Episodes

  • Episode 089 - Lyrics, Logos & Linguists
    Nov 2 2024

    Do you know the early draft of which iconic song was supposed to be 'Mongolian' and was later changed? Do you know which famous company has GI tagged products with the logo of a lion with the head of an elephant, aka 'sharabha'? Do you know which famous linguist is credited with coining the word 'counterintuitive'?


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    49 mins
  • Episode 088 - Typewriters, Thunder & Transformation
    Oct 28 2024

    Do you know which author claimed to have been the first to write an entire novel's manuscript on a typewriter? Do you know which common phrase traces its origin to the indignant utterance by a wronged playwright in the early 1700s? Do you know which Indian company changed its logo to reflect its transformation from an FMCG company to an IT giant?


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    49 mins
  • Episode 087 - Good Sign, Bad Sign & Exit Sign
    Oct 19 2024

    Do you know how the song 'Bad Sign Good Sign' composed by Monty Norman is permanently etched in pop culture? Do you know which word first mentioned in Liber Medicinalis was written by Londoners on their doorways to ward off the plague ? Do you know what signage did P T Barnum use to make sure guests exited quickly and didn't linger around the displays and exhibits for too long?


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    58 mins
  • Episode 086 - Word Smash, Concert Pitch & Arrow Stork
    Oct 10 2024

    Do you know which place is mentioned in Rang De Basanti, famous for a train robbery and for kebabs - SMASH - do you know which name change happened on 24th May 2011 to better reflect the cultural identity of the place in India? Do you know when was the concert pitch of Europe widely standardised to 435 Hz? Do you know what natural phenomenon did Pfeilstorch or 'arrow storks' help prove?


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    52 mins
  • Episode 085 - Music, Museums & Mathematicians
    Sep 30 2024

    Do you know which mathematician invented nyctography so that they could write in the dark without the benefit of a light? Do you know why around 1500 Jewish families cannot ride the London Underground? Do you know which two luminaries won the Grammy for the spoken word album of the famous musical 'Peter and the Wolf'?


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    49 mins
  • Episode 084 - Genes, Games & Geography
    Sep 23 2024

    Do you know what software error which we all face, caused names of genes to be reported erroneously in multiple studies? Do you know which party game invented in Russia in the 1980s was based on the fact that an informed minority would always win over an uninformed majority?


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    56 mins
  • Episode 083 - Johns, Jerry & James
    Sep 16 2024

    Do you know how in 1951 at Johns Hopkins Hospital, a young black woman suffering from cervical cancer changed the face of modern medicine? Do you know what is the Indian equivalent of a Nepali Jerry? Do you know how a tribute on MLK Day in a town in Florida, turn into a huge gaffe, by a simple error in naming?


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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Episode 082 - Potatoes, Poets & Primates
    Sep 8 2024

    Do you know which famous 18th century racehorse was named after a misheard version of a root vegetable? Do you know which famous movie derived its name from an Alexander Pope poem called 'Eloisa to Abelard'? Do you know what punny name was given to the trio of female primate researchers Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Birutė Galdikas?


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    1 hr and 2 mins