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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, 11 months ago
204 - The 1980 Boston Marathon Controversy
Episode 204
The Boston Marathon is one of the biggest sporting events in history, and many amazing stories of triumph have emerged from the marathon. But of cour…
7 years ago
203 - The Halifax Explosion
Surpassed only by the atomic bomb, The Halifax Explosion was the largest man made explosion in history... and it was an accident. On December 6, 1917…
7 years ago
202 - The Zanesville Zoo Massacre
On October the 18th, 2011 lions and tigers and bears were spotted roaming wild in Zanesville, Ohio. Listen in to hear how it all came to a grizzly en…
7 years ago
201 - Amelia Earhart
Episode 201
You know the name, but how much do you actually know about Amelia Earhart? We take a look at Amelia's early life, and discover how much of a badass s…
7 years ago
200 - Wild World Records
For our 200th episode, we celebrate by each doing a mini report on a different world record! This episode was recorded live at the Zoo in Brisbane - …
7 years ago
199 - Alfred Nobel and The Nobel Prize
And the Nobel Prize for best podcast about The Nobel Prize and its founder Alfred Nobel goes... to this episode. Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel's most…
7 years, 1 month ago
198 - The Unabomber
In 1978, a mysterious package was found in the car park of an Illinois University, the events that followed kicked off a reign of terror that confoun…
7 years, 1 month ago
197 - The Principality of Sealand
An abandoned WWII gun tower in the middle of the ocean became so much more - a base for pirate radio, the scene of many violent battles... and a coun…
7 years, 1 month ago
196 - Yuri Gagarin, the First Person In Space (with Naomi Higgins)
This episode is all about the life of the first human to ever leave Earth's orbit, Yuri Gagarin. From humble beginnings living in a mud hut in the US…
7 years, 1 month ago