461 - Touching The Void, The Disastrous Climb of Siula Grande

This week's episode is devoted to accidental inventions. From the match stick, to Play-Doh, super glue, to the humble ice cream cone. It turns out many of our favourite inventions came about purely by...

1 Nov 20231h 57min

It wouldn't be Block without some true crime, and this week we talk about the biggest police investigation in Welsh history - the Clydach Murders. This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins a...

25 Okt 20231h 51min

In 1875 an audacious plot to steal President Abraham Lincoln's body was hatched by a rag tag gang of criminals - it's fair to say things didn't go plan! This is the 7th most voted for topic in this ye...

18 Okt 20232h 10min

At 7:14 AM on the 30th of June, 1908 there was an enormous explosion affecting more than 100 square km of pine forest near the Podkamennaya Tunguska River in central Siberia. What caused this mysterio...

11 Okt 20231h 55min

This week we talk about the controversial Operation Paperclip, a post World War II secret United States intelligence program that sponsored German scientists to immigrate to the USA. On paper, any Naz...

4 Okt 20231h 57min

We’ve seen them in old timey movies, but I don’t think we really understand how important newsboys were to the distribution to news at the turn of the 20th century. And in 1899, the newsboys of New Yo...

27 Sep 20231h 44min

The St Kilda FC was formed in 1873, from there it's been a wild ride - tune in to hear the story of one of the great sporting clubs of the world!This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at ...

20 Sep 20234h 56min

In 1919, two brothers began making revolutionary sports shoes. The Dasslers were changing the game, until they had a massive falling out and started two rival companies... Adidas and Puma. This is the...

13 Sep 20232h 24min