
From the Archive: Tour de France, the Early Years - Sports Bizarre
With LeTour entering its final week, we revisit one of our first episodes, looking at the early years of the Tour De France. The early years of the Tour De France were a hot mess, with a spiked bottle...
15 Jul 202448min

How Moonshine Created NASCAR Part 6 - Sports Bizarre
In the final episode on the beginnings of NASCAR, Bill France seizes control of the new organisation but a new challenge immediately presents itself. Again, he relies on the bootleggers and moonshiner...
14 Jul 202445min

A Pet Snake Is A Red Flag - Animal Bizarre
Mick begins by critiquing the very logo he approved before the guys move on to pressing animal matters, such as people harassing bisons and then regretting it. If you’d like more Animal Bizarre, becom...
9 Jul 202428min

How Moonshine Created NASCAR Part 5 - Sports Bizarre
With NASCAR formed, Bill France set out to crush the competition, but he needed stars to bring the crowds. Enter a family from Fort Payne, Alabama, 'The Sock Capitol of the World', the Flocks. Dubbed ...
7 Jul 202442min

A $300,000 Fish and Minimum Chips - Animal Bizarre
Mick provides an update on a fat bear champion, cows are now being toilet trained, and otters start attacking children. If you’d like more Animal Bizarre, become a member of Bizarre Plus. Click here t...
2 Jul 202440min

How Moonshine Created NASCAR Part 4 - Sports Bizarre
After the war, Atlanta would launch a campaign against the moonshine drivers, opening the pathway for Bill France to create a new organisation, The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing or NA...
30 Jun 202439min

Is a Penguin a Dinosaur? - Animal Bizarre
Titus informs Mick that birds are actually dinosaurs, a woman feeds a monkey spicy Cheetos and Mick argues the pelican should be bird of the year. If you’d like more Sports Bizarre, become a member o...
25 Jun 202440min

How Moonshine Created NASCAR Part 3 - Sports Bizarre
As Atlanta took control of the stock car racing scene, it would seem Bill France's dream of Daytona being the centre of the sport was lost. But a tragedy and the outbreak of the Second World War would...
23 Jun 202443min



















