A random number generator with a soap opera attached, what are the origins of Basketball and what makes a good sport? Dr Steve Cross is on a mission to make us nerds appreciate the squeak of converse on hardwood.
What has Pears Soap, a soprano, bell ringing orphans, a lesbian affair, ritual dowsing, litigation and a Monkey called Mr Titileehee have to do with the advancement of women's rights? Author, actor, comedian, hero Emma Kennedy will tell you.
What oud you do if a fly landed on your face mid Talk?!
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Alice Fraser explains how 6 stolen boots, a snake and drawing lots result in a man being eaten? Welcome to the horrible tale of Alexander Pearce 1790-1824. Who would eat humans... even when he strictly didn't 'need' to.
Jo Caulfield tells you about the infamous Mrs Prodgers - a litigious fighter for justice and lower taxi cab bills. Recorded live at The British Museum
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Mitch Benn on a man who not so much has been forgotten but rather DELIBERATELY written out of History…
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Irving Finkel and Florence Schecter on heroes of code breaking… ok, one translated ancient languages and the other helped crack the enigma code because of a typo. One man very good at translation was Jean-François Champollion and how he came to use the Rosetta Stone… a LOT of podcasts for your ears!
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The most outrageous thing is that you have never heard of Emmy Noether and without her Einstein wouldn't be a thing.
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What woman links Sanskrit, The National Trust, Narnia and Catholicism?
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The WORST DEATH of all time. Plus nearly getting hit by a pig in a drain. What stops London collapsing? Here is a clue... eat some prunes.
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Sin Eaters with Bob Mills
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A brief episode on Music Hall, St Paul and Winston Churchill's double.
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British Museum Curator Ben Alsop on Thomas Spence: a tiny man from Newcastle. One of 19 children, invented a new method of reading, recommended living like a cat... started fights and created an entirely new constitution... plus edited the best named magazine of all time: 'Pigs' Meat - Lessons for the swinish multitude'.
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Who killed Cyrus the Great? Just some girl? Possibly...
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what do chicken feet taste like? Plus Radio 4 hangover cures.
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The latest Z List Dead List podcast is all about Quack Doctors of the past...
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Who is behind today's door? Click to find out!
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A real vampire would only sparkle because of the ooze dripping from it's decomposing body! Tales of the undead, real life witches, and a ghostly ferret called Gef. HAPPY HALLOWEEEEN!
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The ultramarathon was invented a thousand years before the marathon!
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The Garden of Eden WAS located in Bedford
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