Ep. 154: Frank Turner & Rachel Feinstein

2024-07-19

We’ve got some killer trivia on a brand new episode of Go Fact Yourself! In this episode…Guests:Frank Turner is a musician with a decades-long career that includes setting a new world record for touring. He’ll tell us what that was like and why he’s glad to never try something like it again. Frank’s newest album, “Undefeated,” is out now. Rachel Feinstein is a comedian, whose new special “Big Guy” is available now on Netflix. The show’s title comes from the affectionate(?) nickname Rachel’s husband gave her. We’ll learn more about ...

We’ve got some killer trivia on a brand new episode of Go Fact Yourself!

In this episode…

Guests:

Frank Turner is a musician with a decades-long career that includes setting a new world record for touring. He’ll tell us what that was like and why he’s glad to never try something like it again. Frank’s newest album, “Undefeated,” is out now.

Rachel Feinstein is a comedian, whose new special “Big Guy” is available now on Netflix. The show’s title comes from the affectionate(?) nickname Rachel’s husband gave her. We’ll learn more about their relationship, including why Rachel decided to have a piñata at her wedding.

Areas of Expertise:

Frank: The history of London, the 1989 fall of Communism, and the band Iron Maiden.

Rachel: Russian infomercials, therapy and therapists, and love scenes and couple fight scenes in old-timey movies.

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Experts:

Donald Rumbelow: London crime historian and author of the book The Complete Jack the Ripper.

Orna Guralnik: Clinical Psychologist and Psychoanalyst, seen on TV’s “Couples Therapy” on Showtime.

Hosts:

J. Keith van Straaten

Helen Hong