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Episode 28: Did a magical platypus save some 19th century Christmas castaways? from 2020-12-14T06:00:20
Who wants a Christmas present? Well, instead you’ve got this. Just in case you thought 2020 couldn’t get any worse, we’re back with this year’s Yes or BS Christmas special!
As always, the...
Episode 27: Did a 19th century presidential candidate circumnavigate the globe three times? from 2020-04-28T13:07:51
Will Ant recover from his 6-0 defeat at the start of the series? (Unlikely.) Will Paul have a fact about a Victorian eccentric? (Very likely.) And will Ant really manage to go an entire season with...
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Episode 26: Was Frank Sinatra supposed to star in Die Hard? from 2020-04-21T21:20:32
It’s fair to say Yes or BS covers quite a few knowledge bases each week, but seriously – where else would you find facts about Frank Sinatra, porridge oats and sentient octopuses all nestled up aga...
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Episode 25: Was Noah’s Ark discovered during the Cold War? from 2020-04-14T06:00:25
Yes or BS reaches its quarter century with one of the strangest and most eclectic episodes yet. (And that’s saying something.)
Besides Noah’s Ark, this week we’re finding out about dinosa...
Episode 24: Is there an asteroid named after a pet cat called ‘Mr Spock’? from 2020-04-07T12:52:50
This week on Yes or BS, we’re covering everything from Star Trek to nuclear warfare. Never let it be said we’re not eclectic.
Among the facts you’ll have to decipher this week is a tale a...
Episode 23: Did the Ancient Saxons worship a god called Geoffrey? from 2020-03-31T10:39:03
Season 4 of Yes or BS continues apace!
This week Ant (@VoiceoverTony) and Paul (@HaggardHawks) cover another eclectic mix of topics, from the monsters of traditional Japanese folklore to ...
Episode 22: Did the world’s oldest vending machine dispense Ancient Roman holy water? from 2020-03-24T17:14:10
We’re back! Another six rounds of absolute nonsense, courtesy of Ant (@VoiceoverTony) and Paul from Haggard Hawks (@HaggardHawks).
In this opening episode, topics covered include Mesopota...
Episode 21: Did a pair of stranded donkeys spark a 19th century catchphrase? - CHRISTMAS SPECIAL! from 2019-12-29T14:40:11
Happy Christmas everyone! Who needs a bumper crop of festive nonsense to go with all your roast parsnips and pigs in blankets? No one, that’s who. But too bad – you’re getting a bumper bonus episod...
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Episode 20: Did a Victorian conservationist request his pet squirrel speak at his funeral? from 2019-10-22T05:00:12
We’ve made it. You’ve made it. WE’VE ALL MADE IT THIS FAR. It’s the Yes or BS Season 3 finale!
And, as always, we’re going out with another bumper last-of-the-series episode...
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Episode 19: Did an ancient queen of England attend a fancy dress party dressed as a cockerel? from 2019-10-15T05:00:22
A Lithuanian shipwreck. A 19th century ballooning hoax. And a queen of England dressed in a cockerel costume. It’s all here this week, in Episode 19 of Yes or BS!
Also in this week’s episo...
Episode 18: Does Viagra cure jet lag in hamsters? from 2019-10-08T05:00:14
Is this the best-titled episode of Yes or BS yet? You bet your Viagra-powered hamster it is.
Episode 18 kicks off with facts about sign language and the supposed miracles of a martyred En...
Episode 17: Was a swearing parrot removed from President Jackson’s funeral? from 2019-10-01T05:00:24
We’re halfway through Season 3 of Yes or BS already, and we’re reaching the milestone with facts about palaeontology, psychology, literature, and swearing parrots.
Is déjà-vu caused by a ...
Episode 16: Was the parking sign invented for the 1928 Olympics? from 2019-09-24T05:00:25
Season 3 of Yes or BS continues apace – and things are as eclectic as ever...
Is there a gigantic corpse-filled mausoleum hidden under one of Britain’s most famous buildings? Was an inter...
Episode 15: Did Mozart hold an elaborate funeral for his pet starling? from 2019-09-17T05:00:25
Yes, we’re back! Season 3 of Yes or BS kicks off with this bumper episode covering everything from Ancient Roman embassies to, er, Walt Disney’s Dumbo.
Did a former British Navy lieutenan...
Episode 14: Did London’s biggest theatre once host a revolving horse race? – WITH THE ENDLESS KNOT from 2019-08-27T05:00:16
Surprise! Ahead of Season 3 of Yes or BS arriving this September, here’s something a bit special – our very first team episode, featuring the brilliant Aven and Mark from The Endless Knot!
Episode 13: Was the teabag invented by accident? from 2019-04-16T05:00:14
It’s the last episode of Season 2 of Yes or BS, so we’re going out in style with a bumper episode revisiting some previous, er... glories?
So. Is there a giant Buddha statue carved into a ...
Episode 12: Did a 12-year-old boy once pass himself off as the Prime Minister? from 2019-04-09T05:00:12
In the penultimate episode of Season 2, the Yes or BS facts on offer cover everything from an ancient Tang Dynasty credit card to a mysterious 100-mile chain of cloven footprints and a political tr...
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Episode 11: Did hyperinflation in the 1920s drive German accountants insane? from 2019-04-02T15:47:30
We’ve reached the halfway point in Season 2 of Yes or BS, and things are just as eclectic as ever... This week, Ant and Paul decide whether there was once a Nigerian terracotta army, whether Floren...
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Episode 10: Did a Holy Roman Emperor once ride a donkey into battle? from 2019-03-26T06:00:29
This week on Yes or BS, Ant and Paul have to decide whether a double decker bus once jumped the gap in Tower Bridge, and whether JS Bach once investigated a haunting at Weimar Cathedral. This game ...
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Episode 9: Did clay pigeon shooting replace real pigeon shooting at the Olympics? from 2019-03-19T06:00:09
Did a Polish composer leave his skull to the Royal Shakespeare Company? And did a Brazilian explorer really think the Amazon river was 1/25th its actual size because he took a wrong turn at Manaus?...
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Episode 8: Did CS Lewis have a narcoleptic cat? from 2019-03-12T06:00:28
We’re back! And more eclectic than ever... In this, the first episode from Season 2 of Yes or BS, Paul and Ant talk Hadrian’s Wall, ghost ships, The Blob, and whether or not CS Lewis had a narcolep...
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Episode 7: Did Tony the Tiger sing on The Grinch soundtrack? — CHRISTMAS SPECIAL from 2018-12-22T13:19:50
Happy Christmas from Yes or BS! Ahead of Season 2 in the New Year, Ant and Paul discuss Japan’s festive fondness for Beethoven, the financial nightmare that was Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, ...
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Episode 6: Did a Scottish eccentric open a museum dedicated to himself? from 2018-10-30T21:31:31
Did a 19th century Scottish poet open a museum to himself? And do possums realise they’re playing dead? More believable unbelievables in the Season 1 finale of Yes or BS...
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Episode 5: Was one of Queen Victoria’s wedding presents the world’s biggest cheese? from 2018-10-23T18:29:11
Episode 5 of Yes or BS has landed - along with George Orwell’s plaster cast, a misfiring lawyer and Queen Victoria’s wedding cheese...
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Episode 4: Did impotent Colombians eat their banknotes? from 2018-10-16T15:08:03
A mobile phone that runs on Coca Cola. The urinary habits of lobsters. And JRR Tolkien’s fancy dress party. This week, Episode 4 of the Yes or BS podcast really does have it all...
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Episode 3: Did a man who fell in a volcano invent a body-heat powered torch? from 2018-10-09T12:49:14
In Episode 3 the 1896 Olympics, Mark Twain’s bra clasp and a man who fell in a volcano all come under the Yes or BS spotlight...
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Episode 2: Does a single giant ant colony stretch across the entire Mediterranean? from 2018-10-02T14:10:02
Episode 2 of Yes or BS sees Ant and Paul discuss Edward VI’s mission to the Arctic, a cat that was made into a telephone, and an early entry in Dr Seuss’ back catalogue...
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Episode 1: Have pigs been taught to drive cars? from 2018-09-13T14:19:08
In the very first episode of Yes or BS, Ant and Paul try to convince each of 17th century space programs, car-driving pigs, and gold-eating pelicans...
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