Podcast Episodes

525 - The Great Fire of London

It's our 3rd most voted for topic for Block 2025! We go back to 1666, for the Great Fire of London. And in this case, 'great' means massive, not awesome.

This is a comedy/history podcast, the report …

Published on 11 hours ago

524 - The British Post Office Scandal

Between 1999 and 2015, over 900 British subpostmasters were convicted of theft, fraud and false accounting. The thing is, they were all innocent and were the victims of faulty accounting software. Th…

Published on 1 week ago

523 - Hidden Figures: NASA's Human Computers

This week's episode is about the human computers of NASA, focussing on the main three featured in the book Hidden Figures, heading deep into NASA's history along the way! This is the fifth most voted…

Published on 2 weeks ago

522 - The Legend of King Arthur

The sixth most voted for topic for Block 2025 is King Arthur - man or legend? We find out the truth behind the man at the head of the Round Table (except there is no head at a round table ...)

This i…

Published on 3 weeks ago

521 - The Tiananmen Square Massacre

Over nearly two months in 1989, student led protests erupted across China as people called for reforms. The centre of the movement was Tiananmen Square in Beijing where more than a million people gat…

Published on 4 weeks ago

520 - The Surprisingly Interesting History of Ketchup

Ketchup - it's America's favourite condiment and close cousin of Australia's fave: tomato sauce, but its history goes back a long long way before either of these countries existed in their current fo…

Published on 1 month ago

519 - The 1996 Mount Everest Disaster

We're kicking of Block 2025 with a disaster episode. Specifcally, one of the worst Mount Everest seasons ever.

This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 08:56 (though as al…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

518 - The Dewey Decimal System

This week, Josh Earl tells us the wild and troubling story of Melvil Dewey, the inventor of the Dewey Decimal System.

This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 2:39 (though…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

517 - The History of Frankenstein

This week we look at the tragic and fascinating life of Frankenstein author Mary Shelley and explore how the novel she started writing as an 18 year old, changed popular culture forever.

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Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

516 - Spring-Heeled Jack

In 19th Century London, a bizarre figure terrorised the streets, lashing out with metal claws and blowing fire in people's faces before leaping over tall fences. Described variously as a bull, a bear…

Published on 2 months ago