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The Spock Generation
Episode 299
#throwbackthursday Dr Benjamin Spock’s ‘Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care’ was first published on 14th July, 1946. It was then translated into…
3 years, 6 months ago
When New York Went Dark
Episode 298
The massive blackout across New York City that began at 9:30pm on 13th July, 1977 lasted for a little over a day. Yet, during that time, arsonists se…
3 years, 6 months ago
The Many Wives of Joseph Smith
Episode 297
Mormons were told to embrace polygamy on 12th July, 1843 - when the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, Joseph Smith, said a revelation had tol…
3 years, 6 months ago
Zheng He's Treasure Odyssey
Episode 296
China’s greatest naval explorer, Zheng He, set sail on the first of seven epic voyages on 11th July, 1405. He led a fleet of 255 ships, with an estim…
3 years, 6 months ago
RetroRecommends: My Time Capsule
For your weekend listening pleasure, The Retrospectors recommends this week My Time Capsule.
This is the show that asks it’s guests to choose five thi…
3 years, 6 months ago
Shelley: Goth, Genius, Infidel
Episode 295
Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley drowned off the coast of Tuscany on 8th July, 1822. His wife, Mary Shelley, waited an agonizing ten days to discov…
3 years, 6 months ago
Three Tenors, Zero Royalties
Episode 294
When Plácido Domingo, José Carreras and Luciano Pavarotti teamed up for their first joint performance on 7th July, 1990 in Rome, it was intended as a…
3 years, 6 months ago
The Best Thing Since Wrapped Bread
Episode 293
Rerun. Sliced bread had never been automated before Otto Rohwedder unveiled his “power-driven, multi-bladed bread slicer” at Chillicothe Baking Compa…
3 years, 6 months ago
Jeff Bezos and the Infinite Bookstore
Episode 291
Amazon, created in the Seattle garage of Jeff Bezos, was incorporated on 5th July, 1994.
Before Bezos had settled on the site’s name as a way of conv…
3 years, 6 months ago
Here Comes The Hamburger
Episode 290
Who invented the hamburger? It’s almost impossible to know, given that mincemeat has been consumed all around the world, and for centuries - but Osca…
3 years, 6 months ago