Episode 074 - Cows, Beer & Treasure Island
Do you know which ubiquitous word in modern medical parlance comes from the Latin for cow? Do you know which island in the Caribbean hosts two countries and is mentioned in Robert Louis Stevenson's Tr...
1 Juli 202452min
Episode 073 - Boxing, Smokestacks & Top Level Domains
Do you know which world famous monument was once described as a gigantic black smokestack? Do you know what the name of a seaport in Indonesia has to do with the world of boxing? Do you know which cou...
29 Juni 202448min
Episode 072 - Computer Bugs, A Conspiracy & A Murder
Do you know what programmers call a bug which disappears or alters its behavior when you try to debug it? Do you know what terms of venery are? Do you know what trope was named by Spike Lee based on A...
17 Juni 202451min
Episode 071 - Dictators, Cardinals & Playwrights ft. Ani
Do you know which American city got its name from a Roman dictator famous for giving up his dictatorial powers? Do you know what Cardinal Richelieu (villain of the three musketeers) invented which is ...
3 Juni 20241h 5min
Episode 070 - Arabian Nights, Unreliable Narrators & Conspiracy Theories ft. Ani
Do you know which member of the Barmakid family is a well known name from pop-culture and also appears in the Arabian Nights multiple times? Do you know which author went to India to write a story set...
27 Maj 202455min
Episode 069 - Etymology, Cognate Words & Shakespeare
Do you know what was unique about Cate Blanchett's Oscar win in 2005? Do you know what name derived from a snack was given to the cheap front row seats in theatres in the heyday of Vaudeville? Do you ...
21 Maj 202452min
Episode 068 - Von Braun, Lopez & Parr
Do you know what serendipitous name did Werner von Braun give to the leader of the Martians in his sci-fi novel? Do you know what character Mario Lopez played in the short film 'A Recipe For Seduction...
13 Maj 202456min
Episode 067 - Comics, Anime & Fatal Diseases
Do you know which comic character is the official mascot for the Space Flight Awareness program? Do you know which anime was adapted into a 90s Hong Kong film starring Jackie Chan? Do you know which I...
6 Maj 202459min
