9/11

2021-09-07

Where were you on September 11, 2001? Geraldine had gone to bed on Tuesday evening, September 10, expecting to do an ABC Radio "Life Matters" special on apprenticeships the following morning. Instead, she woke up to vision of the smouldering ruins of the Twin Towers. She furiously scrambled to line up a new show that captured that horrors of the previous 12 hours. Eliza and Geraldine discuss 9/11 and what came next - terrorism in Asia - and a generation of people forged in the reality of the War on Terror....

Where were you on September 11, 2001?

Geraldine had gone to bed on Tuesday evening, September 10, expecting to do an ABC Radio "Life Matters" special on apprenticeships the following morning.

Instead, she woke up to vision of the smouldering ruins of the Twin Towers. She furiously scrambled to line up a new show that captured that horrors of the previous 12 hours.

Eliza and Geraldine discuss 9/11 and what came next - terrorism in Asia - and a generation of people forged in the reality of the War on Terror.

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The Falling Man documentary https://tvblackbox.com.au/page/2021/09/06/stunning-documentary-9-11-the-falling-man-premieres-tonight-on-sbs/

The Looming Tower TV series https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6474236/

The Looming Tower (book) https://www.amazon.com/Looming-Tower-Al-Qaeda-Road-11/dp/1400030846

The Children of 9/11: Our Story https://www.channel4.com/programmes/children-of-911-our-story

The AFR on David Jenkins new book on Soeharto https://www.afr.com/world/asia/it-took-me-longer-to-write-soeharto-s-story-than-for-him-to-live-it-20210825-p58lpj

Heartburn Nora Ephron https://www.amazon.com/Heartburn-Nora-Ephron/dp/0679767959

Everything is Copy https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2831414/

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