Podcast Episodes

Phar Lap Part Five - Sports Bizarre

Season 3 Episode 74

With Phar Lap now the favourite for the Melbourne Cup, Harry Telford started to turn his eye to his expiring contract with David Davis, resulting in the men engaging in more political manoeuvring tha…

Published on 1 year ago

Phar Lap Part Four - Sports Bizarre

Season 3 Episode 73

As the Great Depression began to bite in Australia, Phar Lap would bounce from his third-place finish in the 1929 Melbourne Cup and begin to establish his legend.

With a display of front running that…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

Phar Lap Part Three - Sports Bizarre

Season 3 Episode 73

After announcing himself as a horse worth watching, Phar Lap would unleash on the Sydney and Melbourne Spring Carnivals, only for the intrigue to build around him.

Some of the biggest punters in Aust…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

Venomous or Poisonous? - Animal Bizarre

Season 3 Episode 72

Mick schools Titus on the difference between venomous and poisonous, and Titus does a deep dive into Robert F. Kennedy Jr's strange relationship with animals.

Sat 16 Nov: The Leadbeater, Melbourne

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Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

Phar Lap Part Two - Sports Bizarre

Season 3 Episode 71

After four starts, Phar Lap had come last and his best finish was seventh. He needed a win badly, as did his trainer Harry Telford who was deeply in debt to everyone.

As Phar Lap's three-year-old sea…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

A Robot Whale Shark Disappoints - Animal Bizarre

Season 3 Episode 70

Mick is certain a snake will bite him, while Titus tells the story of a robot whale shark passed off as a real one at a Chinese zoo.

Titus is touring the country. Tickets are on sale now.

Sat 16 Nov:…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

Phar Lap Part One- Sports Bizarre

Season 3 Episode 69

On the 4 of October 1926, late in the season, a horse was born in Timaru, New Zealand.

The horse's arrival couldn't have been less interesting to almost everyone, except for an Australian trainer Har…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

From the Archive: Denis Rodman and Kim Jong-un - Sports Bizarre

Season 3 Episode 68

Former Chicago Bull Dennis Rodman offered to go to Russia to talk to President Vladimir Putin about the imprisoned WNBA star Brittney Griner.

While Rodman claims somewhat falsely that "I know Putin t…

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

League: Born in Crisis - Sports Bizarre

Season 3 Episode 67

On 8 August 1907, a secret meeting at Bateman’s Hotel in Sydney established a professional version of rugby in Australia and League was born.

The very next day, details of the secret meeting were in …

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

A Smoking Chimpanzee and Vicious Otters- Animal Bizarre

Season 3 Episode 66

Mick and Titus discuss the ethics of a chimpanzee who likes to smoke and a group of otters that attacked a jogger.

Titus is touring the country. Tickets are on sale now.

Sat 16 Nov: The Leadbeater, M…

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago