BBC Radio Podcasts from The Boring Talks
#55 -Farts
The colorectal surgeon and comedian Jenan Younis wants to talk to you about Farts.
Jigsaws
Anya Driscoll is a jigsaw junkie, and she's going to tell you why.
#53 - Car Boots
Hugo Griffiths climbs inside the interesting world of the car boot.
#52 - Breakfast Cereals
What did the artist Louise Ashcroft learn from variety pack cereal?
#51 - Oboe Reeds
A singing nightingale, or a belligerent duck? Chloe Veltman examines of the oboe reed.
#50 - Windows
Anne Ulrikke Andersen looks through the windows that shaped one particular life.
#49 - Coal Holes
Amir Dotan explores the small metal discs on our pavements and door steps.
Data Centres
What do we all use, but never visit? Matt Parker takes us inside the remote Data Centres.
#47 - Crinoline Ladies
From Victorian femininity to toilet roll cover, Dr Kathryn Ferry on the Crinoline Lady.
# 46 - Teletext
James O'Malley looks at the life, death and resurrection of Teletext.
#45 - Box Certificates
Joyce Smith uncovered 2 box certificates, and 2 of anything is the start of a collection.
# 44 - Swearing: a personal cross-cultural comparative study of Hindi and English
Charvy Narain takes a foul mouthed look at swearing in Hindi and English.
The Sounds Of Computer Games Loading
Keith Stuart remembers the whirrs and clicks that made up the soundtrack of his youth.
#42 - The Lexicon Of Breakups
Rosie Wilby finds out what ghosting, bread crumbing, submarining & benching actually mean.
#41 - Pencils
Brian Mackenwells tells us why we should all appreciate the pencil a little bit more.
#40 - Thank You (again)
James Ward says thank you for listening to series two of The Boring Talks.
#39 - Doormats
Alex Baxevanis wipes his feet all over this week's subject.
#38 - Markham Moor Roof
Ed Carter tells us why the roof of a former motorway services is no ordinary roof.
#37 - Watergate Tape 'Silence'
Sophie Scott listens closely to a very important 'silence'.
#36 - Shanghai Architecture
Hannah Cameron on the buildings that shaped her life in China's biggest city.
#35 - How Tall Are Celebrities?
How tall is Robbie Williams? Greg Stekelman sizes up celebrities.
#34 - Sounds of Grassroots Football
'Man on!!'..... Paul Whitty captures the sounds of grassroots football.
#33 - Change
Can British coins be better? Adam Townsend has the fix.
#32 - Roads That Don't Exist
Chris Marshall loves roads... even those that don't actually exist.
#31 - Happy New Year
James Ward says 'Happy New Year', and that's about it.
#30 - An Underwhelming Christmas
Ho Ho Ho! Rhodri Marsden explores the disappointing realities of the festive period.
#29 - Animal Vaginas
Florence Schechter and Emma Parkin examine some curious genitalia from the animal world
#28 - Asterix Puns
Tracy King shares her love for good puns and the Asterix comic books.
#27 - Dutch Landscape Paintings
The writer Andrew Male enjoys the dull nature of 17th Century Dutch landscape paintings.
#26 - Call Centres
Chatbots, squid and 'a smile in your voice'. Louise Ashcroft on Call Centres.
Jeremy Bentham's 'Auto-Icon'
Subhadra Das debunks some myths about a curious object.
#24 - The Taxonomy Of Cornflakes
The artist Anne Griffiths shows us how and why she collects cornflakes.
#23 - NATO Phonetic Alphabet
Could the NATO phonetic alphabet help Charvy Narain order a taxi?
#22 - Toilet Graffiti
Scott Kelly compares the graffiti left behind in male and female toilets
#21 - Thank You
James says thank you for listening to series one & plays the best words from the talks.
#20 - Carry On Shakespeare
Samira Ahmed explains just why the Carry On films are better than Shakespeare.
#19 - Ice Cream Vans
Good maths, a strong bladder & no 'brewer's droop'. Ali Coote on life in an Ice Cream Van
#18 - Kinder Egg Linguistics
Keith Kahn-Harris explores the linguistic pleasure of the Kinder Surprise warning label.
#17 - Gasometers
Sarah O'Carroll explores the magnificence of London's Gasometers.
#16 - Toilet Roll Serial Numbers
How do you get poetry from toilet rolls? What's 'fogged beef'? Nicholas Tufnell explains.
#15 - Smell Walks
Kate McLean leads us, nose first, on a smell walk across the world.
#14 - Name Change
Can you change your name to your existing name? James Michael Ward tried to find out.
#13 - Basalt
Is basalt really the most boring type of rock in the world?
#12 - British Earthquakes
Rhodri Marsden is underwhelmed by British earthquakes.
#11 - Sneezing
Peter Fletcher tells us what he has learned from counting his sneezes.
#10 - Lampposts
Dr Eleanor Herring wants to know, are you for or against lampposts?
#9 - Sounding Gestalts
How do you make music from a Gentleman's cravat? Laurence Jordan will explain.
#8 - Danish Public Information Films
Dr Claire Thomson celebrates the golden age of Danish Public Information Films.
#7 - Green Belt Land
The writer John Grindrod takes us for a stroll through our unknown Green belts.
#6 - The Argos Catalogue
Louise Ashcroft takes us inside the mysterious portal that is the Argos catalogue.
#5 - Model Villages
The broadcaster Tim Dunn celebrates the 'little works of art' that are model villages.
#4 - Wooden Pallets
Liam Shaw delves deep in to the 'single most important object in the global economy'.
#3 - Yellow Lines
Andrew Male takes a personal look at the history of yellow line road markings.
#2 - Book Pricing Algorithms
A book for $1.7 million? To a computer, it made sense. Sort of. Tracy King explains.
#1 - The End Of The World
What is the specific date of Armageddon according to Douglas Adams? Steve Cross finds out
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