The People's Polygraph

In which you will learn: Where in the world is the most extreme place to play a board game Which ex-Olympic sports we should bring back into fashion What is the most dangerous sport you can play in a lap-pool

In which you will learn: All about a secret language that was developed entirely by the Queen, for the exclusive use of the Queen What the Queen eats for breakfast The names of the pets of the royal family

In which you will learn: What the heck the Ig Nobel awards are What ingenious advance in physics some scientists in New Zealand made when playing around in the snow The shape of some of the strangest prizes in the world

In which you will learn: What exactly the Romans thought about fellatio The interesting customs of rural-Austrian people A whole bunch of super useful and totally applicable Cosmo sex-tips

In which you will learn: Not a lot really...

In which you will learn: Why Black Friday is called 'Black Friday' Which US President decided when Thanksgiving should be - and the silly consumerist reason for it Some pretty awful stories from the past decade or so

In which you will learn: What the first podcast in the world was The names of some great recommended podcasts What exactly 'RSS' means

In which you will learn: What happened at the London Zoo in World War II Which buildings survived the Blitz unscathed  A lot more than Jazzy has ever known about the Blitz   At the end of the episode, we have placed a recording of 'London Can Take It'. Produced by the British Government in October 1940, 'London Can Take It' is narrated by American journalist Quentin Reynolds and pays tribute to Lo...

In which you will learn: The name of the first baby ever born on the London Underground About a strange method of travelling from concourse to platform Whether Selfridges does anything other than sell fridges

In which you will learn: If the thriller king's house is as scary as his novels How Stephen King almost died 20 years ago The true scope of his influence in modern media

In which you will learn: Which theme parks from around the world were just too Extreme to stay open All about the most narcissistic abandoned town in South America Way more than you ever thought you could learn about the Sacro Monte

In which you will learn: One of the oldest ghost stories every told Some of the oddest and quickest deaths in history Just how lucid... or not lucid... Pliny was on the subject of death

In which you will learn: How Hitchcock liked to have fun on set What item in a supermarket would frighten Hitchcock most Our A++ new nickname for Sir Alfred J Hitchcock

In which you will learn: Where the extremely British beer measurement, the 'pint' comes from All about The Great London Beer Flood of 1814 The story behind the strongest beer in the world

In which you will learn: The amazing true story of how one of the most widely-read books ever came into being The names of a heck of a lot of John Lewis Christmas ads The reason why Christmas marketing starts so early... besides the obvious

In which you will learn: The slightly muddy origin of the word 'etiquette' What was considered extremely rude to the Victorians Some weird and wonderful Ancient Roman banquet manners

In which you will learn: What Friends was originally meant to be about (psst: it was maybe not so much just about being friends...) Which superstar joined the cast for FREE How very little Jazz cares about Friends. ... the TV show... not her own friends...

In which you will learn What essential skill you should really possess before tying yourself to a bunch of helium balloons What NOT to do immediately after consuming gasoline About a thing called the 'Male Idiot Theory'

In which you will learn Not a lot really...

In which you will learn: How Pliny managed to get stuff wrong about made-up creatures How many races of monstrous quasi-humans Pliny wrote about Whether or not Pliny actually predicted the existence of Australia (and its deadly inhabitants)

In which you will learn: Which marketing campaigns got movies in a LOT of trouble in the USA A whole bunch of good good tag lines from the last year ***** - 'This podcast is a must-listen !' - David Manning

In which you will learn: Which scene you will be watching a whole lot more closely from now on Some stuff about Elvish A bunch of numbers and why they're important to the Lord of the Rings movies Also - it's our ONE YEAR PODVERSARY!! Happy birthday us! And thanks for sticking around! Hopefully it's because we entertain you. At a pinch, we'll also accept you like learning weird trivial things. Eith...

In which you will learn: Which Tudor King was the offspring of Henry VII Hopefully more than Jazz ended up learning But also probably a hell of a lot more than you ever expected to learn about Henry VII   ** Please note ** We had some unfortunate sound issues again guys. It's currently too hot in London to use our usual set up so Jazz has been doing the best she can to make things listenable for y...

In which you will learn: How to pick a good name for your wizard rock band What Hogwarts: A History forgot to mention Which wizards are the purest of them all

In which you will learn: About the video game crash of 1983 that changed the course of video game history Which Nintendo franchise is the most popular video game franchise of all time How many Pokemon movies there have been