Podcasts by Jimmy D and Mr B
A couple of nice blokes talking about history
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28 - 2000 Paralympic Cheats from 2021-08-24T22:49:23
Jimmy and B discuss the 2000 Spanish Basketball team who competed in the Intellectually Disabled Paralympic event....without disabilities.
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27 - Jesse Owens from 2021-08-03T10:29:21
Jimmy and B discuss the Olympic legend and aryan slayer Jesse Owens
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26 - Vive la révolution: France 1789-1799 from 2021-07-19T22:00
The final revolution of our four part series, looking at post-monarchy, pre-Napoleon France.
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25 - American Revolution: Tea, Taxes and Independence from 2021-07-06T03:20:16
Jimmy and B take a crack at the third revolution of our series, where the 'Founding Fathers' fought for independence from the Brits.
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24 - From Russia with Revolution from 2021-06-22T11:06:56
Jimmy and B discuss Russia's early 20th century transformation from an outdated monarchy to the mighty U.S.S.R under the guidance of Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin.
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23 - Mao Zedong and The Great Leap Forward from 2021-06-08T10:49:53
Chairman Mao and the CCP changed the face of China in the 20th century while being responsible for mass growth and genocide.
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22 - Richard Nixon and the Watergate Scandal from 2021-05-18T10:18:04
We dabble in American politics looking at the disgraced president, Tricky Dicky himself.
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21 - The Emu War from 2021-05-04T10:07:33
The might of the Australian military take on some big flightless birds to defend our vets in the 1930's. Listen to find out who is victorious.
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20 - WW1: The War to End All Wars part 2 from 2021-04-20T11:24:24
Part 2 of 2 on our big World War One episode, focussing on the end of the war and the "peace treaty" that followed.
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20 - WW1: The War to End All Wars part 1 from 2021-04-20T10:55:27
Some big ambitious boys take on a big ambitious topic in the form of World War 1. This is a two part episode which gives a broad overview of "The Great War"
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19 - The Greatest Athlete You've Never Heard Of from 2021-03-30T11:02:07
Jimmy and B discuss the legend of Jim Thorpe, one of the most impressive athletes ever who a couple of sports fans in Melbourne didn't know existed until recently. We loved this ep.
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18 - The Renaissance from 2021-03-15T08:45:17
Jimmy puts B out of his comfort zone as we chat about the rebirth of art and culture following the Middle Ages
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17 - The Blood Countess of Hungary from 2021-03-01T10:02:13
Jimmy and B look into the legend of Elizabeth Bathory, the most prolific murderer in the western world according to Guiness World Records, and one of the inspirations for Dracula.
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16 - The Titanic from 2021-02-15T21:53:43
Jimmy and B go through the making of, journey and epic failure of the real RMS Titanic.
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15 - Plague and Fire, London's awful couple of years from 2021-02-01T19:00
Jimmy and B talk about London and it's back to back disasters in 1665-1666 which were the Great Plague of London and the Great Fire of London.
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14 - William, from Bastard to Conqueror from 2021-01-19T09:07:18
Jimmy and Mr B discus how William the Conqueror changed England forever!
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13 - D.B. Cooper's 1971 Plane Hijacking from 2021-01-05T01:18:54
Jimmy and Mr B describe the only unsolved plane hijacking and in U.S history and "solve" the case that the FBI have been trying to solve for 50 years...who is D.B. Cooper.
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12 - Christmas Special from 2020-12-22T03:06:37
Join Mr B and Jimmy who explore some famous historical events that happened on Christmas Day!!
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11 - 1904's Worst Marathon Ever from 2020-12-07T09:17:36
Listen to Mr B and Jimmy D talk about the disaster of a running race that was the marathon from the 1904 St Louis Olympics.
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Reflection on 10 Episodes and Battle of the Alamo from 2020-11-24T04:24:50
Jimmy and Mr B reflect on our first 10 eps, and discuss plans for the future of the pod. We also get to chat about part of the Texas Revolution!
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Episode 9 - William Wallace from 2020-11-07T19:00
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Episode 8 - Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot from 2020-10-31T14:00
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Episode 7 - The Salem Witch Trials from 2020-10-24T20:00
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Episode 6 - Anne Boleyn from 2020-10-17T20:00
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Episode 5 - Napoleon from 2020-10-11T10:00
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Episode 4 - The First Crusade (Part 2/2) from 2020-10-03T21:00
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Episode 3 - The First Crusade (Part 1/2) from 2020-09-26T21:00
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Episode 2 - Henry V from 2020-09-19T04:00
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