Legend tells of an early pioneer of rocketry who, in 1633, blasted off over Istanbul in celebration of the birth of the Sultan’s daughter. There are stories of an eccentric French couple flying horses and bulls into the sky to entertain the masses. There were inventors who saw the future of travel in personal balloons that allowed us to bound across the landscape as if we were an astronaut on the moon. These tales my sound absurd by they are the ‘True History’ of mankind’s obsession with flight. Join us as we discover some of history’s craziest people who put entertainment and progress ahead of their mortality!
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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