282 - P.T. Barnum ; "The Greatest Showman"

The Radium Girls were female factory workers who suffered severe radiation poisoning in the 1910s and 1920s after painting watch dials with self-luminous paint. Their plight led to the a better unders...

30 Sep 2h 6min

Pappy Van Winkle is some of the most expensive Bourbon in the world, and in 2013 hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of the liquor went missing from the distillery. This week, Deanna Ortiz tells us...

23 Sep 1h 56min

On this week's episode we hear the story of Joseph Boyle aka Klondike Joe, a Canadian man whose life has so many different chapters your head will spin!We're halfway through our Canadian tour and this...

16 Sep 1h 45min

Operation Chariot is frankly the most unhinged and daring military operation I have ever read about. In World War II, the Brits were so worried about the Nazi's super battleship Tirpitz, they decided ...

9 Sep 2h 44min

This week we are joined by public historian Greg Jenner to hear the epic tale of Homer, the Iliad and the Odyssey!This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 18:16 (though as ...

2 Sep 2h 52min

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

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

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