The Boring Talks Podcast
James Ward introduces another curious talk about a subject that may seem boring, but is actually very interesting... maybe.
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#26 - Call Centres
Mon 26 Nov 2018
Chatbots, squid and 'a smile in your voice'. Louise Ashcroft on Call Centres.
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#24 - The Taxonomy Of Cornflakes
Mon 12 Nov 2018
The artist Anne Griffiths shows us how and why she collects cornflakes.
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#23 - NATO Phonetic Alphabet
Mon 5 Nov 2018
Could the NATO phonetic alphabet help Charvy Narain order a taxi?
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#22 - Toilet Graffiti
Mon 5 Nov 2018
Scott Kelly compares the graffiti left behind in male and female toilets
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#21 - Thank You
Thu 7 Jun 2018
James says thank you for listening to series one & plays the best words from the talks.
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#20 - Carry On Shakespeare
Mon 4 Jun 2018
Samira Ahmed explains just why the Carry On films are better than Shakespeare.
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#19 - Ice Cream Vans
Mon 28 May 2018
Good maths, a strong bladder & no 'brewer's droop'. Ali Coote on life in an Ice Cream Van
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#18 - Kinder Egg Linguistics
Mon 21 May 2018
Keith Kahn-Harris explores the linguistic pleasure of the Kinder Surprise warning label.
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#16 - Toilet Roll Serial Numbers
Mon 7 May 2018
How do you get poetry from toilet rolls? What's 'fogged beef'? Nicholas Tufnell explains.
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#15 - Smell Walks
Mon 30 Apr 2018
Kate McLean leads us, nose first, on a smell walk across the world.
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#14 - Name Change
Mon 23 Apr 2018
Can you change your name to your existing name? James Michael Ward tried to find out.
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#11 - Sneezing
Mon 2 Apr 2018
Peter Fletcher tells us what he has learned from counting his sneezes.
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#9 - Sounding Gestalts
Mon 19 Mar 2018
How do you make music from a Gentleman's cravat? Laurence Jordan will explain.
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#8 - Danish Public Information Films
Mon 12 Mar 2018
Dr Claire Thomson celebrates the golden age of Danish Public Information Films.
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#7 - Green Belt Land
Mon 5 Mar 2018
The writer John Grindrod takes us for a stroll through our unknown Green belts.
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#6 - The Argos Catalogue
Mon 26 Feb 2018
Louise Ashcroft takes us inside the mysterious portal that is the Argos catalogue.
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#5 - Model Villages
Mon 19 Feb 2018
The broadcaster Tim Dunn celebrates the 'little works of art' that are model villages.
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#4 - Wooden Pallets
Mon 12 Feb 2018
Liam Shaw delves deep in to the 'single most important object in the global economy'.
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#3 - Yellow Lines
Mon 5 Feb 2018
Andrew Male takes a personal look at the history of yellow line road markings.
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#2 - Book Pricing Algorithms
Mon 29 Jan 2018
A book for $1.7 million? To a computer, it made sense. Sort of. Tracy King explains.
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#1 - The End Of The World
Mon 29 Jan 2018
What is the specific date of Armageddon according to Douglas Adams? Steve Cross finds out
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Boring Talks #00
Sun 7 Jan 2018
Behind every boring subject is another layer of boringness you could have never imagined.
