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214 - Jimmy Barnes, Working Class Man
This week we're lucky enough to be joined by Sam Tonkin from The Listen Now podcast to hear all about Jimmy Barnes. One of the most legendary figures…
6 years, 7 months ago
213 - The Mysterious Circleville Letter Writer
In 1976, life in the quiet town of Circleville, Ohio was thrown into chaos when a series of obscene and threatening letters that had the county in pa…
6 years, 7 months ago
212 - Lindy Chamberlain: "A dingo's got my baby!"
Episode 212
"A dingo's got my baby!" It was a famous punchline for a long time, and people all over the world knew it. But so you know the real story of what hap…
6 years, 7 months ago
211 - The 1897 Arctic Balloon Expedition
In 1897 Swedish engineer S. A. Andree attempted to become the first to reach the North Pole, and he decided to try and get there in a giant hydrogen …
6 years, 7 months ago
210 - The Black Dahlia Murder Mystery
On January 15th, 1947 in Los Angeles, mother Betty Bersinger was on her way to the shops when she noticed a body abandoned in a vacant lot, this woul…
6 years, 8 months ago
209 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (with Nick Mason)
Episode 209
It wouldn't be Block without a visit from our fifth Beatle, Mr Nick Mason! He came in to tell us about the origin story of The Teenage Mutant Ninja T…
6 years, 8 months ago
208 - Keen For Peen : The History of the Penis
Look, we can't even really remember where or when #KeenForPeen started, but even since you've been suggesting it as a topic. And now, for BlocktoberT…
6 years, 8 months ago
207 - The Golden State Killer
Episode 207
It's BLOCKTOBER, BABY! Which means we are doing our most requested topics! And we all love a serial killer, right? This is one that was massive in th…
6 years, 8 months ago
206 - Dungeons and Dragons
Our first episode for Block 2019 (a month of our most requested episodes) is all about the world's most popular table role playing game... Dungeons a…
6 years, 9 months ago
205 - Oneida Community: From Sex Cult to Dinnerware
Which 19th Century sex cult evolved into a dinnerware company? The Oneida Community! Set up by John Humphrey Noyes in the mid 1800s, hear about the O…
6 years, 9 months ago