EPISODE · Jan 20, 2021 · 16 MIN
High Rise and Fall - Season 2 Episode 3
from Top Fold · host Top Fold Productions
It should have made front page headlines all over the country and the world. After years of planning Philippe Petit pulled off what Time magazine would call the "Artistic Crime of the Century". Instead of being in the news for weeks, it was barely noticed outside of New York City. What history changing event was being discussed by everyone all over the nation? Find out in this episode of Top Fold!Top Fold is dedicated to, "All the news that would have been". What does that mean? That means that on 9/11, or when the Hindenburg exploded, or Elvis Presley died, headlines were replaced and stories fell below the fold.What event happened that was huge but wasn’t talked about because something else monumental took the headlines? The -name of the podcast comes from a combination of "TOP Story" and "Above the FOLD"-TOP FOLD.Original music by David "Beezer" Wagler.Sources for S2 Ep 3 High Rise and Fallhttps://www.nytimes.com/1974/08/30/archives/aerialist-a-hit-in-central-park.htmlhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WF9l5RNsNWo (Man on Wire, 2008)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3zZVQPaKKQ (TED Talk)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BouCsOqMzEMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLJWSQlEzrY CBS news August 8, 1974https://ny.curbed.com/2015/9/30/9916096/world-trade-center-philippe-petit-the-walkhttps://allthatsinteresting.com/philippe-petithttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwbil5puqng news story about Petithttps://france-amerique.com/en/philippe-petit-the-last-sky-poet/https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/newyork-tightrope/https://gothamist.com/news/why-new-yorkers-couldnt-stand-the-twin-towershttps://www.nytimes.com/1974/08/30/archives/aerialist-a-hit-in-central-park.htmlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixonhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/watergate/articles/080974-3.htmhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixon_White_House_tapes#The_%22smoking_gun%22_tapehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixonhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/watergate/articles/071773-1.htm
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It should have made front page headlines all over the country and the world. After years of planning Philippe Petit pulled off what Time magazine would call the "Artistic Crime of the Century". Instead of being in the news for weeks, it was barely noticed outside of New York City. What history changing event was being discussed by everyone all over the nation? Find out in this episode of Top Fold! Top Fold is dedicated to, "All the news that would have been". What doe...
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