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Ozzy vs. Bat
Episode 1043
Ozzy Osbourne orally decapitated a bat live on stage in Des Moines, Iowa on 20th January, 1982; an act that quickly went down as one of the most outr…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Conflict of Interest: Helen Lewis on Destruction and Reconstruction
We all know you’re here because you - like us, are a bona fide history nerd, so here's a little something from the producers of this podcast; a brand…
11 months, 4 weeks ago
Rebooting 'The Rivals'
Episode 1041
The first night of Richard Sheridan’s classic comedy ‘The Rivals’ did not go according to plan. Critics thought it was too long, the Irish gentry in …
11 months, 4 weeks ago
Meet Don Quixote
Episode 1040
Prior to the release of his book Don Quixote on 16th January, 1605, Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes had previously been a soldier, a royal messeng…
11 months, 4 weeks ago
How 'Hill Street Blues' Made TV Grow Up
Episode 1039
Groundbreaking police procedural Hill Street Blues first aired on NBC on January 15th, 1981. Back then, TV dramas were mainly mindless entertainment,…
1 year ago
The Caesarean Frontier
Episode 1038
24-year-old doctor Jesse Bennett successfully performed a C-section on his wife, Elizabeth, saving both her life and their daughter Maria's: 14th Jan…
1 year ago
A Deadly Day At The Races
Episode 1037
Chariot racing was a dangerous and violent sport at the best of times, but on 13th January, 532, a hooligan-led protest at the Hippodrome of Constant…
1 year ago
Sinclair's Electric Dream
Episode 1035
Rerun: The Sinclair C5, Sir Clive Sinclair’s disastrous entry into the EV market, launched at Alexandra Palace on 10th January, 1985.
Looking like a …
1 year ago
Introducing Income Tax
Episode 1034
Rerun: “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes”, the American statesman Benjamin Franklin once said, but until 9 Jan…
1 year ago
Let's Capture Monaco
Episode 1033
According to legend, François Grimaldi and his brother Ranieri executed a bold plan to seize control of Monaco's iconic rock on 8th January, 1297. Di…
1 year ago