Episode1: HOW NOSTALGIA WON'T SAVE YOU FROM THE 1980s.

What is it about the 1980s that seduces us with waves of warm nostalgia? This first episode of Dangerous Memory challenges the false hold of nostalgia that clouds our memory of the era. Dangerous memories are required to look deeper into the politics of an era that continues to have huge impacts on our world today. It's about going deeper than the memory of parachute pants, fun pop songs, and big hair. How did an era of activist DIY resistance become the Decade of Greed? And why are we still living with the impacts today? 

Inspired by the book Dangerous Memory:Coming of Age in the Decade of Greed by Charlie Angus published by House of Anansi Press 2024. 

A ten part series. Episodes drop every week starting Sept 16, 2024. 

 

Music:
The Grandfather Song - L'étranger ©1983 Angus/Cash
Barricades - L'étranger ©1982 Angus/Cash 
Not Seein' Us -L'étranger ©1982 Angus/Cash 
Taken Away -L'étranger ©1982 Angus/Cash 
Sticks and Stones - L'étranger ©1984 Angus/Cash