food

Jul 24
9 min

The Swedish King Who Tried To Kill A Prisoner With Coffee

King Gustav III embarked on a mad plan to prove once and for all that coffee was the root of all evil, through a human experiment.

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3 Tales of Cheese: From Egyptian Mummies to Uruguayan Cannonballs

Nick Charlie Key

Jul 24
9 min

3 Tales of Cheese: From Egyptian Mummies to Uruguayan Cannonballs

This episode I'll be taking a look at a few different stories about one of my favourite foods. It sometimes comes with holes, sometimes i...

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Nick Charlie Key

Jul 24
9 min

Piracy, Witches & Hot Chocolate

In the year 1672 one of the most famous books on botany was published in England. It’s author was a man named William Hughes, and to anyo...

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Nick Charlie Key

Jul 24
8 min

Charles Darwin and the Glutton Club

He ate almost every animal he studied, from puma to armadillo, tortoise to brown owl.

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Nick Charlie Key

Mar 6
8 min

Bathing In A Meaty Broth

Food usually has an effect on our health from the inside out. But what if it could affect us from the outside in?

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Hitler And The Secret 'Margarine Whale' Plan

Nick Charlie Key

Feb 21
8 min

Hitler And The Secret 'Margarine Whale' Plan

A tale of whale hunting, attempted theft of another nations territory and a man who makes margarine from coal. Oh, and it has Nazis.

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Nick Charlie Key

Sep 12, 2019
8 min

The German Coconut Cult

The bizarre story of a cult on a tropical island in the early 1900's. Followers were forced to only eat coconuts and to worship the sun.

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Nick Charlie Key

Sep 2, 2019
7 min

Tapioca Time Bomb

Aug 1972, the Cassarate is bound for Europe with 1.5 Million kg's of Tapioca on board. A fire breaks out below decks. What happens next?

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Nick Charlie Key

Sep 2, 2019
8 min

The Deadly Tidal Wave Of Molasses

Just 2 months after WW1 one of the most bizarre tragedies in history would strike a crowded neighbourhood in Boston. Thanks to some unseason

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Nick Charlie Key

Jul 22, 2019
9 min

The Great California Egg War Of 1863

The California gold rush in the mid-1800's sparked a sudden demand for food and a decades long war on an island full of eggs.

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