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Episode 29: Did a reindeer live on a submarine during the Second World War? - CHRISTMAS SPECIAL!
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Anyway, where were we? Oh yes, it's the Christmas special, 2023! Did St. Nicholas resurrect a partridge? What was the deal with King John's Christmas cards? And who are Timmy, Betty, and the King of Sicily, and what do they have to do with Christmas Eve? From talking cows to amphibious armed robbery, the 2023 Christmas episode of Yes or BS truly ha…
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Episode 28: Did a magical platypus save some 19th century Christmas castaways?
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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 rules are simple: six facts, each as unbelievable as the other, only some of which are true. Can you sort the Yes from the BS?This time around, we’ve got Icelandi…
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Episode 27: Did a 19th century presidential candidate circumnavigate the globe three times?
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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 without a Roman history fact? (Impossible.) It’s time for the Season 4 finale of Yes or BS!Brace yourself for six more rounds of true-or-false trivia, from a…
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Episode 26: Was Frank Sinatra supposed to star in Die Hard?
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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 against one another? Or, for that matter, where would you *want* to find facts like that nestled alongside one another? Right here, that’s where! If you tho…
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Episode 25: Was Noah’s Ark discovered during the Cold War?
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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 dinosaurs, classical music, Asian history, and humorously crude farm animals. Did Bach write a cantata about how much he liked coffee? Did Tibet once have an empire to r…
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Episode 24: Is there an asteroid named after a pet cat called ‘Mr Spock’?
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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 about a group of Spanish guerrillas, who may or may not have been terrorized by unseen demonic forces during the Napoleonic War. Was a nuclear explosion narrowly av…
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Episode 23: Did the Ancient Saxons worship a god called Geoffrey?
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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 the Frankish king Charlemagne’s lengthy wars against the ancient Saxons – who may, or may not, have once worshipped a god called Geoffrey.Did downtown Newark, NJ, …
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Episode 22: Did the world’s oldest vending machine dispense Ancient Roman holy water?
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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 Mesopotamian letters, the world’s most inbred monarch, and a hand-pumped precursor to the modern car. Did Calvin Coolidge keep fit in an, er, unorthodox way inside the Whi…
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Episode 21: Did a pair of stranded donkeys spark a 19th century catchphrase? - CHRISTMAS SPECIAL!
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Episode 20: Did a Victorian conservationist request his pet squirrel speak at his funeral?
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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... This week, Paul and Ant talk Wild West bandits, bizarre Victorian conservationists, Mother Shipton’s Cave, Ancient Roman gigantism, and 18th century lotteries. As if that we…
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Episode 19: Did an ancient queen of England attend a fancy dress party dressed as a cockerel?
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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 episode, did Wimbledon, England, give its name to Wimbledon, New Zealand, thanks so a sharp-shooting bullock killer? Did the Ancient Persians kickstart an Egyptian inva…
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Episode 18: Does Viagra cure jet lag in hamsters?
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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 English king, veers somewhere into classic 80s cinema, and comes to a close with the story of something unusual that happened to the King of Spain while he was on ho…
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Episode 17: Was a swearing parrot removed from President Jackson’s funeral?
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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 misfired fight-or-flight impulse? Was the first automatic washing machine partly made out of parts salvaged from a naval scrapyard? Did the first draft of Charlie …
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Episode 16: Was the parking sign invented for the 1928 Olympics?
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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 international rowing race really interrupted by a flock of ducks? Was ancient Byzantium home to four murderous gangs of rival sports fans? What does the blue P-for-park…
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Episode 15: Did Mozart hold an elaborate funeral for his pet starling?
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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 lieutenant-general unsuccessfully enter 28 parliamentary elections? Did a famous author invent a device for lighting a cigarette at his bedside? And did Mozart have a belov…
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Episode 14: Did London’s biggest theatre once host a revolving horse race? – WITH THE ENDLESS KNOT
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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! For one week only, Ant and Paul are are working together as Team Yes or BS, taking on (and being utterly outclassed by)Team Endless Knot, Aven and Mark, playing …
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Episode 13: Was the teabag invented by accident?
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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 Chinese mountainside? Did a German performance artist try to stake a claim to 1500 square kilometres of the Moon? Was the humble teabag invented entirely by mistak…
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Episode 12: Did a 12-year-old boy once pass himself off as the Prime Minister?
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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 treaty the covers the weaponization of the moon. Not that we’re eclectic, of course. Finishing things off this week, did a 12-year-old Scottish schoolboy o…
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Episode 11: Did hyperinflation in the 1920s drive German accountants insane?
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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 Florence Nightingale’s protégé used carbolic acid to clean Crimean War wounds, whether hyperinflation addled the brains of German accountants, and if Sir Anton…
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Episode 10: Did a Holy Roman Emperor once ride a donkey into battle?
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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 really does get stranger as the weeks go by...Par Yes or BS
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Episode 9: Did clay pigeon shooting replace real pigeon shooting at the Olympics?
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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? Paul and Ant take on six more rounds of unbelievable facts, and totally believable BS, in the second episode of Yes or BS, Season 2.…
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Episode 8: Did CS Lewis have a narcoleptic cat?
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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 narcoleptic cat.Par Yes or BS
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Episode 7: Did Tony the Tiger sing on The Grinch soundtrack? — CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
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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, and what connects Dr Seuss to Kellogg’s Frosties...Par Yes or BS
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Episode 6: Did a Scottish eccentric open a museum dedicated to himself?
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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...Par Yes or BS
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Episode 5: Was one of Queen Victoria’s wedding presents the world’s biggest cheese?
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Episode 5 of Yes or BS has landed - along with George Orwell’s plaster cast, a misfiring lawyer and Queen Victoria’s wedding cheese...Par Yes or BS
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Episode 4: Did impotent Colombians eat their banknotes?
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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...Par Yes or BS
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Episode 3: Did a man who fell in a volcano invent a body-heat powered torch?
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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...Par Yes or BS
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Episode 2: Does a single giant ant colony stretch across the entire Mediterranean?
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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...Par Yes or BS
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Episode 1: Have pigs been taught to drive cars?
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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...Par Yes or BS
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