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The Boring Talks

James Ward introduces another curious talk about a subject that may seem boring, but is actually very interesting... maybe.

Sounds,56 episodes

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Jeremy Bentham's 'Auto-Icon'
Subhadra Das debunks some myths about a curious object.
25 mins17 Feb 2023
#55 -Farts
The colorectal surgeon and comedian Jenan Younis wants to talk to you about Farts.
15 mins28 Apr 2021
#53 - Car Boots
Hugo Griffiths climbs inside the interesting world of the car boot.
18 mins01 Jun 2020
Jigsaws
Anya Driscoll is a jigsaw junkie, and she's going to tell you why.
25 mins11 May 2020
#52 - Breakfast Cereals
What did the artist Louise Ashcroft learn from variety pack cereal?
22 mins04 May 2020
#51 - Oboe Reeds
A singing nightingale, or a belligerent duck? Chloe Veltman examines of the oboe reed.
18 mins20 Apr 2020
#50 - Windows
Anne Ulrikke Andersen looks through the windows that shaped one particular life.
20 mins06 Apr 2020
#49 - Coal Holes
Amir Dotan explores the small metal discs on our pavements and door steps.
22 mins30 Mar 2020
Data Centres
What do we all use, but never visit? Matt Parker takes us inside the remote Data Centres.
30 mins23 Mar 2020
#47 - Crinoline Ladies
From Victorian femininity to toilet roll cover, Dr Kathryn Ferry on the Crinoline Lady.
16 mins16 Mar 2020
# 46 - Teletext
James O'Malley looks at the life, death and resurrection of Teletext.
17 mins09 Mar 2020
#45 - Box Certificates
Joyce Smith uncovered 2 box certificates, and 2 of anything is the start of a collection.
19 mins02 Mar 2020
# 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.
14 mins24 Feb 2020
The Sounds Of Computer Games Loading
Keith Stuart remembers the whirrs and clicks that made up the soundtrack of his youth.
15 mins17 Feb 2020
#42 - The Lexicon Of Breakups
Rosie Wilby finds out what ghosting, bread crumbing, submarining & benching actually mean.
15 mins10 Feb 2020
#41 - Pencils
Brian Mackenwells tells us why we should all appreciate the pencil a little bit more.
27 mins10 Feb 2020
#40 - Thank You (again)
James Ward says thank you for listening to series two of The Boring Talks.
1 min27 Feb 2019
#39 - Doormats
Alex Baxevanis wipes his feet all over this week's subject.
13 mins25 Feb 2019
#38 - Markham Moor Roof
Ed Carter tells us why the roof of a former motorway services is no ordinary roof.
15 mins18 Feb 2019
#37 - Watergate Tape 'Silence'
Sophie Scott listens closely to a very important 'silence'.
25 mins11 Feb 2019
#36 - Shanghai Architecture
Hannah Cameron on the buildings that shaped her life in China's biggest city.
18 mins04 Feb 2019
#35 - How Tall Are Celebrities?
How tall is Robbie Williams? Greg Stekelman sizes up celebrities.
17 mins28 Jan 2019
#34 - Sounds of Grassroots Football
'Man on!!'..... Paul Whitty captures the sounds of grassroots football.
39 mins21 Jan 2019
#33 - Change
Can British coins be better? Adam Townsend has the fix.
16 mins14 Jan 2019
#32 - Roads That Don't Exist
Chris Marshall loves roads... even those that don't actually exist.
22 mins07 Jan 2019
#31 - Happy New Year
James Ward says 'Happy New Year', and that's about it.
1 min31 Dec 2018
#30 - An Underwhelming Christmas
Ho Ho Ho! Rhodri Marsden explores the disappointing realities of the festive period.
11 mins24 Dec 2018
#29 - Animal Vaginas
Florence Schechter and Emma Parkin examine some curious genitalia from the animal world
15 mins17 Dec 2018
#28 - Asterix Puns
Tracy King shares her love for good puns and the Asterix comic books.
18 mins10 Dec 2018
#27 - Dutch Landscape Paintings
The writer Andrew Male enjoys the dull nature of 17th Century Dutch landscape paintings.
18 mins03 Dec 2018

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