565 - Prince Alfred's Cursed Australian Visit
Queen Victoria's son, Prince Alfred, was the first member of the British Royal Family to visit Australia. Let's just say, the Aussie's didn't exactly make a great first impression...This is a comedy/h...
19 Elo 2h 12min
563 - The Afronauts, Zambia's Space Program
In October 1964, as the Southern African country of Zambia was celebrating independence, an exciting and somewhat surprising announcement was made... Edward Mukuka Nkoloso was setting up Zambia's Nati...
5 Elo 1h 40min
562 - The Most Expensive Gay Porno Ever Made
In 1980 a chance meeting between a talented young film maker and a millionaire philanthropist led to the making of 'Centurians of Rome', the most expensive gay porn film of all time (at that time), an...
29 Heinä 2h 30min
561 - John Titor: Time Traveller
In 1998, a radio DJ received an anonymous fax from a person claiming to be... from the future!!This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 06:38 (though as always, we go off o...
22 Heinä 1h 38min
560 - The Munich Air Disaster (and the Manchester United Busby Babes)
In 1958, Manchester United were one of the best football teams on the planet. Managed by Matt Busby and nicknamed 'The Busby Babes' because of the team's youth, in February 1958 the team took an ill f...
15 Heinä 2h 46min
559 - The Transit of Venus part 2: Back in the Habit
Following on from last week's episode, we hear of more adventures undertaken by scientists in the 1760's in the effort to track the transit of Venus! Intrepid astronomers this week include Frenchmen A...
8 Heinä 2h 22min
558 - The Transit of Venus part 1
How far away is the sun? English astronomer Edmond Halley suggested that tracking the transit of Venus across the sun would be the key to finding the answer. This set in motion a huge international co...
1 Heinä 2h 27min
