Why are Guinness World Records being smashed ...

We’ve seen more and more women talking about cycle-syncing. It’s where you adjust your diet and work outs to match the different phases of your period. Things like eating more in certain phases or taking it easy in others.But does cycle-syncing help you get better results? Does t ...  Show more

Globally more than a billion tonnes of food is wasted each year and much of it ends up in landfills. As the food breaks down it releases huge amounts of methane, making up 10% of the world’s climate-warming emissions. Now many cities and governments are looking to South Korea as ...  Show more

Aishah, RD & Prem try to break a world record! Aishah's one is fastest time arranging alphabet pasta in order. RD tries to eat most peanuts in 60 seconds, blindfolded and using chopsticks! Prem's one is to put most socks in one foot in 30 seconds! 

How did the Guinness World Records company come to be? And how, in the age of the internet, does the company make money? Imogen West-Knights spent a year investigating. She learned how to be a record adjudicator (it’s riskier than it sounds), met a man who has broken more than 70 ...  Show more

Ghanaian authorities have rescued more than 70 young men from a trafficking ring in Nigeria. The men thought they were heading for football contracts or overseas opportunities. Why has football become a gateway for trafficking? Leaders from five African countries - Gabon, Guinea- ...  Show more

Wait we're a love podcast now, where'd the sports go!?!?... This week on GMFST, Mark & the ghosts of J'accuse consult the King of Balls in Holes about love and baseball. Then it's onto ATTEMPTING A WORLD RECORD!?!? Oh, the Guinness Book of World Records? Is it a sport to attempt ...  Show more