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 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 Jul 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 Jul 2h 27min
557 - The Disney Renaissance
In the 1980s, Disney Animation was at a critical and cultural low point. This week our editor (and friend) AJ is here to tell us how they turned it all around with The Disney Renaissance. From The Lit...
24 Jun 2h 10min
556 - Joe Carstairs; The Fastest Woman on Water
This week, we hear the story of a wealthy, eccentric woman who raced speedboats, had affairs with Hollywood's hottest actresses, bought a private island, and had a doll best friend who was cremated wi...
17 Jun 2h 2min
555 - The Terracotta Army of Qin Shi Huang
You have probably heard of China's famous Terracotta Army, but do you know the story of the man behind them? This week's episode delves into the epic story of the man who unified China, named himself ...
10 Jun 3h 8min
554 - Five Hundred Days In A Cave
This week we look at the weird history of competitive cave sitting (people seeing how long they can stay in a cave without contact with the outside world), culminating with Spaniard Beatriz Flamini's ...
3 Jun 1h 25min
553 - The Ireland Shakespeare Forgery
Back in the 1790's, Samuel Ireland's son, William Henry, came to him with an exciting discovery - he had found a document belonging to the one and only William Shakespeare! But where had he found it? ...
27 Mai 2h 1min
