This week's topic is Perfume.

Perfume is an important part of many people’s daily routine. Whether it’s to make a statement or to simply enhance one's mood, perfume has the power to evoke emotions and memories, but how is it made and where did it all begin?

Hopefully we can all learn a little bit more about them by the end of this episode.

Hear us discuss:

Who invented it?
Perfume Vs Cologne Vs Eau de parfum Vs Eau de Toilette
Does it contain whale vomit?
How ingredients are turned into perfume.
Top, Middle and Bass notes
How to apply it.
Why is it so expensive?

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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This week's topic is Air Turbulence.

Flyers will be familiar with the sudden jolting that can happen when an aircraft gets into turbulence. It can move the plane and cause sudden changes in height, but how and why do they occur?

Hopefully we can all learn a little bit more about them by the end of this episode.

Hear us discuss:

What causes Air Turbulence?
Clear Air Turbulence
Can pilots predict them?
Can they damage or flip a plane?
Are they more frequent now?
How to prevent them.

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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This week's topic is Monopoly.

As in the board game that over a billions people have played.

We thought it might be interesting to look into the best selling privately patented game ever.

Hear us discuss:

The unemployed heating engineer who invented it....or did he?
The original game
How to play
Tips for winning
How the game has changed over the years
Monopoly Pub Crawl.

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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This week's topic is Sharks

We read a fact about how old sharks are, and knew straight away we needed to do a topic all about them. How old they are will blow your mind!

Hopefully after this episode we will have all learnt a bit more about sharks.

Hear us discuss:

How old are they?
Is a shark a fish?
What makes them special.
Their additional senses
Why they don't like eating people
The megalodon
What if they go extinct?

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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This week's topic is the Eiffel Tower.

Hopefully everyone will know what the Eiffel Tower is, you know, that tall, pointy tower in Paris. But do most people know any more than that?

Hopefully after this episode we will have all learnt a bit more about the Eiffel Tower.

Hear us discuss:

Why was is built?
Could something else have been built instead?
Who built it?
How did they build it?
What is up the Eiffel Tower?
It was supposed to be dismantled after 20 years.
It's special colour

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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We are back with Series 10!

We are looking forward to learning more topics with you and sharing some knowledge.

This week's topic is Skydiving! .... In dedication to the podcast we met up in Dubai to get first hand knowledge of this week's topic by doing a skydive over the Palm!

What an incredible experience. We thought it would be interesting to look into skydiving in more detail and share the most important information with you.

Hear us discuss:

How did it start?
Is Skydiving and parachuting the same?
How safe is Skydiving
How fast do you fall?
The Space Dive
Our experience of jumping out of a plane and hurtling to earth and 120mph!

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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To wrap up "Series 9" we thought it would be good to update you on any notable changes that have happened since the topic episodes were released - so we are calling this episode "And Another Thing"...

We also share our favourite information that we learnt about each topic as well as some great listener contributions and feedback.

In this episode we provide updates on:

Pyramids
Flags
Net Zero Carbon Emissions
The Super Bowl
Valentine's Day
Lotteries
Albert Einstein
Super Glue
Competitive Eating
Disney Princesses
Vaccines
Callisthenics

We hope you have enjoyed Series 9, hopefully we will be back for a Series 10 before too long....

Get out there and #ShareSomeKnowledge

Once you have listened we would love to hear your comments or feedback.

Contact us @TwoGuysOneTopic on Instagram, Twitter or Facebook.

If you are able to leave a 5 Star Review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify that would be really appreciated.

Thank you!

Ollie & Liam

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This week's topic is the Listener Choice episode, which has been chosen by Sam.

Thank you to everyone who sent us topic suggestions. We put them to a vote on Instagram and Callisthenics won (by a long way!).

What an interesting topic to learn about - thank you for the topic suggestion Sam.

Hear us discuss:

What is it?
Who invented it?
It's etymology
The benefits
How does it compare to weight training?
Tips to get started

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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This week's topic is the "Ollie's Choice" episode which is Vaccines.

Vaccinations were a hot topic during the pandemic, but for decades, they have been life-changing for children and communities all around the world.

There are definitely a few parts of this topic that you will remember forever.

Hopefully you learn a lot listing.

Hear us discuss:

What is a vaccine?
How do they work?
How were they invented?
Edward Jenner
Myths about vaccines
Herd immunity
Future of vaccines

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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This week's topic is the "Liam's Choice" episode which is "Disney Princesses".

Liam thought it would be good for everyone to learn about this, as his little girl is going through her 'Disney princess phase'.

There are definitely a few parts of this topic that you will remember forever.

Hopefully you learn a lot listing.

Hear us discuss:

How many Disney Princesses are there?
What is the criteria to be one?
Some of their origin stories
The Disney Princess Eras
Why some are not on the official list
How to be one in real life

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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This week's topic is Competitive Eating.

Competitive eating is not for everyone. It's not about just liking the food you eat. It's about putting in the training and hard work to refine your technique to be able to consume super human amounts of food, in a short space of time.

What the best competitive eaters are able to do it incredible.

Hopefully you learn a lot listing.

Hear us discuss:

How did it all start?
Major League Eating
Contest rules
Chipmunking
Training
Mind Blowing Records!

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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This week's topic is Super Glue

That very strong quick-setting adhesive that you keep in your drawer along with elastic bands, batteries, blue tac and other gunff - that you will inevitably manage to get on your fingers when trying to use it.

It turns out it has an interesting discovery story and is a great topic to get in to.

Hopefully you learn a lot listing.

Hear us discuss:

Are Glues and Adhesives the same thing?
Was super glue invented to glue soldiers back together?
How it was invented
How does it work?
Why is it so strong?
Removal
Is there anything more adhesive?

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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This week's topic is Albert Einstein.

Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist who is widely held to be one of the greatest and most influential scientists of all time.

Listen to is mind bending theories and interesting life!

What a super interesting person and topic. Hopefully you learn a lot listing too.

Hear us discuss:

What was Einstein known for?
His early life
His breakout year!
E = mc2
Theory of Special Relativity & Theory of General Relativity
The FBI's interest in him
The Atomic bomb
The Brain.

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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This week's topic is Lotteries, as in The Lotto, in the UK, or Powerball / Mega Millions in the U.S.A, other the hundreds of other lotteries played all around the world.

Lotteries are a popular form of gambling, encouraging people to pay a small sum of money for the chance of winning a big jackpot, often administered by state or federal governments - but the chances of playing are very low.

What would you buy if you won the lottery?

This was a super interesting topic. Hopefully you learn a lot listing too.

Hear us discuss:

Where do they originate from?
Odds of winning & how much you can win!
Strategy to beat them
What to do when you win
Do jackpot winners go bankrupt?
Remember to claim your winning ticket!

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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This week's topic is Valentine's Day.

For many people that will mean Valentine's Day gift shopping, date planning, romantic dinner cooking and lots more romance planned but who decided February 14th should be that all this happens?

This was a super interesting topic. Hopefully you learn a lot listing too.

Hear us discuss:

Who is St. Valentine?
How did it all begin
Lupercalia festival
Why do we send cards, chocolates and flowers?
How commercialised is it?
Is is celebrated globally?
Non-valentine day celebrations.

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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This week's topic is The Super Bowl, the annual Championship game in the NFL season (American Football) that is now a global sporting event.

This is a rare occasion where we are not starting from scratch with our knowledge about a topic! :-)

We still learnt so much though. This was a brilliant topic!

Hear us discuss:

What is it called the Super Bowl.
How did it all begin?
Why the roman numerals?
What are they playing for?
The halftime show
The adverts!
The future of the NFL.

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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This week's topic is Net Zero Carbon Emissions....it seems to be a popular phrase with big companies and governments at the moment, and how important it is we reduce our carbon footprint but why? Also, maybe more importantly how are companies and governments doing it? And how real is what they are doing?

This was a super interesting topic!

Hear us discuss:

What is NetZero?
Why is it important?
What is a Carbon Metric Ton?
Carbon offsetting, plus examples.
How are offsets regulated?
Are we on track for Net Zero by 2050?

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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This week's topic is Flags.... synonymous with countries but they have a lot of other uses too.

Another interesting topic!

Before you listen, any idea which country has the oldest recognised flag?

Hear us discuss:

Vexillology
Why do we have them?
The history of them,
Flag Families
Flag terminology.
Creating our own one.

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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We are back with Series 9!

We are looking forward to learning more topics with you and sharing some knowledge.

This week's topic is The Pyramids! .... Everyone knows what they are, but how much do you really know about them?

Hear us discuss:

Where are they?
How old are they?
How were they built?
Was it Aliens? Was it slaves?
What's in them?
Could we build them today?

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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We wanted to let you know that Series 9 is coming....just not quite yet.

Thank you for all of the messages we have received asking where we are, we will be back with you soon.

In the meantime why not go back and listen to your favourite episodes from the last 8 Series and:

Get out there and #ShareSomeKnowledge

Once you have listened we would love to hear your comments or feedback.

Contact us @TwoGuysOneTopic on Instagram, X (formerly Twitter) or Facebook.

If you are able to leave a 5 Star Review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify that would be really appreciated.

Thank you!

Ollie & Liam

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To wrap up "Series 8" we thought it would be good to update you on any notable changes that have happened since the topic episodes were released - so we are calling this episode "And Another Thing"...

We also share our favourite information that we learnt about each topic as well as some great listener contributions and feedback.

In this episode we provide updates on:

Pirates
The Tongue
Tea
The Extinction of the Dinosaurs
Barbie
Tattoos
The Amazon Rainforest
Greggs
Accents
Duty Free Shopping
The Rubik's Cube
Bermuda Triangle

We hope you have enjoyed Series 8, hopefully we will be back for a Series 8 before too long....

Get out there and #ShareSomeKnowledge

Once you have listened we would love to hear your comments or feedback.

Contact us @TwoGuysOneTopic on Instagram, Twitter or Facebook.

If you are able to leave a 5 Star Review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify that would be really appreciated.

Thank you!

Ollie & Liam

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This week's topic is the Listener Choice episode, which has been chosen by Laura.

Thank you to everyone who sent us topic suggestions. We put them to a vote on Instagram and the Bermuda Triangle won (by a long way!).

The Bermuda Triangle is a place of real mystery that is the location for hundreds of people vanishing on ships or in planes, but why?

Why do so many people succumb to this aquatic graveyard?

What an interesting topic to learn about - thank you for the topic suggestion Laura.

Hear us discuss:

Where is it?
What happens there?
Flight 19
The theories of why?
Why do things vanish?
Can any of it be explained?

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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This week's topic is Ollie's choice and he has chosen the Rubik's Cub.

The Rubik's Cube is a global phenomenon, that quickly grew in popularity and became part of 80's pop culture.

Most people know what it is but only a small amount of people can actually solve it.

Can you solve it?

What an interesting topic to learn about!

Hear us discuss:

What is it?
Why was it created?
How did it get so popular?
What does the inside look like?
How do you solve it?
Speedcubing
Some crazy World Records

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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This week's topic is Liam's choice and he has chosen - Duty Free Shopping

Sometimes, we stop by the duty-free shop because we think we are getting a deal. Other times, we are bored before our flights and just want to kill some time...

Yet again, another one of those topics that a lot of people will have heard of, but not know too much about!

Where it started if going to stay with us forever!

Hear us discuss:

What an interesting topic to lean about.

Hear us discuss:

What is Duty Free Shopping?
How did it start?
Is it everywhere?
Why certain products?
Is it actually cheaper?
Limits!
Tips and hacks.

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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This week's topic is Accents.

Sometimes accents are so dissimilar that two speakers, of the same language, with different accents can’t even understand one another, but how and why do we have them?

Disclaimer* Ollie and Liam try doing some impressions of accents - with mixed success. Definitely no offence meant!

What an interesting topic to lean about.

Hear us discuss:

What is an accent or dialect?
How many are there?
Why do we have them?
When do they develop?
Can they change?
Foreign Accent Syndrome

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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This week's topic is Greggs.

In case you don't know, it's a chain based in the United Kingdom that's basically half-bakery, half-sandwich shop. It made its name as a place to get decent, cheap grub such as bakes, pasties, sausage rolls, and donuts, and is particularly associated with the north of England, where it is a very, very popular place indeed.

Hear us discuss:

What is it all about?
How big are they?
How it all began.
The Sausage Roll
The Pasty Tax
Greggs Foundation

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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This week's topic is the Amazon Rainforest.

It turns out this is a mysterious place of mind-boggling biodiversity, it is home to some of the most bizarre and astonishing creatures. It is super important to the planet but at times is battling for survival.

What an interesting topic to learn about.

Hear us discuss:

Where is it and how big is it?
What is there?
How was it formed?
It's layers
Deforestation
Why is can be political
It's future.

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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This week's topic is Tattoos.

It turns out this is an art form that’s been around for thousands of years and shows no sign of slowing down. Chances are you'll know someone with a tattoo, but we didn't know much about them.

This was a really interesting topic to learn about.

Hear us discuss:

Where does the name tattoo come from?
How long have they been a thing?
Why are they permanent?
What happens to your skin?
What is in the ink?
How painful is it?
Tattoo removal

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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This week's topic is Barbie.

Barbie has been a cultural icon since she hit the toy aisle more 60 years ago—and now, the doll is about to make her big screen live-action debut, which made us think we should learn more all about her.

There was a lot of information we had no idea about.

Hear us discuss:

Who is she?
What inspired the creation.
How much of a success has she been?
Ken & friends.
Barbie controversies
What is she was a real person?

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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This week's topic is The Extinction Of The Dinosaurs.

One of the things we found mind-boggling was just how long ago the extinction of the dinosaurs happened!

This was a brilliant and super interesting topic to learn about. So much history that we had no idea about!

Hear us discuss:

How long ago was it?
The Mesozoic Era
What is a maze extinction
Speculative theoris
What actually happened.
How was it proved?
Did any dinosaurs survive?
The 6th mass extinction....

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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This week's topic is the Tea. It is the second most drank beverage, globally, after water! The number of cups of tea drank a year is mind blowing.

This was a brilliant and super interesting topic to learn about. So much history that we had no idea about!

Hear us discuss:

How it was discovered
Opium Wars
Why do we call it tea?
The tea plant
Afternoon Tea
Is there more caffein in tea or coffee?

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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This week's topic is the Tongue. Something we all know what it is, but do we know anything about it?

Another very random but interesting topic, once you know more about it.

Hear us discuss:

What does it do for us?
How does it work
Taste!
How it can be an indicator of your overall health
Tongue world records
Animals amazing tongues

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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We are back with Series 8!

We are looking forward to learning more topics with you and sharing some knowledge.

This week's topic is Pirates, Me Hearties! .... That a brilliant topic, and one where what we all know maybe might not be reality.....

Hear us discuss:

Arrrgh! The history of pirates
The "Golden Age of Pirates"
Why we think what we do about pirates
The pirate life and code, arrrrgh!
Famous pirates
Their weapons

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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To wrap up "Series 7" we thought it would be good to update you on any notable changes that have happened since the topic episodes were released - so we are calling this episode "And Another Thing"...

We also share our favourite information that we learnt about each topic as well as some great listener contributions and feedback.

In this episode we provide updates on:

Lighthouses - with a special update from our listener Richard.
Mosquitoes
Fortune Telling
Energy Drinks
ChatGPT
Diamonds
Famous Poems
Eurovision
Pizza
Televisions
Natural Gas

We hope you have enjoyed Series 7, hopefully we will be back for a Series 8 before too long....

Get out there and #ShareSomeKnowledge

Once you have listened we would love to hear your comments or feedback.

Contact us @TwoGuysOneTopic on Instagram, Twitter or Facebook.

If you are able to leave a 5 Star Review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify that would be really appreciated.

Thank you!

Ollie & Liam

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This is our 'Listener Choice' episode of the series, thank you to Mark who suggested the topic!

We ran a vote on our Instagram (@TwoGuysOneTopic) and this was the winning suggestion. Follow us to get involved in the next vote.

Mark picked this topic because he said it has been in the news a lot lately but how is it made and how is it extracted?

What an interesting topic to get into! Thanks Mark.

Hear us discuss:

What is it?
How is it made?
Who discovered it?
Is it good for the environment, because...."natural"
How is it excavated?
What is flaring?

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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This week's topic is Ollie's choice and he has chosen - Televisions.

Not television as in T.V programmes but the black box we all stare at.

The television is something we take for granted these days. Almost every household has one and it plays an important part in everyday life.

While it might seem like the television doesn’t do much except broadcast TV networks, it provides us with information and entertainment 24/7.

How this invention works is mind-boggling too!

What an interesting topic to learn about!

Hear us discuss:

Who invented the TV?
How have they changed over the years?
How do they work?
What's in a pixel?
Motherglass
Future of TV...

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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This week's topic is Liam's choice and he has chosen - Pizza.

Yes, that is right, the round piece of dough with your favourite toppings and cooked in a super hot oven. Today, pizza is eaten worldwide, but this was not always the case, plus where is came from is a great story.

What an interesting topic to learn about!

Hear us discuss:

Who invented the pizza?
Why is it called a pizza pie?
How did the Margarita get its name.
Pineapple on pizza?
Toppings from around the world.
How popular is Pizza takeaway?

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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This week's topic is the Eurovision Song Contest.

Eurovision is the annual international song contest, broadcast globally, with a range of extravagant and sometimes eccentric performances. The contest is loved by millions of people but what is it all about?

What a great topic to learn about!

Hear us discuss:

How did it all begin?
Who competes?
The very strict rules.
The point scoring system.
How popular is it?

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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This week's topic is Famous Poems.

We did a topic in Series 1 about 'Famous Paintings' and thought there must be some poems we should learn about too! This is the result.

The poems we learn about are:

I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud - by William Wordsworth

Don't Go Gentle Into That Goodnight - by Dylan Thomas

Shall I Compare Thee to a Summers Day? by William Shakespeare

We feel a little more cultured after this week's episode!

Hear us discuss:

What are they about
The style of the poems
Why were they written
Key lines of interest
About the authors

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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This week's topic is Diamonds.

A diamond is a mineral composed of pure carbon. It is the hardest naturally occurring substance known and they are also the most popular gemstone. Their reason for being so popular nowadays is brilliant, you've got to listen to believe it!

What an interesting topic to learn about!

Hear us discuss:

What are they?
How are they made?
Beliefs about Diamonds over the years.
The 4 C's....
Why are they measured in carats?
Lab diamonds.
Conflict diamonds.

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This week's topic is ChatGPT.

ChatGPT is an artificial-intelligence chatbot that is incredible! It's still very new, but could be a huge part of every day life in the near future.

Are we at the start of a huge leap forward in technology....how much will this change the world and impact all of us?

What an interesting topic to learn about!

Hear us discuss:

What is it?
Is this bigger than when Google was launched?
What is it used for?
How does it work?
Are there limitations?
Concerns about it?

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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This week's topic the Terracotta Army.

An army of life size soldiers made form pottery, that was accidentally discovered underground after an incredible amount of time! The discovery is of such significance that they are called the 8th Wonder of the World. But how did they get there and why are they so important?

What an interesting topic to learn about!

Hear us discuss:

What is the Terracotta Army?
Why were they built?
When they were discovered blew our mind!
How many are there?
If you visit what will you see.
The curse of the Terracotta Army

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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This week's topic is Energy Drinks....

Virtually everyone will have heard of Energy Drinks but where did they come from and what makes them special? Some people think they are amazing while other people will tell you they are dangerous and have killed people!

This was an interesting topic to get in to!

Hear us discuss:

Why are they in their own category of drink?
Why amphetamines in 1960's Japan helped launch them.
How many are sold a year? How big is the market?
What are the main ingredients?
Are they safe?
What's next for them?

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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This week's topic is Fortune Telling....

Humans have been intrigued about trying to predict the future for millennia, trying to get a glimpse of what their future might have in store for them. Are they destined for riches or will it all go wrong and end in disaster?

There are some people who claim to possess the powers to predict the fortunes of others but how? And is it really possible?...

Hear us discuss:

How long has fortune telling been a thing?
The different types / ways to fortune tell.
Tarot Cards / Tea Leaf readings
Cold Readings
The Barnum Effect
How real are we talking?
Why do people use fortune tellers?

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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This week's topic is Mosquitos....that's right those annoying little flies that like to bite you at night.

Their bites are irritating and itchy! They can have you chasing them around a room attempting to swat them, for a long time, with the uncanny ability to dodge your swatting attempts over and over again. Plus they have persistent buzzing wings, so you can usually hear they are nearby before you can see them!

Hear us discuss:

Where to they rank as killers?
Why do they bite us?
How are they attracted to us?
How to prevent them?
Genetically modified mosquitoes
Why don't they get ill with the diseases they carry?

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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We are back with Series 7!

We are looking forward to learning more topics with you and sharing some knowledge.

This week's topic is Lighthouses.... It turns out there is much more to lighthouses than you might think!

Hear us discuss:

What are lighthouses use for?
How did they become a thing?
The colour of them
Their light and powerful lens
The upside down lighthouse!

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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To wrap up "Series 6" we thought it would be good to update you on any notable changes that have happened since the topic episodes were released - so we are calling this episode "And Another Thing"...

We also share our favourite information that we learnt about each topic.

In this episode we provide updates on:

Bananas
Acupuncture
The World Cup
Thanksgiving
Cigarettes
Florence Nightingale
The Mariana Trench
National Anthems
The Compound Effect
Marvel Avengers
Paracetamol
The Stockmarket

We hope you have enjoyed Series 6, hopefully we will be back for a Series 7 before too long....

Get out there and #ShareSomeKnowledge

Once you have listened we would love to hear your comments or feedback.

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This is our 'Listener Choice' episode of the series, thank you to Dan who suggested the topic!

We ran a vote on our Instagram (@TwoGuysOneTopic) and this was the winning suggestion. Follow us to get involved in the next vote.

Dan picked this topic because he said it is something that everyone has heard of, but perhaps a lot of people don't know too much about it.

Hear us discuss:

What is the Stock Market?
Is there more than one?
Why do companies want to be on it?
How did it begin?
Bear Vs a Bull Market
When to invest?

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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This is our 'Ollie's Choice' of the series episode - which is Paracetamol (or also known as acetaminophen in North America and Japan).

A lot of people seemed to be sick or ill and it got Ollie thinking, maybe it would make sense for us and everyone to learn more about it.

Hear us discuss:

What is it?
Why does it have different names?
How it was discovered.
How it works in your body
What happens if you take too much?

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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This is our 'Liam's Choice' of the series episode - which is Marvel Avengers.

The Avengers seem to be everywhere and Liam thought it made sense for us and everyone to learn more about them.

Hear us discuss:

What is the Avengers?
How did they begin?
Who is in it?
Marvel Vs D.C Comics
How profitable is the franchise

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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As we are at the start of the New Year many people reflect and set goals or resolutions for the next 12 months.

Unfortunately, most people fail to keep up with their New Years resolution, however this book can help you reach your goals and be more successful - by using the Compound Effect.

This was a super interesting book to read and learn about!

Hear us discuss:

What is the Compound Effect
The Magic Penny
Hurdles to success
The formula for success
Habits
Momentum
The Ripple efect.

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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This week's topic is National Anthems.

Each nation has a national anthem, a piece of music, usually focused on the history or traditions of that country, but why?

This was a super interesting topic to learn about! You've got to give it a listen.

Hear us discuss:

What is a national anthem?
When are they used?
Who has the oldest one?
Why are they important?
Some of the best anthem names.
What do nations with multiple languages do?

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This week's topic is The Mariana Trench.

The Mariana Trench is home to the deepest part of the ocean, but where is it? That was our first question!

This was a super interesting topic to learn about! You've got to give it a listen.

Hear us discuss:

Where is it?
How deep is it?
How it was discovered
Has anyone visited it?
Does life exist down there?
Is it the deepest place on Earth?

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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This week's topic is Florence Nightingale.

A name, and person, known by many for having a positive impact on nursing but what did Florence actually do? And why does her name live on, well over a hundred years after she died?

It turns out her impact on nursing was massive and she fully deserves her status. What an interesting person and topic to learn about.

Hear us discuss:

How she broke tradition
Was sew as warm and caring as people think she was?
How the Crimean War catapulted her into the limelight.
Her contribution to nursing
Her accolades
Florence's own poor health.

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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This week's topic is Cigarettes.

The world’s view on smoking cigarettes has changed dramatically over the last century. We all know they are bad for you, so presumably not that many people smoke, right? Turns out that is not that case!

Hear us discuss:

Where they came from.
How they got their name
The ingredients
How the industry exploded
How bad are they for you?
Nicotine effects
Cigarettes company profits

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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This week's topic is Thanksgiving

A national holiday, particularly in the USA, that has grown and grown with a lot of traditions now associated with it.

We knew it had something to do with pilgrims and turkey, but how and why did it all begin? And how has it changed?

Hear us discuss:

How did it start?
Who was at the first meal?
How much has it changed since?
American Football Tradition
Black Friday
Thanksgiving Controversy

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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This week's topic is The World Cup.

The World Cup is a truly enormous global sporting event, but how and why did it even start in the first place. It turns out this is a super interesting topic.

Hear us discuss:

How did it start?
How has it evolved?
The physio who knocked himself out
Barefoot India
Why host? And how much does it cost to host?
FIFA controversy

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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This week's topic is Acupuncture.

It is a topic we knew very little about, and have not experienced ourselves, and another topic where we had a lot of questions about it!

Hear us discuss:

How painful is it?
How did it come about?
What is Qi (Chee)
Your body's meridians
What is the procedure like?
A placebo or real?

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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We are back with Series 6!

We are looking forward to learning more topics with you and sharing some knowledge.

This week's topic is Bananas...yes, the bendy yellow fruit. 🍌 It turns out there is much more to bananas than you might think!

Hear us discuss:

Why are they bendy?
That bananas don't grow on trees...
99% of the world eat the exact same banana
That there is more than just the bendy yellow type!
What a banana republic is...

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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To wrap up "Series 5" we thought it would be good to update you on any notable changes that have happened since the topic episodes were released - so we are calling this episode "And Another Thing"...

In this episode we provide updates on:

Antartica
Diplomatic Immunity
Hells Angels
Hangovers
Galileo
Volcanoes
Anaesthesia
Inflation

We hope you have enjoyed Series 5 and hopefully we will be back for a Series 6 before too long....

Get out there and #ShareSomeKnowledge

Once you have listened we would love to hear your comments or feedback.

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Thank you!

Ollie & Liam

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This week's topic is Anaesthesia, which is the Series 5 "Listener Choice" episode.

Thank you to Hannah for the topic suggestion, and to everyone who voted for this as a topic on our Instagram (@TwoGuysOneTopic)

A surprising number of people are afraid of anaesthesia. The idea of “going under” or being “put to sleep” can cause people to start feeling anxious. Listen to hear if that is something they should be fearful of....

This was a super interesting topic to learn all about!

Hear us discuss:

Anaesthesia or anaesthetics?
How does it work?
3 main types
How is it administered
Early Anaesthesia
Risks

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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This week's topic is Diplomatic Immunity, which is the Series 5 "Ollie's Choice" episode.

These two words get put together and are banded around in the news, stories or films, but what actually do they mean and where did it come from?

This was a super interesting topic to learn all about!

Hear us discuss:

What do the words actually mean?
How did it all start?
Who can get diplomatic immunity?
Can they be arrested?
Persona Non-Grata
Crimes committed under diplomatic immunity!

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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This week's topic is Volcanoes, which is the Series 5 "Liam's Choice" episode.

This is a topic you get taught at school, but it seems way more interesting this time round!

It turned out it was a super interesting topic to re-learn all those years later!

Hear us discuss:

Magma Vs Lava
3 Types of volcanoes
Different shaped volcanoes
Tectonic plates
Ring of fire
Why live near one?

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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This week's topic is Hells Angels.

Of all the motorcycle organisations in the world, the Hells Angels are probably the most famous… or should that be infamous? Ever since they formed in 1948, they’ve been attracting controversy, getting on the wrong side of the law, and making all kinds of mischief...

This was a super interesting topic to learn more about!

Hear us discuss:

What is it all about?
How it started.
How to be a member
Club rules
What do they do?
The insignia

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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This week's topic is Inflation. A topic that is very relevant and in the news a lot right now, but what is it and is it something we need to be concerned about?

This was a super interesting topic to learn more about!

Hear us discuss:

What is it?
The biggest shopping basket in the world
How is it measured?
Why does it happen?
Who controls it?
Can it be a good thing?
Hyperinflation

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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This week's topic is Hangovers. A topic neither of us know anything about.....or actually a topic we wish we knew nothing about....

Many people have been there: After a night of one too many beers or wines, you wake up with a pounding headache and crippling nausea. But why do they happen?

This was a super interesting topic to learn more about!

Hear us discuss:

What it's name means.
What causes hangovers
Why do we get them?
Are they preventable?
Cures, if you have one.
Myths to recover quickly

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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This week's topic is Glastonbury.

It's an enormous festival, seems like it rains there every year, theres loads of mud and amazing bands. But how any why did it start and how has it grown over the year.

This was a super interesting topic and somewhere we now want to visit and experience!

Hear us discuss:

What and where is it?
How did it all begin?
Michael Eavis (legend)
It's enormous growth
Not just music
The environmental impact

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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This week's topic is the Summer Solstice.

Something a lot of people will have heard of by who do we have them and why is it celebrated?

Hear us discuss:

What is the Summer Solstice?
Why do we have them?
How is it traditionally celebrated?
Astro-archeology
Stone Henge
Druids

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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This week's topic is Clowns.

Some people love them some people hate them but where did these sometimes creepy characters come from?

It was great learning how clowns began and then evolved over the years, but the most mind blowing thing for us is how they 'copyright' their face!

Hear us discuss:

How clowns began
The three types of clowns
Clowns Vs Jesters
The Clown Commandments
How clowns 'copyright' their face
Coulrophobia - the fear of clowns

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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This week's topic is Galileo.

Galileo, or Galileo Galilei to say his full name, kept coming up when we researched other topics so we thought it would be a good idea to understand who this chap actually is - turns out he is a pretty big deal and regarded as many top scientists as the "farther of modern science".

It was incredible learning about Galileo and what impact his life from 400 years ago is still having on us today.

Hear us discuss:

He was college drop out
His approach to science
His inventions
His discoveries
Why the church hated him
How you can still see (part of) him in a museum

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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This week's topic is Ikea.

Something nearly everyone has heard of, it's that place with the great value furniture and the cheap meatballs - but how do you pronounce it?

It was incredible learning about why Ikea is so successful and how they get you to buy so much.

Hear us discuss:

How to pronounce it!
How they name their items
The Ikea Effect
Their psychological tricks
Bula Bula
Their meatballs

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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This week's topic is Anime. It is another one of our topics we had no idea about before reading and researching all about it.

It was incredible to learn how popular and part of Japanese culture anime is.

Hear us discuss:

Anime Vs Manga
The godfather of Anime
The eyes!
Why is it so popular
The various types
The brilliant names of some shows.

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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We are back with Series 5!

We are looking forward to learning more about topics and sharing some knowledge with you all.

This week's topic is Antarctica.

Hear us discuss:

What is it like there?
When was it discovered?
The race to the South Pole.
What happens there?
Dinosaurs lived there
How many South Poles are there?
It's future is melting.

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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We are super excited to welcome to this week’s interview episode...

An NFT expert to help simplify what can be a very complicated topic, someone who is the CEO of Yummy Crypto (that has it's own NFT project).

It is a pleasure to welcome to the podcast......Joe Foot.

Joe is definitely the Topic Expert we needed to speak with!

Hear us discuss:

Joe's history in the crypto and NFT space, including owning over 100 Bitcoin when they were just $2 each.
What is an NFT
What gives NFTs value?
NFT uses, such as decentralised democracy - which is fascinating.
Yummy Crypto's project and goals

Our research and reading can only take us so far - so from time to time we will interview an expert to ask them questions and hear their real life experience on a topic.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your feedback.

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To wrap up "Series 4" we thought it would be good to update you on any notable changes that have happened since the topic episodes were released - so we are calling this episode "And Another Thing"...

In this episode we provide updates on:

The Oscars
Northern Lights
Lego
Magic
Sumo Wrestling
NFT's
International Space Station

We hope you have enjoyed Series 4 and hopefully we will be back for a Series 5 before too long....

Get out there and #ShareSomeKnowledge

Once you have listened we would love to hear your comments or feedback.

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Ollie & Liam

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This week's topic is you Listener Choice, as voted for by you, which is 'Worcestershire Sauce'.

This wasn't a topic we had thought about doing, but we are pleased we have done it. We didn't realise how interesting this little bottle of sauce is!

Thank you for all the topic suggestions that you sent us, and in particular, thank you to Jeremy on Instagram for this suggestion.

To be involved in the next Listener Choice episode follow us on Instagram @TwoGuysOneTopic

This week, hear us discuss:

How to pronounce it!
A trip to India that inspired it...
Or did it...
How it was originally discarded
The secret recipe
It's global success

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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We are super excited to welcome to this week’s interview episode...

Someone referred to as “the most famous astronaut since Neil Armstrong,” a heavily decorated astronaut, engineer, and pilot who was the first Canadian commander of the International Space Station, it is a pleasure to welcome to the podcast astronaut......Commander Chris Hadfield.

Chris is definitely the Topic Expert we needed to speak with!

Hear us discuss:

Chris' journey to being an astronaut
Why the ISS is so important
What life on the ISS is like, sleeping, eating, experiments
Chris describing his incredible space walks (extravehicular activity)
Chris' advice to be an astronaut

You will hear how much we enjoyed talking with Chris, plus his fascinating insight of life on the International Space Station.

Our research and reading can only take us so far - so from time to time we will interview an expert to ask them questions and hear their real life experience on a topic.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your feedback.

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Hadfield is also a bestselling author of three books, an acclaimed musician, and the host of two internationally acclaimed television series, including National Geographic’s One Strange Rock. Hadfield’s latest book The Apollo Murders – a thriller set in space and his first fiction novel – is available now.

To purchase a copy of The Apollo Murders, visit https://chrishadfield.ca/books/. Follow Chris on:

Facebook - @AstronautChrisHadfield

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This week's topic is Ollie's choice and he chose the 'International Space Station'.

It turns out the International Space Station is the most complex scientific and technological endeavor ever undertaken. It is also somewhere a lot of people have dreamed about going to but very few have actually visited.

It was incredible to learn all about the ISS and almost even more incredible that Ollie and Liam came up with the same 'Two Guys One Topic Takeaway' (for the first time ever) out of everything we could have chosen!

This was a super interesting topic to get in to.

Hear us discuss:

Why do we have the ISS?
How was it built?
Life onboard
How to be an astronaut.
The planned fiery end of the ISS....

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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This week's topic is Liam's choice and he chose 'Magic'.

People of all ages seem to love magic. Magic captivates audiences for all different reasons: the disbelief, or trying to figure it out, enjoying seeing other people reactions, or even seeing people performing dangerous acts that seem impossible.

This was a super interesting topic to get in to.

Hear us discuss:

Why did magic disappear for 1,500 years?
Who is the godfather of Magic
The Magic Circle
Famous Magicians & Tricks
Does magic have a future?

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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This week's topic is The Oscars.

The Oscars is an award ceremony where Hollywood’s greatest stars attend, it is one of the most watched awards ceremonies in the world – but how did it start?

This was a super interesting topic to get in to.

Hear us discuss:

Why do we even have the event?
Why is the statue called an Oscar?
Who votes for the winners?
Oscar nomination rules
Why is winning so important?
Controversy

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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We are super excited to welcome to this week’s interview episode...

An expert that has been officially recognised by The LEGO Group as one of the best LEGO builders in the world and is endorsed as a LEGO Certified Professional, he is also the creator of the iconic "Red", "Blue" and "Yellow" lego sculptures, it is a please to welcome to the podcast LEGO artist......Nathan Sawaya

Nathan is definitely the Topic Expert we needed to speak with!

Hear us discuss:

How Nathan switched from being an attorney to a lego master builder
What it is like to build enormous lego sculptures
Some interesting commissions that Nathan has been asked to build
Nathan describing his most iconic work, "Red", "Blue" and "Yellow"
If Nathan knows what Liam's "Up / Downey" brick is?

What an absolutely top bloke to talk with! Nathan is right up there as one of our favourite Topic Experts.

Our research and reading can only take us so far - so from time to time we will interview an expert to ask them questions and hear their real life experience on a topic.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your feedback.

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This week's topic is Lego.

Lego is one of the most popular, and best-selling, toys of all time and is a household name all over the world. It’s fun for children and adults of all ages and has an incredible history dating back over 90 years.

But what is the story behind it?

This was a super interesting topic to get in to.

Hear us discuss:

Who invented it?
What is special about the bricks.
How are designs made.
Why do we have Legolands?
How to be a lego master
Lego's environmental future

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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We are super excited to welcome to this week’s interview episode...

One of the fiercest and most explosive sumo wrestlers of all time, reaching Okezeki status, nicknamed the 'Dump Truck' and 'Meat Bomb'....it is an absolute pleasure to welcome to the pod......Konishiki Yasokichi

Konishiki is definitely the Topic Expert we needed to speak with!

Hear us discuss:

How Konishiki became a sumo wrestler
What 'stable' life was like
The Sumo rituals
How intense the tournaments are
Why you don't want to drop your ranking
Liam's checks his Japanese pronunciation

Our research and reading can only take us so far - so from time to time we will interview an expert to ask them questions and hear their real life experience on a topic.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your feedback.

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This week's topic is the Northern Light.

Humans have been trying to make sense of the mysterious Northern Lights, or aurora borealis, for forever.

Hearing some of the early beliefs of what humans thought they were will make you smile!

But why do we have them and how are they formed?

This was a super interesting topic to get in to.

Hear us discuss:

Myths of what people thought they were
Why do we have them?
Why are there different colours?
Do other planets have them?
Tips to see them

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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This week's topic is Rio Carnival.

When we think of Carnival in Brazil we think of bright colours, partying, costumes, feathers and samba music.

But how did this party get so big and why did it start?

This was a super interesting topic to get in to.

Hear us discuss:

Why is there a Carnival
The cultural mash up
King Momo
Is it just one party
Sambadrome
The competition!

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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This week's topic is Sumo Wrestling.

When most people think about sumo wrestling they think of the enormous guys, not wearing very much, pushing each other out of a ring....but there is so much more to it than that.

This was a super interesting topic to get in to.

Hear us discuss:

Why is it a thing?
The rituals and traditions
Rules for the match
Ranking system
The Sumo life style

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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This week's topic is NFTs.

It is a very current topic as of February 2022, but what are they and what does NFT even mean?!

It turns out even when you know what NFT stands for it isn't that straight forward!

Hear us discuss:

What does NFT mead?
Fungible......what?
How did they start?
Crypto Punks, Bored Ape and Beeple
Can you just screen grab them?
What is the hype all about?

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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This week's topic is Big Ben.

It is one of Britain's most visited tourist destinations, but what Big Ben actually is might not be what you always thought it was.....

Hear us discuss:

What actually is Big Ben?
Why was it built?
How did it get it's name?
Can You Visit it?
Why it has been the wrong colour for years.

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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This week's topic is Greek Gods.

Hear us discuss:

Was Zeus The First God?
Story Of The Gods
How Many Gods Are There?
Can You Visit Mount Olympus?
Why Did They Die Out?

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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We are back with Series 4!

We are looking forward to learning more about topics and sharing some knowledge.

This week's topic is the Dubai.

Hear us discuss:

Where is it? Is it the capital?
Who had the vision for modern Dubai
Why is it so rich?
What will you see if you visit
Myths and Misconceptions
It's future

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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To wrap up "Series 3" we thought it would be good to update you on any notable changes that have happened since the topic episodes were released - so we are calling this episode "And Another Thing"...

In this episode we provide updates on:

London Underground
The Moon
Preppers
Veganism
Boxing
The Internet

We hope you have enjoyed Series 3 and hopefully we will be back for a Series 3 before too long....

Get out there and #ShareSomeKnowledge

Once you have listened we would love to hear your comments or feedback.

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Thank you!

Ollie & Liam

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This week's topic is the Coffee. Lots of people are unable to function before their morning cup of coffee, but how much do you really know about coffee?

This week's topic is also our listener choice. We asked everyone for topic suggestions, (we had loads - thank you for all of them) which we then put to a public vote on Instagram (@TwoGuysOneTopic), and the winner was Amy's choice of coffee. Thank you Amy!

Hear us discuss:

How was it discovered?
How Coffee went Global
What is the Bean Belt?
Seed to Cup
Roasting Process
Decaf?
Health Pros and Cons

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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This week's topic is the London Underground, which is something a lot of people will have used and ridden on....but maybe don't know it's origins.

This week was Liam's choice...just one of those topics that Liam fancied learning more about.

Hear us discuss:

Who came up with the idea?
What was the original tube like?
Where the lines got their names from.
How do you make a tube tunnel?
Other uses for the London Underground
Abandoned stations
Some amazing London Underground facts

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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We are super excited to welcome to this week’s interview episode...

An ex-military member and now law enforcement officer who has been prepping for 8 years, plus he is also the founder of superessestraps.com - (the best place to go for brilliant guides and information on how to prepare)....it is a pleasure to welcome to the pod......Wes

Wes is definitely the Topic Expert we needed to speak with!

Hear us discuss:

Wes' journey to prepping
The prepping mindset
Your get home bag
What to pack in a bug out bag
How to secure your home
Liam's super bunker....
What Wes is prepping for most

Our research and reading can only take us so far - so from time to time we will interview an expert to ask them questions and hear their real life experience on a topic.

For much more information from Wes please visit:

https://www.superessestraps.com/

There is so much great information and prepping guides to read. Right from "how to start prepping" to super detailed plans on advice for more advanced preppers.

Also find Wes @superessestraps on Instagram.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your feedback.

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This week's topic is Prepping, which are people who are preparing for a possible catastrophic disaster or emergency.

This week was Ollie's choice, which was a topic he knew next to nothing about. Liam on the other-hand might actually be a prepper himself....

Hear us discuss:

What is a prepper?
What are they preparing for?
Why is it getting more popular?
Tips to get started
Terms, such as Bugout Bag
Super bunkers....

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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We are super excited to welcome to this week’s interview episode...

A Swedish scientist of molecular biology for many years, the vice-president of the European Research Council since 2011 and most importantly for us he was appointed chairman of the Nobel Prize Foundation in 2013....it is a pleasure to welcome to the pod......Carl-Henrik Heldin

Carl-Henrik is definitely the Topic Expert we needed to speak with!

Hear us discuss:

When Carl-Henrik first knew the origins of the Nobel Prize
Which Nobel Prize is most prestigious
How laureates are chosen
The reason for the secrecy of the nominations
What happens on the awards day
Ollie & Liam joining the awards next year.....
What does the future of the Nobel Prize look like

Our research and reading can only take us so far - so from time to time we will interview an expert to ask them questions and hear their real life experience on a topic.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your feedback.

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This week's topic is the Nobel Prize.

It is a topic that we had no idea about its origins, which turn out to be fascinating.

This was a great topic to research, hopefully after listening you will be able to hold a conversation with someone about it - and share some knowledge!

Hear us discuss:

Why it started
Who was Alfred Nobel?
What are the prize categories?
The nomination process
Some interesting stories of past winners.

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

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We are super excited to welcome to this week’s interview episode...

A professor of evolution at Louisiana State University, with a PhD in Ecology and Evolution. He was named a TED Fellow in 2016 for his fascinating Ted Talk about Evolution....it is a pleasure to welcome to the pod the brilliant......Prosanta Chakrabarty.

Prosanta is definitely the Topic Expert we needed to speak with!

Hear us discuss:

Prosanta's passion for ichthyology
The definition of evolution
Pre-Darwin views
How calling evolution a theory isn't quite right.
Darwin's Natural Selection
How does a fish become a horse?
How you can see biological similarities in groups of living things, when that link is not obvious.
How it is possible to see evolution happening right now

Our research and reading can only take us so far - so from time to time we will interview an expert to ask them questions and hear their real life experience on a topic.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your feedback.

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This week's topic is Evolution.

It is something a lot of people have heard about and know Darwin was involved somewhere along the way, but that seems to be about it. Which made us think it would be a great topic to research.

Listen to hear us discuss:

What is Evolution
That every living thing on the planet originated from the same bacterium.
How can a fish become a horse?
What did Charles Darwin have to do with it?
The theory of Natural Selection
Is there proof of evolution?

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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This week's topic is a book: 'Eat That Frog' by Brian Tracy.

This is a short but impactful book and one that everyone should read.

"Eat That Frog" is one of Brian's best selling books, with over 1.6 millions copies sold. It's subtitle is: "21 Great Ways To STOP PROCRASTINATING And Get More Done In Less Time."

We thought it would be good to share this self help book, in the hope you can apply some of these simples techniques to be more productive.

In summary the book says:

Your ‘frog’ is your biggest, most important task
If you have two frogs, eat the ‘ugliest’ one first
If you have to eat a frog, don’t procrastinate on it

We will tell you Brian's tips and techniques to eat your frog.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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This week's topic is the Moon.

It is something we all know appears every night, but why do you have a moon?

We thought it would be good to research and learn more about it.

This week we discuss:

Why do we have one?
What is it like there?
How big and far away is it?
The moon's phases
Moon landings
The importance of ice being discovered there

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway!

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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We are super excited to welcome to this week’s interview episode...

Founder of World of Vegan.com, someone who has been vegan for 15 years, author of The Friendly Vegan Cook Book and co-host of the 'Plant Powered People' podcast ...it is a pleasure to welcome to the pod the brilliant......Michelle Cehn.

Michelle is definitely the Topic Expert we needed to speak with!

Hear us discuss:

Michelle's top tips on how to start being a vegan
The health considerations
The importance of knowing your "Why" for being a vegan
There isn't such a thing as a perfect vegan
Massive change can come from small actions
Plus much, much more....

Our research and reading can only take us so far - so from time to time we will interview an expert to ask them questions and hear their real life experience on a topic.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your feedback.

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Also, Michellle Cehn on Instagram @vegan.

Here are some great resources relating to our episode from Michelle's World of Vegan:

How to Go Vegan Guide
Delicious Vegan Recipes
Vegan Dinner Recipes
Vegan Nutrition 101
Vegan Holidays Survival Guide
Must-See Vegan Documentaries
Guide to Vegan Cheese That Doesn't Suck
The Friendly Vegan Cookbook (perfect for beginners)
The Plant-Powered People Podcast

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Ollie and Liam

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This week's topic is Veganism.

We had a basic understanding of a vegan diet but didn't realise the extent of the lifestyle aspect of veganism.

It was a really interesting topic to look into, as it is much further reaching than just a single person's diet.

This week we discuss:

It's origins
The definition
The diet
Is honey vegan?
Health pros and cons
Why is it getting more popular?
Environmental impact

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway!

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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This week's topic is The Internet.

For many people they rely on the internet and use it everyday. It has become a necessity for many of us, and something maybe we can take for granted.

But who invented it and how did it come into existence?

This week we discuss:

Who invented it?
How data travels around the internet.
How it actually works.
What is the World Wide Web.
Can it be switched off?

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway!

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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This week's topic is Halloween.

It turns out it is another one of our topics that started a long, long, long time ago!

Do you have any idea why we celebrate this day? Or who started it? We didn't until we researched it.

This week we discuss:

Who started it?
Is it an American thing?
Why do we Tick or Treat?
Why Pumpkins are involved
Some people enjoy being scared
Extreme Haunted Houses

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway!

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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This week's topic is cheese.

It turns out it is another one of our topics that started a long, long, long time ago!

This week we discuss:

The history of cheese
How is cheese made?
Why are there so many varieties?
Smelliest cheese
Ageing cheese
Maggot cheese
Is cheese addictive?

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway!

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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We are super excited to welcome to this week’s interview episode...

Someone who was a boxer, then promoter and now a trainer making world champion boxers...it is a pleasure to welcome to the pod the brilliant......Dave Coldwell.

Dave is definitely the Topic Expert we needed to speak with, given he has over 30 years experience in the boxing world and he has seen it all....

Hear us discuss:

Why there are so many belts and how confusing it can be!
The importance of so many weight categories
Which belt is the most prestigious
Why YouTubers should stay out of boxing
Dave's Fury v Wilder prediction.

Our research and reading can only take us so far - so from time to time we will interview an expert to ask them questions and hear their real life experience on a topic.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your feedback.

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We are back for Season 3!

This week's topic is Boxing, something we know a little bit about but there is a whole lot more to it we didn't know before researching the topic.

This week we discuss:

The history of boxing (spoiler it has been around for forever!)
Why are there four world boxing federations
Why so many belts!?
The weight categories
How Fights are made
Earning inequality

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway!

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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Sharing our plans for Series 3!

If you are able to leave a review about series 1 or 2 (on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen) that would be really appreciated.

If you aren't already why not follow us on social media: @TwoGuysOneTopic on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.

Then you can stay up to date with all the latest news, topics and episodes for the pods.

Thanks a million for all the support and feedback.

Ollie and Liam.

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To wrap up "Series 2" we thought it would be good to update you on any notable changes that have happened since the topic episodes were released - so we are calling this episode "And Another Thing"...

In this episode we provide updates on:

Container Shipping
Wind Energy
Bees
Wine
MI6

We hope you have enjoyed Series 2 and hopefully we will be back for a Series 3 before too long....

Get out there and #ShareSomeKnowledge

Once you have listened we would love to hear your comments or feedback.

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We are super excited to welcome to this week’s interview episode...

Someone who wrongly ended up on death row, for 3 years, for a crime he didn't commit...it is a pleasure to welcome to the pod death row's 100th exoneree......Ray Krone.

Ray is definitely the Topic Expert we needed to speak with, his story is absolutely unbelievable. He found himself in an unimaginable situation, but is here to tall his story. Which might be the most incredible story you have ever heard....

Hear:

The incredible story how Ray ended up on death row
Day to day life on death row
How prison guards treat death row inmates like animals
Ray's Mental strength and the appeals process
How Ray found out he was being released
How tough it was to integrate back into civilian life
Ray's Witness to Innocence project

Our research and reading can only take us so far - so from time to time we will interview an expert to ask them questions and hear their real life experience on a topic.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your feedback.

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This week's topic is Death Row, which was voted as the Listener Choice.

We had a lot of topic suggests, with Death Row being submitted by Luke from Swindon (UK).

There were multi-round votes on Instagram and this came out as the winner. (If you want to help pick the next Listener Choice topic follow us on Instagram @TwoGuysOneTopic )

This week we discuss:

Death Row history
Why it is controversial
How you get on death row
Day to day life on death row
Why people are on it for so long
Your final 24 hours
Last meals
Execution methods

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway!

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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This week's topic is Humanoid Robots, which is Ollie's choice.

It was inspired by watching Boston Dynamic's Robot, Atlas, doing parkour, running jumping and flipping.

Ollie was intrigued about the purpose of humanoids and if they would ever live alongside humans - then thought it would make a great topic, which was right!

This week we discuss:

What are they?
How many are there?
Atlas, Sophia and Tesla Bot,
What are their uses?
The Uncanny Valley
Will humanoids take over like Terminator.....

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway!

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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We are super excited to welcome to this week’s interview episode...

Someone with 40 years of container shipping experience and now Maersk's Head of Global Ocean Network....it is a pleasure to welcome to the pod the fascinating......Lars Mikael Jensen.

Lars is definitely the Topic Expert we needed to speak with, hopefully you will agree how much more interesting this topic is than the title suggests!

Hear:

The efficiencies containers created.
The complexity of managing boxes that are shipped globally.
Are container ships as big as they will ever get?
How cheap Ollie thinks he can sail through the Suez Canal.
The Suez Canal blockage of March 2021.
Maersk's carbon neutral future goal.

Our research and reading can only take us so far - so from time to time we will interview an expert to ask them questions and hear their real life experience on a topic.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your feedback.

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This week's topic is Container Shipping, which is Liam's choice.

It was inspired by watching "Captain Phillip's".

Liam was intrigued by how massive the ship was in the film and wanted to start googling about it - then thought it would make a great topic, which was right!

This week we discuss:

How the container revolutionised the global economy
How massive the ships are!
Suez and Panama Canals
The dangers of pirates
The future of shipping

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway!

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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This week's topic is Renewable Energy - Wind Farms.

Wind energy is being talked about more and more as "the future of energy production" but we didn't really know the reasons behind that, which makes it a great topic for us to research so we can hopefully all learn a little bit more about it.

This week we discuss:

History of using wind energy
How do wind turbines actually create energy?
On shore Vs Off shore wind farms
How are they installed at sea?
Pros and Cons of wind energy
Future of wind energy

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway!

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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We are super excited to welcome to this week’s interview episode...

Someone that is the closest thing to a real life James Bond, in that he is an actual ex-MI6 Intelligence Officer....it is a pleasure to welcome to the pod the fascinating......Matthew Dunn.

Matthew is definitely the Topic Expert we needed to speak with, hopefully you will agree it is fascinating to hear Matthew talk all things MI6.

Hear:

How Matthew was recruited
The incredible training
How you get someone to betray their government
How close to James Bond is it?
Are you worried people now know who you are?

Our research and reading can only take us so far - so from time to time we will interview an expert to ask them questions and hear their real life experience on a topic.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your feedback.

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This week's topic is MI6 - The Secret Intelligence Service.

One of the UK's top secret services which deliberately tries to stay obscure and stay under the radar.

That means people generally know very little about it, which makes MI6 a great topic for us to research so we can hopefully all learn a little bit more about it.

This week we discuss:

The difference between MI5 and MI6
The History of MI6
What about MI1 to MI4?
What does MI6 actually do?
How they recruit spies.
MI6 Myths.

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway!

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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We are super excited to welcome to this week’s interview episode...

Someone who is an avid conservationist and the CEO of the Bumblebee Conservation Trust....it is a pleasure to welcome to the pod the wonderful......Gill Perkins.

Gill is definitely the Topic Expert we needed to speak with and it was fascinating talking with her all things Bees - in particular Bumblebees not Honey Bees.

Hear:

How Gill would like people to perceive bees
Why Liam might want to be a 'drone' bee
The great work the Bumblebee Conservation Trust does
How you can help the bees

Our research and reading can only take us so far - so from time to time we will interview an expert to ask them questions and hear their real life experience on a topic.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your feedback.

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This week's topic is Bees.

We keep seeing in the news that the number of bees is in massive decline and that they are rally important to us - but we weren't really sure why, so we thought we would look into it.

This week we discuss:

Bumblebees Vs Honey Bees
Why are bees so important?
Why are they dying?
What happens if we don't have them?
How can you help the bees?

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway!

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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This week's topic is the Dalai Lama.

We thought it would be good to have a person as a topic and when we were thinking about who to pick we realised how little we knew about the Dalai Lama - which makes it a great topic.

This week we discuss:

What is the Dalai Lama
Buddhism & the 1st Dalai Lama
The 14th Dalai Lama
Who will be the next one?

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway!

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We are super excited to welcome to this week’s interview episode...

Someone who is a TV documentary presenter, has twice won the Critic of the Year award and is the The Sunday Times art critic....it is a pleasure to welcome to the pod......Waldemar Januszczak

Waldemar is definitely the Topic Expert we needed to speak with and it was fascinating hearing his views on the famous paintings we discussed earlier this week.

Hear:

Why the Mona Lisa is so famous and Waldemar's thoughts on the painting.

Why The Last Supper is such a magnificent painting.

Waldemar quashing some of the inaccuracies we read about The Creation of Adam - plus Waldemar's close up first hand experience at The Creation of Adam.

Waldemar suggesting Liam's likeness to The Scream.....

Our research and reading can only take us so far - so from time to time we will interview an expert to ask them questions and hear their real life experience on a topic.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your feedback.

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Ollie and Liam

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This week's topic is a book called The Dip - by Seth Godin.

It is a short but impactful book, which anyone can apply to different aspects of their life.

This week we discuss:

Why you want to be the best in the world
What is the Dip?
Knowing when to quit or push through

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway!

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This week's topic is Famous Paintings.

We picked what we think are four of the most famous paintings in the world to then share the most interesting information about them with you.

This week we discuss:

Mona Lisa
The Last Supper
The Scream
The Creation of Adam

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway!

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This week we BBC Radio Wiltshire (as part of BBC Upload) asked to interview us about our Two Guys One Topic podcast - which was great!

Three minutes of our Cryptocurrency episode was played and then we spoke with the brilliant host Sue Kinnear.

Sue even had her own "Two Guys One Topic Takeaway" about Venice - which could be a future topic for us!

We just thought we would put this out there for anyone who is interested to hear it. We will be back with a new topic episode on Tuesday.

Enjoy!

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We are super excited to welcome to this week’s interview episode...

Someone who has been the Editor in Chief of Guinness World Records for 16 years....it is a pleasure to welcome to the pod......Craig Glenday.

Craig's stories are brilliant to hear!

Hear us discuss with Craig:

You need to be Officially Amazing to make it into the book.

How Usain Bolt caused a headache one year.

How the shortest man was discovered.

Ashrita Furman the record breaking record breaker.

Duck taping someone to a wall.

Being Michael Jackson.

Jacobs crackers and Ferrero Rocher records.

Our research and reading can only take us so far - so from time to time we will interview an expert to ask them questions and hear their real life experience on a topic.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your feedback.

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Thanks!

Ollie and Liam

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This week's topic is Guinness World Records

Millions of people are fascinated with the Guinness Book of Records but how much do you really know about it?

Until we did our research we knew very little...

This week we discuss:

How it all started

What is the criteria to set a record?

How do you get a world record?

The person with approximately 200 records to their name.

Records that have been removed.

Our favourite world records.

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway!

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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We are super excited to welcome to this week’s interview episode...

Someone who has been researching sleep for 38 years and has an Amazon best selling book "How to Sleep Well"....it is a pleasure to welcome to the pod......Dr. Neil Stanley.

Hear us discuss with Neil:

How relatively little is known about sleep.

What are circadian rhythm is.

Blue light Vs a light

Sleep tips

The worst sleep myths

Night terrors

Our research and reading can only take us so far - so from time to time we will interview an expert to ask them questions and hear their real life experience on a topic.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your feedback.

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Thanks!

Ollie and Liam

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This week's topic is Sleep.

Considering it is something we all do for about a third of our lives there is a lot researchers and scientists still do not know about it.

Hear us discuss:

Why we sleep?

The four stages of sleep

Sleep deprivation

Affect of blue light

Tips to have a good night sleep

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway!

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback.

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We are super excited to welcome to this week’s interview episode...

Someone who is a qualified meteorologist, MET Office trained and was a BBC Weather Presenter for 23 years....it is a pleasure to welcome to the pod......the brilliant Peter Gibbs.

Hear us discuss with Peter:

Some of the basics of thermodynamics and weather fronts

How data is used to forecast the weather

How technologies have changed weather forecasting

Ensemble forecasting

Peter's most nerve racking annual forecast

And controlling the weather with Drones

Our research and reading can only take us so far - so from time to time we will interview an expert to ask them questions and hear their real life experience on a topic.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your feedback.

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Thanks!

Ollie and Liam

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This week's topic is The Weather.

Hear us discuss:

Weather vs Climate

Why we even have weather

How is it forecast

Why is it so hard to predict

Impact of extreme weather.

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway!

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We are super excited to welcome to this week’s interview episode...

TV Presenter, Podcaster, Columnist.... Wine expert and someone you will have seen on BBC's "Saturday Kitchen" or ITV's "This Morning"....it is a pleasure to welcome to the pod......the delightful Olly Smith.

Hear us discuss with Olly:

How he keeps on top of knowing what is new in the world of wines.

Is an older wine always better?

Pairing wines with food.

Olly's three wine recommendations

How important is the glass in which the wine is served?

What's the next big thing in the world of wine?

Our research and reading can only take us so far - so from time to time we will interview an expert to ask them questions and hear their real life experience on a topic.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your feedback.

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Thanks!

Ollie and Liam

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Series Two kicks off with the topic of "Wine".

Hear us discuss:

How old is it?
How it is made
Food and wine pairings
Wine list hacks
An experiment that caused some controversy

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway!

One you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts and or feedback.

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Sharing our plans for Series 2!

If you are able to leave a review about series 1 (on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen) that would be really appreciated.

If you aren't already why not follow us on social media: @TwoGuysOneTopic on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.

Then you can stay up to date with all the latest news, topics and episodes for the pods.

Thanks a million for all the support and feedback.

Ollie and Liam.

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To wrap up "Series 1" we thought it would be good to update you all on any notable changes that have happened since the topic episodes were released - so we are calling this episode "And Another Thing"...

In this episode we provide updates on:

Mount Everest
The Olympics
7 Wonders of the World
Space Junk
Cryptocurrency

We hope you have enjoyed Series 1 and hopefully we will be back for a Series 2 before too long....

Get out there and #ShareSomeKnowledge

Once you have listened we would love to hear your comments or feedback.

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We are super excited to welcome to this week’s interview episode...

Someone you might have seen on Masterchef, Great British Menu or even Saturday Kitchen, he is the owner of the Leeds restaurant "The Man Behind the Curtain" and perhaps more importantly for us the owner of his very own Michelin Star....Its our pleasure to welcome to the pod...Michael O'Hare

Hear us discuss with Michael:

How he felt when he got his Michelin Star
If he knows when inspectors are visiting
How the star affected the restaurant
If the clientele changed
If Stars or friend's reviews mean more
Striving for a 2nd or 3rd star?

Our research and reading can only take us so far - so from time to time we will interview an expert to ask them questions and hear their real life experience on a topic.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your comments or feedback.

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This week's episode is all about Michelin Stars, which was voted for as the listener choice.

We discuss:

The history of them / how it began?
What the stars represent
Bib Gormands
How a restaurant is judged
Are Michelin Stars the be-all and end-all for chefs?

Plus - your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway!

We hope you enjoy listening and learning.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your comments or feedback.

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We are super excited to welcome to this week’s interview episode...

One of the world's leading experts on astrodynamics, which is "the movement of objects in space" / space junk - none other than....Moriba Jah.

Moriba is a Ted Talker, Ex-NASA, now a professor at the University of Texas in Austin and a super interesting person to speak with.

Hear Moriba's views on things we discussed in our main Space Junk episode, such as:

How accurate is the tracking of space junk?
Kessler Syndrome
Ideas to reduce space junk.
Can we get a global consensus to tackle the issue?
Is space junk removal a viable business model?
Plus his latest fascinating project.

Our research and reading can only take us so far - so from time to time we will interview an expert to ask them questions and hear their real life experience on a topic.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your comments or feedback.

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The topic this week is Ollie's choice - Space Junk.

We discuss:

What is it?

Can it be tracked?

Is it really a problem?

How can we clean up space?

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

We hope you enjoy listening and learning.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your comments or feedback.

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We are super excited to welcome to this week’s interview episode...

The youngest British female climber to Summit Mount Everest - Bonita Norris!

Our research and reading can only take us so far - so from time to time we will interview an expert to ask them questions and hear their real life experience on a topic.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your comments or feedback.

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The topic this week is Liam's choice - Mount Everest.

We discuss:

The history of Mount Everest

How tall it is.

The first people to summit Everest.

The dangers of climbing it.

How to climb it and how long it takes (which was a big surprise to us!).

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

We hope you enjoy listening and learning.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your comments or feedback.

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This week's topic is Nanotechnology.

We discuss:

What the definition of it is.

How mind bogglingly small we are actually talking.

Some amazing current and potentially future uses.

Some of the considerations to be aware of with this "new" technology.

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your comments or feedback.

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We hope you enjoy listening and learning.

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We are super excited to welcome to this week’s interview episode...

The incredibly funny, stand-up comedian as seen on “BBC’s Live at the Apollo”, who is also an Author, Podcaster and all round hilarious person Jen Brister….

Our research and reading can only take us so far - so from time to time we will interview an expert to ask them questions and hear their real life experience on a topic.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your comments or feedback.

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In this week's topic we discuss Jokes!

Covering:

The Science of Jokes

The oldest jokes - (these are particularly hilarious.....)

The structure of jokes.

We then try telling some jokes ourselves - (these are on a par with the oldest jokes....)

Canned Laughter

Plus your TwoGuysOneTopic Takeaway.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your feedback or comments.

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We hope you enjoy listening and learning!

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This week's topic is reviewing a super interesting book by Amy Morin - 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do.

Due to the global pandemic this book is maybe even more relevant now than when it was first released.

Amy says anyone can be mentally strong, it is just a question of working on it. As you would do when trying to improve any other part of your life.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your feedback or comments.

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We hope you enjoy listening and learning!

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This week's topic is the Olympics.

We discuss:

It's origins and why it started
The games in the early years
The modern Olympics
How and why cities host it
Some of the Olympic traditions
How and why certain sports get included.

Plus your Two Guys One Topic Takeaway

Once you have listened we would love to hear your feedback or comments.

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We hope you enjoy listening and learning!

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This week's topic is The Seven Wonders of The World.

Before you listen see if you can name all seven of the the official wonders of the world....

It turns out (for us anyway) it wasn't as straight forward as we thought!

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts or comments.

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Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, Blockchain....What is it all about?

This week we discuss and simplify the complex topic of cryptocurrency.

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts, questions or feedback.

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Thanks,

Ollie and Liam

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This weeks Two Guys One Topic episode is all about Casinos - and why the house always wins.

A lot of people like like spending time (and money) at casinos whilst having a bit of fun, but we discuss how there is a lot more thought by casinos to keep you gambling for longer.

Some of the things we discuss in this topic are truly incredible!

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts.

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Welcome to the Two Guys One Topic podcast.

Our aim is for people to be able to have a conversation with anyone about anything.

Each week will cover a new topic that we think is useful to know.

This week is all about Craft Beer:

We discuss:

What is the definition of craft beer?

How it started.

How bigger beer brewers are getting involved.

The ingredients for craft beer.

Craft beer names.

Plus a couple of facts you can share with friends (maybe whilst over a craft beer)

Once you have listened we would love to hear your thoughts.

Contact us @TwoGuysOneTopic on Instagram and Twitter.

Thanks,

Ollie and Liam

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