after 34 Turkish soldiers were killed in an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Balyun_airstrikes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">airstrike</a> by pro-<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Syria" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Syrian government</a> forces, During a demonstration, pro-government <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colectivo_(Venezuela)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">colectivos</a> shoot at disputed President and Speaker of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Assembly_(Venezuela)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">National Assembly</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Guaid%C3%B3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Juan Guaidó</a> and his supporters in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barquisimeto" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Barquisimeto</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venezuela" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Venezuela</a>, leaving five injured and then something is happening in Wuhan.</p><br><p>Watch Sean's new comedy special "So Be It", it's very very funny - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CNyTFvDGgY</p><br><p>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</p><br><p>What have you learnt by listening to our history podcast? How has our podcast helped you in real life?</p><br><p>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/</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>