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Boring Talks #00

Behind every boring subject is another layer of boringness you could have never imagined.

• 2 mins

#1 - The End Of The World

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

• 20 mins

#2 - Book Pricing Algorithms

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

• 11 mins

#3 - Yellow Lines

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

• 13 mins

#4 - Wooden Pallets

Liam Shaw delves deep in to the 'single most important object in the global economy'.

• 11 mins

#5 - Model Villages

The broadcaster Tim Dunn celebrates the 'little works of art' that are model villages.

• 13 mins

#6 - The Argos Catalogue

Louise Ashcroft takes us inside the mysterious portal that is the Argos catalogue.

• 24 mins

#7 - Green Belt Land

The writer John Grindrod takes us for a stroll through our unknown Green belts.

• 13 mins

#8 - Danish Public Information Films

Dr Claire Thomson celebrates the golden age of Danish Public Information Films.

• 20 mins

#9 - Sounding Gestalts

How do you make music from a Gentleman's cravat? Laurence Jordan will explain.

• 11 mins

#10 - Lampposts

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

• 18 mins

#11 - Sneezing

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

• 13 mins

#12 - British Earthquakes

Rhodri Marsden is underwhelmed by British earthquakes.

• 11 mins

#13 - Basalt

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

• 14 mins

#14 - Name Change

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

• 14 mins

#15 - Smell Walks

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

• 28 mins

#16 - Toilet Roll Serial Numbers

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

• 11 mins

#17 - Gasometers

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

• 13 mins

#18 - Kinder Egg Linguistics

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

• 16 mins

#19 - Ice Cream Vans

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

• 15 mins

#20 - Carry On Shakespeare

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

• 17 mins

#21 - Thank You

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

• 1 min

#22 - Toilet Graffiti

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

• 16 mins

#23 - NATO Phonetic Alphabet

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

• 18 mins

#24 - The Taxonomy Of Cornflakes

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

• 20 mins

#26 - Call Centres

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

• 30 mins

#27 - Dutch Landscape Paintings

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

• 18 mins

#28 - Asterix Puns

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

• 18 mins

#29 - Animal Vaginas

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

• 15 mins

#30 - An Underwhelming Christmas

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

• 11 mins