The Mind Boggles Podcast: Recent Episodes
The Mind Boggles
A podcast about the very many weird and random things from history to the present day. You can expect a discussion of anything from famous disappearances to strange sports and everything in between.
Captain Matthew Webb became the first person to successfully swim the English Channel in 1875. Ultimately his story ends in tragedy.
TRIGGER WARNING: small mention of a dead body
SOURCES:
https://www.historytoday.com/archive/months-past/matthew-webb-swims-english-channel
http://www.dawleyheritage.co.uk/people/35/captain-matthew-webb
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Florence Price's musical legacy as a black female composer was nearly lost....
SOURCES:
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/02/05/the-rediscovery-of-florence-price
https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/florence-price/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-56322440
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Let's meet Henriëtte Ronner-Knip, the Dutch-Belgian 19th century artist who became famous for her cat paintings.
SOURCES:
I used the library available at http://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/
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Martin Luther King Jr's 1968 assassination is one of the most famous in US history. But he had already survived an attempt on his life ten years earlier.
TRIGGER WARNING: discussions of violence
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SOURCES:
https://www.history.com/news/martin-luther-king-1958-assassination-attempt
https://www.historynet.com/martin-luther-king-jr-s-first-assassination-attempt/
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/639842/martin-luther-king-jr-death-sneeze
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/01/21/martin-luther-king-jr-was-stabbed-by-deranged-woman-he-almost-died/
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In the UK we hear very little about the European royal families, but we are constantly subjected to stories about the British royal family. Today we will discuss King Juan Carlos, his background and the history of his family from the Spanish civil war onwards, as well as the scandals which have engulfed him and his daughter over the last decade or so. Follow us on Instagram @themindbogglespod
SOURCES:
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alfonso-XIII
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Juan-Carlos
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/spanish-civil-war-breaks-out
https://www.britannica.com/event/Spanish-Civil-War
https://biography.yourdictionary.com/juan-carlos-i
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-53647170
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-53749630
https://english.elpais.com/spanish_news/2021-03-09/spains-king-felipe-vi-struggles-to-repair-tarnished-image-of-royal-family.html
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/juan-carlos-spains-exiled-king-grows-restless-in-his-gilded-cage-5bzzc8ffb
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-10367819/Former-king-Spain-Juan-Carlos-doesnt-care-hes-damaging-Spanish-royal-family-expert-claims.html
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We have four tales about animals to talk about in today's episode.
TRIGGER WARNING: there are discussions of death and dead bodies in this episode.
Possum toys:
https://youtu.be/KAk7ZMxqedg
Mercy dogs:
https://www.wearethemighty.com/popular/mercy-dogs/
Winnie the bear:
https://www.zsl.org/blogs/artefact-of-the-month/winnie-the-bear-and-lt-colebourn-statue
https://www.zsl.org/blogs/artefact-of-the-month/winnie-the-bear-and-zsl-london-zoo-in-1926
https://www.history.com/news/the-true-story-of-the-real-life-winnie-the-pooh
FDC Willard:
https://www.science.org/content/article/cat-co-authored-influential-physics-paper
https://www.zmescience.com/science/physics/physicist-cat-hdc-willard/
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In this episode, we visit Cheviot Beach, Melbourne, Australia, on 17th December 1967. The Prime Minister of only a year, Harold Holt, is on a weekend away with friends when he takes a dip in the sea...
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Sources
https://insidestory.org.au/how-harold-holt-was-lost/
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/harold-holt-the-australian-prime-minister-who-disappeared
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In today's episode, we discuss the UK Prime Minister's country residence, Chequers. But when did it come into the hands of the government and what is it's purpose? Also, why did the sister of Lady Jane Grey end up having an unpleasant two-year stay?
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Sources
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Chequers
https://www.leandadelisle.com/sisters-who-would-be-queen/
https://www.tatler.com/article/chequers-prime-ministers-buckinghamshire-country-home
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During the first full-length episode of the podcast, we take a look at two mind boggling sports.... cheese rolling and extreme ironing. What are the rules? What do you need to take part? How were they invented? Find out all this and more.
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SOURCES:
"True Brits: A Tour of 21st Century Britain in all its Bog-Snorkelling, Shin-Kicking and Cheese-Rolling Glory" by JR Daeschner
https://theculturetrip.com/europe/united-kingdom/england/articles/discover-cheese-rolling-and-its-cultural-home/
https://coolofthewild.com/extreme-ironing/
https://www.thefactsite.com/extreme-ironing-sport/
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