Inventing Bond: The Real Q
Well before Bond was lasering and limboing himself out of fictional situations, these were the questions faced by the British forces trying to repatriate prisoners of war during the Second World War. ...
12 Apr 202341min
Vasectomies
Why did Sigmund Freud want a vasectomy at 67 years old? Why were goat gonads all the rage in the 1920s? Who was the first person to get the snip?Today we're handing over the mic to our sister podcast ...
9 Apr 202350min
AI
Get ready for the coming of our robot overlords by listening to this episode all about the history of AI. Who was Shakey the robot? Why did we spend thousands of hours trying to tell a machine the bas...
5 Apr 202349min
April Fool's Day
When does spaghetti grow on trees? When can you milk a duck? When does Google read your brainwaves? On April Fool’s Day!Come with us into the chaotic world of April 1st as we explore where the traditi...
2 Apr 202323min
Fish Tanks and Aquariums
Early aquariums didn't have much more in them than some sorry looking trout. Yet such was the excitement at being able to see this underwater world for the first time people queued for hours to get a ...
29 Mars 202330min
Ouija Board
The Ouija Board was patented in 1890. But in did not appear out of thin air. It was only one in a long, long line of devices attempting to pierce the veil between this world and the next.Come with us,...
26 Mars 202334min
The Electric Chair
In 1890, the Governor of New York called for a new method of capital punishment. A more modern, efficient, scientific method was being sought. There was still a buzz around the recently harnessed powe...
22 Mars 202335min
Tabasco Sauce
Every bottle of Tabasco sauce on earth comes from one place - Avery Island, deep down in Louisiana. The same place where the sauce was invented by one Edmund McIlhenny in 1868.Joining Dallas to uncove...
19 Mars 202334min
