A fact based comedy podcast. Each week Melbourne comedians Matt Stewart, Jess Perkins and Dave Warneke take it in turns to research a topic and report back to the class. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
515 episodes transcribedMutiny on the Bounty! A tale of drama and treachery on the high seas... many people know it on some level, as there have been FIVE feature films made...
"I didn't do it"... No he did. Dave finally relented and reported on the greatest TV show of all time. Hear how The Simpsons started from humble begin...
This week we explore Scientology - specifically, the man who created it ; L. Ron Hubbard. He has got to be one of the most fascinating characters we h...
This week Matt reports on 'the Montreal Screwjob', a huge controversy in the world of professional wrestling in the 1990s, the effects of which are st...
We ALL know that World War II ended in 1945, right guys? Well a bunch of Japanese soldiers stationed on remote, jungle filled islands didn't get the m...
This week, we dip into the Golden Hat once again and explore the legend of the Voodoo Queen of New Orleans. Was she one of the good guys? Was she a ba...
John Wilkes Booth, you know him as the handsome actor from a family of handsome actors, but did you know he has a dark past? That's right, the heart t...
In 1914, explorer Ernest Shackleton and 28 men left England for his third trip to Antarctica. Sadly, they will never even make it to the continent. Wi...
This week we dip into the GOLDEN HAT to present the topic suggested by one of our patreon listeners. We delve into the mysterious world of My Little P...
Jack the Ripper, a gruesome and mysterious murderer from the 1880s. Matt does his first serial killer report, it's pretty full on at times but somehow...
Dave reports on the most famous UFO incident of the 20th Century. But did aliens really crash land in the New Mexico desert? And did the US Government...
Ooooo it's time for another KILLER episode! This week we explore one of the most frequently suggested topics and one of the most notorious killers in...
This week the topic is Bond (James Bond)! Matt talks us through the history of Bond, from the novels to the films... It's a bloody big topic, but Matt...
Dave reports on the many marriages of King Henry VIII, a man so determined to have a son that he literally changes his whole country's religion to all...
Another year, another Christmas episode! This year Jess talks about the mysterious legend that is ....Krampus! Our little Australian brains knew nothi...
This is one of the stranger chapters in Australia's military history. Matt talks about the time the army took on the second tallest bird in the world,...
William Shakespeare - sure we're taught that he wrote some famous plays and poetry, but did he really write them? Do we know what he looked like, and...
This week a very sick Jess talks about the fascinating crime syndicate knowns as The Pink Panthers! There's poo talk, phlegm puns and a lot of Jess co...
We are lucky enough to be joined by The Weekly Planet podcasting's suave larrikin Nick Mason as he talks to us about the history of Superman, includin...
Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh lived a fascinating and tragic life. This is the story of that life leading up to and following the time he cut off his...
