No One Saw It Coming

• The Blunder that Broke the Berlin Wall

  It's one of the most famous events of modern history, but what if the fall of the Berlin Wall began with a small slip up during a routine press conference?Guest: Dr Katrin Schreiter - Senior Lecturer in German and History, Kings College London. Get in touch:Got a story for us? We'd love to hear from you! Email us at [email protected]

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• One Giant Hole for Man, One Huge Leap for Neuroscience

  Meet Phineas Gage, railroad foreman and all-round good guy. That is, until a giant metal pole shoots through his brain. What happens next will change neuroscience forever.  Guest: Sam Kean – author of The Tale of the Duelling Neurosurgeons: The History of The Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery.Get in touch:Got a story for us? We'd love to hear from you! Email us at [email protected]

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• Marie Antoinette, mother of French fries?

  What if the only reason we have French fries today is because of Marie Antoinette and her mates? Join Marc as he uncovers the wild history of the potato. Guest: Dr Lauren Samuelsson - Food historian and Associate Lecturer, University of Wollongong.Get in touch:Got a story for us? We'd love to hear from you! Email us at [email protected]

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• The Secret Weapon that Changed War

  What if one of the mainstays of modern warfare was invented by the Confederates during the American Civil War, to gain an 'ungentlemanly' advantage?Guest: Dr James Hunter - Curator of Naval Heritage and Archaeology at the Australian National Maritime Museum.Get in touch:Got a story for us? We'd love to hear from you! Email us at [email protected]

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• Stealing the Mona Lisa: The Crime That Created a Legend

  These days people line up for hours to see Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa. But at one stage there were so few viewers that she was remarkably easy to steal. In fact, for a while, no one even noticed she was gone... This is the story of the sensational crime that turned a portrait into a legend.  Guest:  Mary McGillivray - art historian and content creator.Get in touch:Got a story for us? We'd love to hear from you! Email us at [email protected]

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