Podcast Episodes

Meet Ebenezer Scrooge

Episode 1027

Rerun: Charles Dickens’ novella ‘A Christmas Carol’ was written in just six weeks, and published on 19th December, 1843. The timeless story, which in…

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Renée and Renato's Christmas Hit

Episode 1026

Save Your Love became the UK’s unlikely Christmas Number One on 18th December, 1982. A blend of heartfelt crooning, offbeat British humour, and bucke…

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The First Christmas Card

Episode 1025

Victorian Henry Cole took delivery of the first ever mass-produced card today in history in 1843.

Notably absent from the design was Jesus Christ; Col…

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When Thatcher Met Gorbachev

Episode 1024

Over a Chequers banquet of sole in shrimp sauce, fillet of beef, and caramelized oranges, Margaret Thatcher and Mikhail Gorbachev met for the first t…

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Who Ate All The Mayonnaise?

Episode 1022

Rerun: Michelle "Cardboard Shell" Lesco achieved her third world record in competitive eating on 13th December, 2018 - this time for consuming the mo…

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Winona's Shoplifting Scandal

Episode 1021

Rerun: Winona Ryder was arrested for shoplifting from Saks Fifth Avenue, Beverly Hills on 12th December, 2001. Amongst the products she had stuffed i…

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Angry Birds Begins

Episode 1020

Mobile game Angry Birds debuted on the App Store on 11th December, 2009. The quirky and fun cartoonish characters and addictive gameplay found fans -…

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The Dog Statue Controversy

Episode 1019

On 10th December, 1907, angry medical students and animal rights activists were clashing over a controversial bronze statue of a brown terrier who ha…

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Theirs Not To Reason Why

Episode 1018

Alfred Tennyson’s ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’ was first published on 9th December, 1854, in The Examiner. Tennyson had penned the poem shortly …

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Joyce Brothers - $64,000 Swot

Episode 1016

Rerun: A female contestant had never scooped the jackpot on an American TV quiz show before New York psychologist Dr Joyce Brothers won $64,000 on 6t…

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