After a long delay we are back with a bumper episode! We begin with Anton’s look at pre-Christian festivals that may have inspired Easter as well as odd modern day traditions, then Curious Mummy shares her experience of Easter in Russia and her love of Fabergé eggs.
Being our unlucky 13th episode I delve into where this superstition may have come from and we remember that, 50 years ago to the day, Apollo 13 was struck by some bad luck but saved by some amazing minds.
Show notes: https://thecuriosityofachild.com/episodes/13-easter-traditions-unlucky-13-and-a-special-guest
36: 👑 King of Spices: The Potent Power of Pepper
35: ⭐ Interview: Science Communicator Greg Wah
34: ☀️ Interview: Astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy
33: 🔭 Warren de la Rue. The man who looked at the sun
32: 👻 Ghost hunters, we seek the truth!
31: 👻 Interview with Tim Brown from the Paranormal Intelligence Gathering Service
Bonus: 🎙️Interview at the BBC
30: 💩 Miasma, a London stink and plastic pollution
29: 🧠 Perception - how do we see the world?
28: 🦟 We chat with entomologist Dr George McGavin
27: 🐔 Foam guns to chicken bombs: stupid weapons from history
26: 🐂 Oxen, more than just ‘unintact bulls’
25: ☕ William Le Lacheur and the transformation of Costa Rica
24: 🎄 Old toys and Christmas elves
23: 🌰 We go nuts for conkers!
22: 🎃We make Corpse Medicine
21: 🎨 Colours and pigments (and we’re one year old!)
20: 🏴☠️ Talk like a pirate monk necromancer!
19: 👵 The oldest woman in the world and frozen dogs
18: 💨 A load of hot air, science and history of farts
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