526 - The Controversial Milgram Experiment
You may have heard of Stanley Milgram's controversial 1960s social psychology experiments that measured the willingness of participants to obey an authority figure. This week Alasdair Tremblay-Birchal...
19 Nov 20252h 14min
525 - The Great Fire of London
It's our 3rd most voted for topic for Block 2025! We go back to 1666, for the Great Fire of London. And in this case, 'great' means massive, not awesome. This is a comedy/history podcast, the report b...
12 Nov 20251h 58min
524 - The British Post Office Scandal
Between 1999 and 2015, over 900 British subpostmasters were convicted of theft, fraud and false accounting. The thing is, they were all innocent and were the victims of faulty accounting software. Thi...
5 Nov 20252h 6min
523 - Hidden Figures: NASA's Human Computers
This week's episode is about the human computers of NASA, focussing on the main three featured in the book Hidden Figures, heading deep into NASA's history along the way! This is the fifth most voted ...
29 Okt 20253h 24min
522 - The Legend of King Arthur
The sixth most voted for topic for Block 2025 is King Arthur - man or legend? We find out the truth behind the man at the head of the Round Table (except there is no head at a round table ...) This is...
22 Okt 20252h
521 - The Tiananmen Square Massacre
Over nearly two months in 1989, student led protests erupted across China as people called for reforms. The centre of the movement was Tiananmen Square in Beijing where more than a million people gath...
15 Okt 20252h 1min
520 - The Surprisingly Interesting History of Ketchup
Ketchup - it's America's favourite condiment and close cousin of Australia's fave: tomato sauce, but its history goes back a long long way before either of these countries existed in their current for...
8 Okt 20252h 18min
519 - The 1996 Mount Everest Disaster
We're kicking of Block 2025 with a disaster episode. Specifcally, one of the worst Mount Everest seasons ever. This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 08:56 (though as alw...
1 Okt 20252h 50min
