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'Heroes and Howlers - And The Rest Is History’ - a quizzical look at some of history’s quirkiest moments. Mikey Robins, celebrated Australian comedian, and Paul Wilson, Oxford Historian and...
Oh!" said Pooh again. "What is the North Pole?" "It's just a thing you discover," said Christopher Robin, not being quite sure himself. A. A...
“Every human longs for peace and love.” Hiawatha Separating ‘Fact’ from ‘Fiction’ is the constant challenge of an historian. None more so th...
"If every fool wore a crown, we should all be Kings." Welsh Proverb Everybody’s favourite day of the year - well, certainly Paul and Mikey’s...
“The world is a drama, staged in a dream.” Guru Nanak Mata Khivi and the tradition of serving free communal meals (Langar) changed the face...
“I would travel down to hell and wrestle a film away from the devil if it was necessary.” Werner Herzog But if that film was Birth of a Nati...
“ Christmas is a season not only of rejoicing but of reflection. ” Winston Churchill It's that time of year again! The halls are decked with...
"England was merry England, when Old Christmas brought his sports again. 'Twas Christmas broach'd the mightiest ale; ‘Twas Christmas told th...
The boys have had a bumper year, and with the 'Giving Season' upon us they're delivering their final treats. When did a 'cab' become a 'taxi...
In this episode Paul and Mikey chat to academic and Theatresports legend Professor Jioji Ravulo. It’s a fascinating look into the history of...
New Guests. New Heroes. New Howlers. All of which have inspired Mikey and Paul to do a deep dive into more 'stories behind the story'. Sir F...
In this episode Paul and Mikey chat with American comedy legend Jessie Joyce. He’s written a fantastic book with the wonderful title ‘Killin...
Award-winning journalist and and broadcaster Tracey Spicer joins Mikey and Paul to shift the debate a notch or two. Women have long been wri...
The boys are joined by Otto English and together they set out to skewer some of the biggest names in the pantheon. Did Coco Chanel collabora...
“The only reason a warrior is alive is to fight, and the only reason a warrior fights is to win, otherwise why be a warrior? It is easier to...
“Antarctica has this mythic weight. It resides in the collective unconscious of so many people, and it makes this huge impact, just like out...
“Rather fail with honour, than succeed by Fraud” Sophocles If only Gregor McGregor had spent more time studying the Classics. This week Paul...
“As for all your latest Mayan discoveries and poems, I want to hear every word of it.” Jack Kerouac, Letters to Allen Ginsberg The Americas...
“ Like the English in New Holland, we live only on the shores of a continent even yet, and hardly know where the rivers come from which floa...
“Are we not like people sitting up with a corpse, and making merry in the house of the dead?” Herman Melville Over a thousand years before M...
“ Do not to look upon the loss of 10 days with wonder or scorn. Do not regret the removal of 10 days from the calendar. All those who love s...
“To follow the Silk Road is to follow a ghost. It flows through the heart of Asia, but it has officially vanished leaving behind the pattern...
“How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.” Marcus Aurelius If only the Emperor Commodus had inherited a f...
“I could calculate the motions of the heavenly stars, but not the madness of people.” Sir Isaac Newton With ‘Money’ becoming more liquid, an...
While Paul and Mikey russle up some new guests to join them, enjoy this classic episode all about the Samurai. "To win any battle, you must...
Our guests have inspired us with chunky extra helpings to share with you - a veritable smorgasbord of tales. From duels, to Greek philosophe...
In this episode Paul and Mikey talk to broadcast legend and co-host of the “Suddenly Senior” podcast Ian Rogerson about his hero Teddy Roose...
In this episode Paul and Mikey talk to author and historian Esme Louise James about the complicated life of the sword fighting soprano Julie...
In this episode Paul and Mikey talk to writer, presenter and bon vivant Matt Preston about Zheng Yi Sao, the woman who became possibly the m...
New Guests, New Heroes, New Howlers! It all means Paul and Mikey are doing more deep dives to find those ‘stories behind the story’. Look ou...
In this episode the lads talk to author and broadcasting legend Wendy Harmer, discussing Jimmy Carter, Australia in the ‘70s, and some timel...
This Season, the boys are mixing it up a bit and will be joined by special guests with their very own contenders for 'Heroes' and 'Howlers'....
It's Season 9 and for the new series the boys will be joined by special guests, each with their very own Hero and Howler. First up is Histor...
“I asked: ‘Do you speaka my language?’ He just smiled and gave me a Vegemite sandwich.” Men at Work Do armies really march on their stomachs...
“Young men make wars…, old men make the peace. And the vices of peace are the vices of old men. Mistrust and caution. It must be so.” Prince...
“They say openly that Christ and his saints slept.” The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Paul and Mikey look at how one howler of a booze cruise plunge...
“I wish for adventure. I wish to matter.” Sins of a Wicked Duke Good Dukes, Wicked Dukes and Wicked Uncles - Tudor England had them all. Or...
“If nobody else is going to invent a dishwashing machine, I’ll do it myself.” Josephine Cochrane Paul and Mikey look at the life of this gro...
“No, not quite naked. I shall have my uniform on.” Curious last words of King Frederick William I of Prussia (1713-40) Paul and Mikey kick o...
“ Peccavi - I have sinned (Sindh)” Charles Napier (Major-General British Army in India) The arrogance of the British in India knew few bound...
“A merry life and a short one” Pirate motto of Bartholomew Roberts (aka ‘Black Bart’) Black Bart captured over 400 ships and was the complet...
“I am the son of the road, my country is the caravan, my life the most unexpected of journeys.” Leo Africanus Paul and Mikey follow in the f...
“My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One of us has to go.” -Oscar Wilde In this episode Paul and Mikey look at the bizarre...
‘Steal a loaf of bread and they will cut your hands off, steal an entire country and they will proclaim you their king.’ Norse Sagas Don’t b...
“Assassination has never changed the history of the world” Benjamin Disraeli Sorry to disagree with you, Ben, but the killing of Lincoln had...
'Whenever I can find the time, I read history books and the classics so as to avoid idle living.’ Yongle (Ming Dynasty Emperor) Big China or...
“I am a man more sinned against than sinning.” King Lear, Act 3 Scene 2 Paul and Mikey look at one of theatre’s greatest sins - the century...
“I shall be a good politician. Even if it kills me. Or if it kills anyone else, for that matter.” Mark Antony Mikey and Paul ask you to lend...
“The same intelligence is required to marshal an army in battle and to order a good dinner.” Lucius Aemillius Paullus (Roman Consul and Gene...
“Here’s an equivocator that could swear in both the scales against either scale, who committed treason enough for God’s sake, yet could not...
“I have often marvelled at the thin line which separates success from failure.” Ernest Shackleton But sometimes failure is hard-wired in fro...