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A new series of trickster stories begins with Paul Alborough telling a funny version of 'The Emperor's New Clothes' by Danish storyteller Hans Christian Andersen. A silly emperor who is very proud of his clothes is swindled by two tricksters who claim they can make a magnificent suit which is invisible to anyone who is not wise and clever. Everyone pretends to admire the Emperor's invisible clothe...

In this episode on our theme of Hollywood Monsters, we’re unwrapping Mummies. Norfolk is linked to the most famous mummy of them all, but we've chatted about that before in episode 88. Today we discover a new-to-us local mummy story, a Norfolk Mummy which never came to Norfolk and we ask the important question: who exactly is Portland Bill? *Bit of a naughty swear right at the very end, but it mad...

Join us, Ellen and Christian Weatherford, while we review your favorite species of animals and rate them out of ten in the categories of effectiveness, ingenuity and aesthetics. More information can be found at justthezooofus.com 😊 Got a species you want us to review? Submit your animal friend to us at ellen@justthezooofus.com and when we review your animal we'll give you a shoutout! 😊 Cover art...

From the makers of QI and No Such Thing As A Fish: Gastronomically-minded QI researchers Jack Chambers and Manu Henriot join chef and food writer Rosie MacKean to unpack the world of food and drink, one lunchbox at a time. Can you unboil an egg? Why would you milk a spider? How much Dairy Milk would it take to kill you? Dig in now to get answers to the questions you never knew you had.

History remembers Khan Noonien Singh as a villain, the product of a failed attempt to perfect humanity through genetic engineering whose quest to avenge himself on Admiral James T. Kirk led to unimaginable tragedy and loss. But the truth has been buried for too long beneath the sands of Ceti Alpha V. How did Khan go from a beneficent tyrant and superhuman visionary with a new world at his fingerti...

Engineer’s meat wept and squirmed and wriggled inside her steel organ cavity, so different from the stable purr of gears and circuit boards. You couldn’t count on meat. It lulled you with its warmth, the soft give of skin, the tug of muscle, the neurotransmitter snow fluttering down from neurons to her cyborg logic center. On other days, the meat sickened, swelled inside her steel shell, pressed i...

A magical force known as The Veil lies over Paradurn, hiding the strange and horrifying from mortal eyes. Some are gifted with the ability to see through The Veil by the Dragon God, Artifora; they are known as Dhurnya. Shadows of Paradurn follows three of these gifted individuals, Magnus, Tanwen, and Amadeus, as they resolve situations that could be related to those who dwell behind the Veil, solv...

Bandsplain The Ringer Bandsplain is a show where host Yasi Salek invites experts to explain cult bands and iconic artists - and why people love... more Remembering Ozzy Osbourne, with Kory Grow and Rob Harvilla Rob Harvilla and Rolling Stone senior writer Kory Grow join Yasi to discuss Ozzy Osbourne’s bodies of work with Black... more 25 Jul 2025 · 54 minutes MOVIE NIGHT: ‘Pavements’ With Hua Hsu,...

•Kinderhörspiel, ab 6 Jahren• Kapitän Flitschauge hat dieses Jahr nur einen einzigen Wunsch: Er möchte endlich mal ein ruhiges und besinnliches Weihnachtsfest erleben. Keine leichte Aufgabe, denn seine Mannschaft versteht alles auf ihre ganz eigene - eben Piratenart. Von Wilhelm Nünnerich WDR 2016 www.wdrmaus.de

•Kinderhörspiel, ab 7 Jahren• Tarnen, täuschen, sich unbemerkt anschleichen oder "so tun als ob" - diese Fähigkeiten beherrschen die Unsinkbaren Drei aus dem Eff Eff. Nicht umsonst gelten sie als die besten Piraten der Welt! Jetzt sollen die Skills erweitert werden. Von Wilhelm Nünnerich WDR 2016 www.wdrmaus.de

•Kinderhörspiel, ab 8 Jahren• Die Unsinkbaren Drei sind selbstverständlich die besten Piraten der Welt. Um sich mal wieder so richtig in Fahrt in zu bringen, gibt’s Musikstunden - und die bringen so manche Überraschung. Von Wilhelm Nünnerich WDR 2016 www.wdrmaus.de

•Kinderhörspiel, ab 7 Jahren• Die Unbesiegbarkeitstrainings auf der Sturmhölle sind weitgehend abgeschlossen. Da hat der geniale Kapitän Flitschauge eine neue, völlig überraschende Kapertechnik ersonnen: die Freundlichkeit dem Dampfer gegenüber. // Von Wilhelm Nünnerich / WDR 2008 // www.wdrmaus.de

•Kinderhörspiel, ab 8 Jahren• Die besten Piraten der Welt sind zurück - und werden sogar noch besser: dank medizinischer Ausbildung. Von Wilhelm Nünnerich WDR 2002 www.wdrmaus.de

5 days ago Have you ever wondered what it might be like to wed an Antiques Freak? Wonder no more, as Ken and Dee take the Marital Rating Scale test developed in the 1930s by George W. Crane (Ph. D., M.D.), cofounder of the Scientific Marriage Foundation. Shout out to QuestionableAdvice on tumblr for this incredible, baffling, and incredibly baffling quiz.