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The Boring Talks Episodes

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    #31 - Happy New Year

    James Ward says 'Happy New Year', and that's about it.

  2. #30 - An Underwhelming Christmas

    Ho Ho Ho! Rhodri Marsden explores the disappointing realities of the festive period.

  3. #3 - Yellow Lines

    Andrew Male takes a personal look at the history of yellow line road markings.

  4. #29 - Animal Vaginas

    Florence Schechter and Emma Parkin examine some curious genitalia from the animal world

  5. #28 - Asterix Puns

    Tracy King shares her love for good puns and the Asterix comic books.

  6. #27 - Dutch Landscape Paintings

    The writer Andrew Male enjoys the dull nature of 17th Century Dutch landscape paintings.

  7. #26 - Call Centres

    Chatbots, squid and 'a smile in your voice'. Louise Ashcroft on Call Centres.

  8. #24 - The Taxonomy Of Cornflakes

    The artist Anne Griffiths shows us how and why she collects cornflakes.

  9. #23 - NATO Phonetic Alphabet

    Could the NATO phonetic alphabet help Charvy Narain order a taxi?

  10. #22 - Toilet Graffiti

    Scott Kelly compares the graffiti left behind in male and female toilets

  11. #21 - Thank You

    James says thank you for listening to series one & plays the best words from the talks.

  12. #20 - Carry On Shakespeare

    Samira Ahmed explains just why the Carry On films are better than Shakespeare.

  13. #2 - Book Pricing Algorithms

    A book for $1.7 million? To a computer, it made sense. Sort of. Tracy King explains.

  14. #19 - Ice Cream Vans

    Good maths, a strong bladder & no 'brewer's droop'. Ali Coote on life in an Ice Cream Van

  15. #18 - Kinder Egg Linguistics

    Keith Kahn-Harris explores the linguistic pleasure of the Kinder Surprise warning label.

  16. #17 - Gasometers

    Sarah O'Carroll explores the magnificence of London's Gasometers.

  17. #16 - Toilet Roll Serial Numbers

    How do you get poetry from toilet rolls? What's 'fogged beef'? Nicholas Tufnell explains.

  18. #15 - Smell Walks

    Kate McLean leads us, nose first, on a smell walk across the world.

  19. #14 - Name Change

    Can you change your name to your existing name? James Michael Ward tried to find out.

  20. #13 - Basalt

    Is basalt really the most boring type of rock in the world?

  21. #12 - British Earthquakes

    Rhodri Marsden is underwhelmed by British earthquakes.

  22. #11 - Sneezing

    Peter Fletcher tells us what he has learned from counting his sneezes.

  23. #10 - Lampposts

    Dr Eleanor Herring wants to know, are you for or against lampposts?

  24. #1 - The End Of The World

    What is the specific date of Armageddon according to Douglas Adams? Steve Cross finds out

  25. # 46 - Teletext

    James O'Malley looks at the life, death and resurrection of Teletext.

  26. # 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.

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