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Episode 13: The Channel Tunnel
and President We're digginging ourselves into a big hole and doing and episode on the Channel Tunnel. Russell indulges his love of trains, David guesses some French, the Queen and President Mitterand do the business, and somehow we end up in Turkmenistan.
We’re Still Here!
Just a little announcement to say we're still here, we haven't dissapeared and we'll be back soon.
Episode 12: Exxon Valdez
The year is 1989 and one of the worst oil spils the world had ever seen occurs off the coast of Alaska. In this episode we ...
Episode 11: Exoplanets, Kepler and Aliens
We're heading back into space this time to talk about the discovery of the first exoplanet. During the discussion of observation methods, signals and space ...
Episode 10: New Orleans and Hurricane Katrina
We metaphorically cross the pond in this episode to investigate Hurricane Katrina, its effects on New Orleans and the aftermath. This leads us into the ...
Episode 9: Breakup of Czechoslovakia
The story of how and why Czechoslovakia broke up into the Czech Republic and Slovakia. What has happened since and what the world can learn ...
Episode 8: Digital Switchover
This time David and Russell look back at the UK's switch to digital TV and radio while drinking some actual real beer. Somehow noodle-like worms, ...
Episode 7: The Return of Hong Kong
In this episode, somewhere amongst the chat about Godzilla, echidnas, reindeer slippers and wooly mammoths we manage to talk about the 1997 return of Hong ...
Episode 7: The Return of Hong Kong
In this episode, somewhere amongst the chat about Godzilla, echidnas, reindeer slippers and wooly mammoths we manage to talk about the 1997 return of Hong ...
Episode 6: The Raoul Moat Manhunt
We're back! With another listener suggested episode. This time David and Russell discus the man hunt and subsequent stand-off, for Raoul Moat in the north east ...