The Ramblings of an Ordinary Man
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Episodes of The Ramblings of an Ordinary Man
Mark All
For the last episode of the year, and Season 2, I'd have been completely remiss to not make it a Christmas episode. But one that might answer a few questions that have troubled you so. :-) Why is Christmas on December the 25th? What is the diff
No AUKUS this month but the Australian government still managed to continue damaging it's reputation on the world stage at COP26, the Wallabies do something they haven't done since 1976 on their tour of the U.K., two Australians perform amazing
Join me again as I do another one of my regular reads through the latest discoveries in science. For example, did you know that they've developed fabric that can make payments at the supermarket with a sweep of your arm? Or that NASA is plannin
This episode started as an introduction to some iconic Australian foods but rapidly became an extended episode on one particular Australian food. Vegemite! Loved by Australians, under appreciated by the rest of the world. So what is the story
My brother suggested an episode on ukuleles. I'm not sure if he was joking, but here it is!:-) The ukulele is an interesting, versatile and very popular instrument. If you don't believe me, have a listen. In fact, even if your do believe me, ha
The Australian government continues to damage it's relationship with France over a $100 billion dollars for submarines, an Australian legend sadly passes away, the Panthers beat the Rabbitohs in another of the biggest sporting events of the y
Something a little bit different this week. Join me as I do one of my regular reads through the latest discoveries in science. For example, did you know that they've identified the genes responsible for weight gain and weight loss? Or that some
Australia is probably not the first country that comes to mind when you think about inventions. You are more likely to think about sun-drenched beaches, putting another shrimp on the barbie and laid back larrikin types. Actually, I'm not sure w
If you have heard of any Australian bushrangers it is probably Ned Kelly, he of the impressive, but ultimately pretty ineffective, iron body armour. But what do you know about where the term 'bushranger' came from? Or why Ned Kelly is so iconic
I think I have said this before, I’m not a big an of war. But I do think that it brings out amazing acts of courage and sacrifice...two things that I am a fan of. So, on the theme of courage and sacrifice, this episode is about some bad-ass wom
The Australian government managed to damage it's relationship with both France and China while spending over $100 billion dollars on submarines, the emus were migrating, the Demons beat the Bulldogs in the biggest sporting event of the year and
This week's episode is pretty self-explanatory. I'll be sharing with you a little bit about the podcasts that I'm listening to at the moment. Hopefully you'll find something new to enjoy in here.Facebook
Why have we heard of some people from history and not others, even though their contributions might have been equally as impressive and significant. We've touched on this in a previous episode with the Le Chevalier St Georges....a contemporary
Running from the north coast of Western Australia to the south of Western Australia is a fence that was intended to stop the rabbit plague from spreading from eastern Australia into the West. It was, for a long time, the longest fence in the wo
Have you ever wondered how LEGO came to be? What LEGO actually means? Why it hurts so much to step on a LEGO brick? This episode will answer these, and many other questions you hadn't even thought of. So put on some headphones and have a liste
New York in the 1800's / early 1900's was a rough, rough place history tells us. Neighbourhoods like the infamous Five Points and Hell's Kitchen were places of extreme poverty and deprivation, as well as violence and crime. Famous gangs like th
Two well known citrus fruits immortalised in a poem supposedly about child sacrifice...or public executions...or Henry the XVIII's marriage difficulties...and probably about none of them. But how much do you know about this amazing species of
Joseph Bologne, or Le Chevalier De Saint-Georges to his friends, was the best fencer of his era in Europe. He was also the best shot, the fastest runner, a very good boxer and could swim the Seine with one arm tied behind his back...literally.
In this episode I introduce you to another side of crabs, a truly amazing species. For example, a crab has possibly saved your life at some point. There is also a crab that can lift a small child, one that is over 3 metres from claw tip to claw
This episode explores colour. We look at what colour actually is and how do we see it. We also explore some amazing stories about colour...the bitter rivalry over the blackest black, the invention of purple dye, and whether ancients Greeks coul
In this episode I introduce you to Edmund Kean, an actor from the early 1800's who is often considered to be the greatest actor of all times. He was also a deeply flawed man who is one of the first examples of true celebrity and all the bad beh
For some people, the Tour de France is just a bunch of guys pedaling around France for a few weeks...it is. For some people the Tour de France is a bunch of drug users pedaling around France for a few weeks...it definitely was and possibly stil
This episode was going to be about the Tulsa Race Massacre where, 100 years ago in May, white rioters killed over 40 black people in the US city of Tulsa. The event is only being truly acknowledged now after years of being ignored and effective
Some of you will be old enough to get the reference in the title. It is from the Boney M song about Rasputin, a famous Russian monk from the late 1800's / early 1900's. If you don't know the song, you might well have heard his name in pop cultu
I'm not a big fan of war but it often gives us amazing stories of human endeavor, human stupidity and human duplicity. The Winter War had it all. Russia versus Finland...an army of one million against a country with a total population of just o
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