The Lucy Fossil

It had a budget of just $1 million, a lead actor wearing a toupee, and the baddie in the first draft of the script was a monkey. But the first James Bond film, ‘Dr. No’, which began shooting in Jamaica on 16th January, 1962, kicked off a phenomenally successful franchise that’s s ...  Show more

A roaring wave of syrup swept through the North End of Boston on 15th January, 1919, in an event that claimed 21 lives, including 2 children, and came to be known as the “Great Molasses Flood”. At the heart of the disaster was a rushed, badly built industrial tank: the steel was ...  Show more

Lucy in the skyyyy… Dans cet épisode de Crousti-History, on vous parle de Lucy !En 1974, un fossile humain est découvert sur le bord de la rivière Awash, en Ethiopie. Ces os ont traversé l’histoire puisqu’ils ont (accrochez-vous) 3,18 MILLIONS d’années ! C’est une découverte HIST ...  Show more

Chimps. Bonobos. Humans. We're all great apes, but that doesn’t mean we’re one happy family.

This episode, a mashup of content stretching all the way back to 2010, asks the question, is cross-species co-habitation an utterly stupid idea? Or might it be our one last ...

This episode begins with a rant. This rant, in particular, comes from Dan Engber - a science writer who loves animals but despises animal intelligence research. Dan told us that so much of the way we study animals involves tests that we think show a human is smart ... not the ...

Helen Slater (Supergirl, The Legend of Billie Jean) joins us this week to talk about her experience being thrust into the iconic role of Supergirl at 18 years old and the many different pressures and difficulties that came along with it. Helen was so open this week - she gets can ...  Show more