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294 - The Curse Of The Billy Goat
It turns out baseball is a very cursed sport. One of Major League Baseball's longest running curses affected The Chicago Cubs for decades. A disgrunt…
5 years, 3 months ago
293 - Raëlianism, A UFO Religion (with Ben Russell)
This week we are joined by our good friend Ben Russell to tell us about one of his favourite cults, Raëlianism (AKA Raëlism). Described as religion f…
5 years, 3 months ago
292 - Ada Blackjack: The Real Robinson Crusoe (with Cass Paige)
In 1921, a small crew set off from Nome in Alaska to Wrangel Island, 85 miles off the northeast coast of Siberia. Due to her work on this expedition,…
5 years, 3 months ago
291 - Fyre Festival
Episode 291
Fyre Festival - an immersive music festival, unlike anything anyone had ever seen before. Fly to the beautiful Bahamas and enjoy pure luxury at this …
5 years, 4 months ago
290 - Corrupted Blood, The World Of Warcraft Pandemic
In 2005, World Of Warcraft was rocked by an unforeseen virtual pandemic. An infectious illness meant players started dropping like flies, and chaos r…
5 years, 4 months ago
289 - Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey is a media icon, this is her story!
Come to our live screening of The Mummy + Live Fraising The Bar on September 10 :lidocinemas.com.au/…
5 years, 4 months ago
288 - The Masquerade Treasure Hunt
Episode 288
In the 1970's, an artist set out to create a children's book like no other - one that lead readers on an actual treasure hunt! And it was .... a bit …
5 years, 4 months ago
287 - The Surreal Life Of Salvador Dali
A painter whose surreal artwork was only matched by his wild lifestyle, Salvador Dali remains one of the most recognisable artists of the 20th Centur…
5 years, 5 months ago
286 - Elizabeth Holmes and the Edison Machine (with Naomi Higgins)
Forbes named Elizabeth Holmes the youngest and wealthiest self-made female billionaire in America in 2015, but all was not as it seemed. Join us as s…
5 years, 5 months ago
285 - The Kentucky Meat Shower and other Strange But True Stories
On 3 March 1876, large chunks of meat rained down from the sky over Olympia Springs in Bath County, Kentucky, but what was this mystery meat? Tune in…
5 years, 5 months ago