InfoCast 5000

Elephant prosthetics! Knife hands! One-legged tap dancers! We are at the last "leg" of our prosthetics series but still have a bunch to share with you. Welcome to our relaxed fit where we go off scrip...

10 Aug 202053min

This week the Infobois explore the significance of the 20th century for the prosthetics industry and how it led to the necessity for prosthetics to be mass produced in the modern age.

3 Aug 202057min

Yarr matey it's time for ye to come aboard because this episode is chocked full o' those dirty scoundrel pirates! We are exploring the literary influences that pushed iconic prosthetic characters into...

27 Jul 202057min

We are talking about 2 legends of the prosthetic world this week. One was a warrior-poet who was paid by the rich but gave back to the poor. The other was a surgeon who gave the gift of a second life ...

20 Jul 202055min

Get in your mental hot air balloon because it's time to go back to ancient Egypt and set the record straight on just how important carved toes were to the development of prosthetics in modern society....

13 Jul 202041min

This week we are talking electric cuffs to put a pep in the step of the binded and a pair of iron mitts designed to keep you from grasping anything beyond your current situation. Last round of handcuf...

6 Jul 202028min

B-b-back from the Victorian up to the modern we are talking about the handcuff stories you haven't heard about. Was Houdini actually magic? Is Japanese hard to pronounce? We are answering the real que...

29 Jun 202047min

Think of a safe word because this week we begin our journey into manacle history. Our story starts in ancient Egypt and takes us all the way to victorian Scotland Yard where the importance of a bowler...

22 Jun 202044min