Cheeky Tales

I'm sure you all understand. Christmas and New Years is busy. Ain't nobody got time for writing scripts! So Sean helped us out and put together a mixed bag of topics that the boi's can shoot at each other in 5 minutes or less. Enjoy this handbrake of an episode!   Find us on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cheekytalespod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cheekytalespod/ Twitter...

WW1 wasn't know for being an exceptionally humanitarian event, however the first Christmas was a lot more wholesome than you might have imagined. Join the bois this week as they cover the time the two sides put down their arms to play a good old fashioned game of football and sing carols to one another. And, we've got a producer! Find us on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cheekyta...

Julius Caesar wasn't know for doing things by halves, and this battle was no different. Join the bois as they discuss the Battle of Alesia, perhaps one of the most insane battles of all time. Find us on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cheekytalespod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cheekytalespod/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/cheekytalespod   And at our linktree: https://linkt...

Betty Robinson was a young kid from Illinois who missed a train. And then she wasn't. All of a sudden she was an Olympic Gold Medalist. She also survived a plane crash. Find out all about this amazing woman's life on this week's episode of Cheeky Tales. Find us on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cheekytalespod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cheekytalespod/ Twitter: https://t...

Diana Spencer, or as she's better know, Diana, Princess of Wales, lived her life in an atypical way for a Royal. She was known for her compassion, and her patronage of a number of charitable causes is still continued to this day. But sadly, what she's best known for is her sad demise. Join the boys this week as they cover the life and untimely death of Princess Diana. Find us on social media: Face...

It's spooky season again, and that means it's time to shamelessly do a spooky one. This year it's John's turn again, and he's telling the scary tale of a very unfortunate German girl who met a sad end. Find us on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cheekytalespod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cheekytalespod/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/cheekytalespod   And at our linktree: htt...

Molasses was a much bigger deal in 1919 than it is today. Especially in Boston, which had a port and a railway right next door. Little did the people of Boston's north end know just how intimate they would get with the brown sticky goop. Listen this week as Aaron tells John the flood of details.   Find us on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cheekytalespod Instagram: https://www.ins...

A man flies out over Bass Strait, never to be seen again. It's not just a simple disappearance though, as a series of strange radio transmissions from pilot Frederick Valentich leave a trail of intrigue. This week, John's telling a tale of poor pilots, and even poorer efforts to validate Alien contact.   Find us on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cheekytalespod Instagram: https://...

Ignitial sequence start. This time, we're off to the moon. Join Aaron as he tells John in detail (but not as much as he would have liked) the story of Project Apollo, man's greatest journey. Hear of the American's final push to the moon, and the journey it took to get there.   Find us on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cheekytalespod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cheekytale...

It's finally time. Aaron's favourite topic of all time. Join him as he tells John the tale of the early stages of the Space Race. From Werner Von Braun through Mercury, Vosktok, Gemini and Voskhod, the US and Soviets were head to head in a battle to put a man on the moon. Apollo may have had the one small step, but it wouldn't have been possible without the foundation of thousands of even smaller...

This week we don't know when we are. John takes Aaron through some of the best time travel stories, tales, and hoodwinks. And all on the day after the anniversary of the Australian release of the best time travel movie series of all time - Back to the Future.   Music by ZenMan from Pixabay .

Australia's greatest outlaw, Ned Kelly. Is he a hero, or is he a bit of a villian? John is out sick this week, so Sean returns to take the reigns and run Aaron through the life and times of one Edward 'Ned' Kelly. Hear the life story of this great Australian icon, and decide for yourself whether he deserves his cult status.   Music by ZenMan from Pixabay .

The middle of the Pacific Ocean, July, 1937. The largest and most expensive hunt in history is on. The USCGC Itasca leads the hunt, with the USS Colorado and the USS Lexington, four destroyers and a minesweeper following. The Lexington, and aircraft carrier, also provided air support, scouring the Ocean with sixty-two planes. The Japanese navy even got involved, providing support for the American’...

Click your heels and look out for that tornado. This week, we're off to see the Wizard, the wonderful Wizard of Oz! Join the boys as they follow the yellow brick road of tales from the filming of this movie. There will be highs, there will be lows. Laughs and tears. A guy stuck in a toilet. But boy was it a good tale.   Music by ZenMan from Pixabay .

We're heading back to WW2 this week, but it's a lot more cheerful. Join the boys as they learn all about the cheeky little 6ft, 220kg solider with a penchant for cigarette's. It's not all as it seems!   Music by ZenMan from Pixabay .

Robert Smalls was born a slave in the pre-civil war Confederacy of the southern United States. Not exactly the luckiest of starts to life. But this man took life into his own hands, and made one hell of a story while doing it. Join the boys this week as they learn about the life of the United States most awe-inspiring men.   Music by ZenMan from Pixabay .

Saint's aren't exactly the first people you think of when you think of bloody revenge, but that's just what the boys discuss this week when covering Saint Olga of Kiev. We travel back to the 10th Century to discuss one of history's best architects of revenge.   Music by ZenMan from Pixabay .

This week the boys discuss one of the most insane experiments in history. In the 1960's biologists teamed up with NASA to investigate whether Dolphins could be taught to speak. What ensued was hilarious as it was interesting. Listen along as the boys uncover unintended outcomes of a wild experiment.   Music by ZenMan from Pixabay .

If you're Australian, you know that James Cook explored the Eastern Coast of Australia. That might be all you know, thanks to our limited history lessons. But this man did so much more than that. Join the boys this week as they discover the life of the explorer with a complicated legacy of great triumphs and terrible treatment of natives that James left behind.   Music by ZenMan from Pixabay .

Henry VIII might be the most famous of all English King's. Big H was known for his big ole gut, and his penchant for moving on from wives in a swift, sharp fashion. This week the boys delve into the love life of one of histories biggest (literally) lovers.   Music by ZenMan from Pixabay .

In 1996 the world was just starting to work out the best way to climb Mount Everest, the tallest of the worlds mountains. After being first summited in 1953, commercial climbing was just starting to boom, with paying customers hiring guides to make their way up. In 1996, poor weather and poor decision making developed a dangerous situation for 34 climbers on the mountain. Find out what led them to...

This week is a bit different to the usual episodes. Due to some light (heavy) rain causing flooding and a breif visit to his parents house for a week, Aaron had no time to research an episode this week. So as a once off, the bois will just be chatting this week, as chatting requires no hours of research.   Normal service will resume one next fortnights episode (unless this one is a smash hit and w...

If you have a fear of heights or planes, this isn't the episode for you! Join the boys this week as they discuss the top 8 highest falls from a plane with no parachute that DIDN'T result in death. You'll be blown away by some of these stories.   Music by ZenMan from Pixabay .

In 1911 two teams set out to be the first to reach the South Pole. With two different approaches, they started on opposite sites of the Ross Ice Shelf, leaving just days apart. While one team would reach the pole and return with the glory, the other would be left heartbroken, and with a dangerous journey home. Join us this week as we discuss the race between Robert Falcon Scott and Roald Amundsen...

Have you ever had a mate that just seemed to luck their way through life, no matter how badly they made decisions? Timothy Dexter is the king of the idiot savants. From glove salesmen to whale bone hoarder, this guy did it all.  Listen this week as special guest Adam takes the boys through the life of Timothy Dexter, quite possibly the luckiest man to ever live.   Music by ZenMan from Pixabay .