The Boring Talks Podcast
James Ward introduces another curious talk about a subject that may seem boring, but is actually very interesting... maybe.
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Jeremy Bentham's 'Auto-Icon'
Fri 17 Feb 2023
Subhadra Das debunks some myths about a curious object.
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#55 -Farts
Wed 28 Apr 2021
The colorectal surgeon and comedian Jenan Younis wants to talk to you about Farts.
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#52 - Breakfast Cereals
Mon 4 May 2020
What did the artist Louise Ashcroft learn from variety pack cereal?
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#51 - Oboe Reeds
Mon 20 Apr 2020
A singing nightingale, or a belligerent duck? Chloe Veltman examines of the oboe reed.
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#50 - Windows
Mon 6 Apr 2020
Anne Ulrikke Andersen looks through the windows that shaped one particular life.
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#49 - Coal Holes
Mon 30 Mar 2020
Amir Dotan explores the small metal discs on our pavements and door steps.
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Data Centres
Mon 23 Mar 2020
What do we all use, but never visit? Matt Parker takes us inside the remote Data Centres.
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#47 - Crinoline Ladies
Mon 16 Mar 2020
From Victorian femininity to toilet roll cover, Dr Kathryn Ferry on the Crinoline Lady.
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# 46 - Teletext
Mon 9 Mar 2020
James O'Malley looks at the life, death and resurrection of Teletext.
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#45 - Box Certificates
Mon 2 Mar 2020
Joyce Smith uncovered 2 box certificates, and 2 of anything is the start of a collection.
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# 44 - Swearing: a personal cross-cultural comparative study of Hindi and English
Mon 24 Feb 2020
Charvy Narain takes a foul mouthed look at swearing in Hindi and English.
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The Sounds Of Computer Games Loading
Mon 17 Feb 2020
Keith Stuart remembers the whirrs and clicks that made up the soundtrack of his youth.
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#42 - The Lexicon Of Breakups
Mon 10 Feb 2020
Rosie Wilby finds out what ghosting, bread crumbing, submarining & benching actually mean.
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#41 - Pencils
Mon 10 Feb 2020
Brian Mackenwells tells us why we should all appreciate the pencil a little bit more.
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#40 - Thank You (again)
Wed 27 Feb 2019
James Ward says thank you for listening to series two of The Boring Talks.
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#38 - Markham Moor Roof
Mon 18 Feb 2019
Ed Carter tells us why the roof of a former motorway services is no ordinary roof.
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#37 - Watergate Tape 'Silence'
Mon 11 Feb 2019
Sophie Scott listens closely to a very important 'silence'.
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#36 - Shanghai Architecture
Mon 4 Feb 2019
Hannah Cameron on the buildings that shaped her life in China's biggest city.
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#35 - How Tall Are Celebrities?
Mon 28 Jan 2019
How tall is Robbie Williams? Greg Stekelman sizes up celebrities.
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#34 - Sounds of Grassroots Football
Mon 21 Jan 2019
'Man on!!'..... Paul Whitty captures the sounds of grassroots football.
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#32 - Roads That Don't Exist
Mon 7 Jan 2019
Chris Marshall loves roads... even those that don't actually exist.
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#30 - An Underwhelming Christmas
Christmas Eve 2018
Ho Ho Ho! Rhodri Marsden explores the disappointing realities of the festive period.
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#29 - Animal Vaginas
Mon 17 Dec 2018
Florence Schechter and Emma Parkin examine some curious genitalia from the animal world
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#28 - Asterix Puns
Mon 10 Dec 2018
Tracy King shares her love for good puns and the Asterix comic books.
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#27 - Dutch Landscape Paintings
Mon 3 Dec 2018
The writer Andrew Male enjoys the dull nature of 17th Century Dutch landscape paintings.
