Podcast Episodes

Coney Island’s Miracle Babies and the Fake Doctor That Saved Them

If you had a premature baby in America in the 1900s, chances were they would not survive. That is, until Martin Couney came along...

In a bizarre attraction in Coney Island, 'Dr Couney' took the child…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

The Wrong Turn That Started a World War

It's the event that's seen as the trigger for World War One, but it didn't happen quite the way the history books let on... 

Australian author Paul Ham tells Marc Fennell (Stuff the British Stole, Mas…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

PRESENTS – The Case Of

It's the trial everyone in Darwin is talking about. In February 2022, a helicopter on a crocodile egg collection mission crashed in remote Arnhem Land, killing the egg collector and paralysing the pi…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

From War to Wardrobe: The Epic Saga of the High Heel

When you picture someone wearing high heels, what do you imagine? I'm guessing it's not horseriding archers on a Persian battlefield... 

But it turns out the high heel was indeed invented for men, as …

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Radium Girls: The Glow in the Dark Women Who Changed Everything

It was the most glamorous job girls could get during WW1... until it turned fatal. 

In an emotional episode of No One Saw It Coming, author Kate Moore tells Marc Fennell (Stuff the British Stole, Mast…

Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago

Workers. Wages. Revolution: The True Story of the Tolpuddle Martyrs

Today trade unions are an integral part of the political landscape, at least in countries like Australia, the United Kingdom and Canada. But this hasn’t always been the case… 

In the 19th century, dur…

Published on 3 months ago

Creepy Guy Meets Recording Device: The True Origins of Reality TV

If you thought reality TV began in the ‘90s or early 2000s with MTV’s The Real World or Big Brother, think again… 

According to Pulitzer-Prize winning critic and New Yorker staff writer Emily Nussbaum…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

Richard Fidler: The Volcano That Toppled Two Empires

What does a volcano in Iceland have to do with the religious and political struggles going on across the world today? Well it turns out, a LOT… 

Back in 536AD, the skies turned dark and the world cool…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Treadmills Were Made for Torture

What if the reason being on a treadmill feels like such a punishment is actually by design!?

Back in the 1800’s the British Empire started installing ‘tread-mills’ in prisons as a way to both punish c…

Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago

The Lingerie Makers who put Neil Armstrong on the Moon

You can probably picture that iconic moment, when Neil Armstrong first walked on the moon. But what if his ‘one small step for man’ was actually thanks to a group of unlikely women? 

In the 1960’s whe…

Published on 4 months ago