Welcome to the first episode of Ordinary Observations for 2025! Mark and Jack start the year as we mean to go on, with a few interesting stories of incredible human endurance. Mark runs us through the entire length of Africa with Hardest Geezer Russ Cook, who tore up the pavement all the way from South Africa to the tip of Tunisia. Jack gives himself shortsightedness with Beatriz Flamini, the Spanish woman who spent 500 days isolated in a cave, 70 metres below the surface. We wrap it all up with everybody's favourite Iceman, Wim Hof the Dutch daredevil famous for subjecting himself to extremely cold temperatures for extended periods of time.

Hosts: Jack Williamson & Mark Stribling

This is a podcast by K103 Göteborgs Studentradio.

Ho, Ho, Ho, welcome one and all to the Ordinary Observation Christmas Omnibus 2024, where Mark & Jack clean out the backlog of stories we couldn't squeeze into the radio show. Some highlights include a brave nursing student and an incredibly swollen testicle, Greenlandic seal hunters getting anxious while out paddling, and a debate on how far the term 'micronation' can be stretched to include extremist ideology. Mark objects to some suspiciously bird-focused drinking 'challenges' and Jack wonders how we can use the ancient knowledge of salt water crocodiles to improve our sports betting odds. All this and more, this time on Ordinary Observations!

Hosts: Mark Stribling & Jack Williamson

This is a podcast by K103 Göteborgs Studentradio.

On Ordinary Observations this week Mark & Jack once again join in on K103 live day, this time to discuss a varied history of using animals to predict the future. Germany correspondent Mark recounts the story of Paul the Octopus, who caught the world's attention for a string of accurate predictions during the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Jack takes a historical look at the way animals always seem to behave in strange ways before a terrible natural disaster occurs and asks 'Do they know something they aren't telling us?' Mark tries to convince us that a sheep named Sonny Wool could somehow foresee the All Blacks winning a handful of rugby matches. Jack takes investment advice from a parrot. All this before we conclude with a fat rodent and his shadow. Listen in for a laugh this time on Ordinary Observations.

Hosts: Mark Stribling & Jack Williamson

This is a podcast by K103 Göteborgs Studentradio.