Sending Out Spam

When Lord Byron’s 17 year-old daughter, Ada Lovelace, attended a soirée at the home of academic Charles Babbage on 5th June, 1833, the pair hit it off immediately. He invited her to see his ‘Difference Engine’ - an early mechanical calculator - kicking off a correspondence that l ...  Show more

‘The Annoying Thing’ is how the begenitaled amphibian animated by Erik Wernquist was first described; but by the time he released his first single ‘Axel F’ he was universally known as The Crazy Frog, and beat Coldplay’s ‘Speed of Sound’ to UK #1 on 4th June, 2005. The tale of how ...  Show more

This episode is the first in a new three-part miniseries from The Experiment—“SPAM: How the American Dream Got Canned.” During World War II, wherever American troops spread democracy, they left the canned meat known as SPAM in its wake. When American GIs landed overseas, they oft ...  Show more

This week we’re back to the competition format but with some new parameters. Chris and Karl team up to present the worst comedy podcast they could find - Adult Babies Show. Three truckers sit around and periodically crack up over nothing. Then Lucy and Andy team up to present Can ...  Show more

It’s our 500th episode and we’re celebrating with some of our least favorite podcasts from the first 499. We start with the Mike O’Meara Show featuring guys who were on the Don and Mike Show which I think was good back in the day. Then we look at the Boogered Up podcast featuring ...  Show more

This week we're competing to find who could bring the worst podcast in the category of entrepreneurship. Starting your own business is commendable, unless your business is just about how you have a business. This turns out to be the case quite a bit. Andy comes in with a show wit ...  Show more