566 - Canadians Burn Down The White House (The War of 1812)
This week our Canadian-Australian friend Alasdair Tremblay-Birchall tells us all about the War of 1812, fought between the United States and the United Kingdom. This story, integral to the history of ...
26 Aug 2h 37min
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 Aug 2h 12min
564 - Tycho Brahe: Danish Astronomy Kook
Today we are talking about Tycho Brahe, a brilliant 16th century Danish astronomer - but also a bit of a kook. We are joined by Claire Hooper who is heading to Edinburgh this week, go see her show and...
12 Aug 2h 29min
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 Aug 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 Jul 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 Jul 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 Jul 2h 46min
559 - The Transit of Venus part 2: Back in the Orbit
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 Jul 2h 22min
