Starting 1st January 2025, and every day after, join Mungo at Dan’s chaotic café as they serve up a fresh slice of datepie!
Packed with absurd national holidays, rich layers of historical drama, and a zesty sprinkle of deathdays—all tied to the day’s date—it’s a feast of irrelevance that truly has something for no one.
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The final episode before a well-earned break takes us to a New Year’s Eve dinner at the Ingunandon, Crystal Palace, as the year closes where it began: talking nonsense with purpose. We reflect on a fu...
30th December 2025 (00:14:52)
Grigori Rasputin’s rise from Siberian mystic to royal powerbroker is explored as we trace how he gained influence over Russia’s last imperial family. This episode covers his reputation for healing, ru...
29th December 2025 (00:15:44)
Michael Schumacher’s devastating skiing accident is revisited as we look at what happened in the French Alps in 2013, the severity of his head injuries, and how the crash abruptly ended one of the gre...
28th December 2025 (00:16:15)
A bizarre case of 12 chickens found dead takes a strange scientific turn when the frozen bodies appeared to breathe fire. This episode explains what actually happened, how gases produced during decomp...
27th December 2025 (00:15:16)
Mehmet Ali Ağca’s attempted assassination of Pope John Paul II is examined as we trace how the Turkish gunman opened fire in Vatican City in 1981. This episode looks at Ağca’s background, claims of mi...
26th December 2025 (00:14:57)
Boxing Day gets unpacked properly as we explore where the name actually comes from, the history behind the “boxes” of charity and gifts, and how the day evolved from Victorian Britain into a modern mi...
25th December 2025 (00:17:14)
This Christmas special brings together Charlie Chaplin and the James Webb Space Telescope, linking silent-film genius with the sharpest eye humanity has ever sent into space. We explore Chaplin’s life...
24th December 2025 (00:15:10)
Wow, it’s a Christmas miracle indeed. This new segment explores astonishing true events that happened against all odds, including the World War I Christmas Truce football match, the Apollo mission bro...
23rd December 2025 (00:15:55)
A murder committed just before Christmas stunned investigators when the killer attempted to hide the body inside a pizza oven on 23 December. This episode breaks down the timeline of the crime, how th...
22nd December 2025 (00:17:22)
Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s life took a dramatic turn when the author of Crime and Punishment was arrested, sentenced to death, and taken to a firing squad before receiving a last-minute reprieve from the Ru...
21st December 2025 (00:16:57)
A special episode recorded inside a church sets the scene as we explore Walt Disney’s life and the creation of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. This episode looks at how Disney risked everything on th...
20th December 2025 (00:15:21)
A retelling of The Robber Bridegroom unfolds entirely in Dan’s own words, revisiting the dark folk tale of courtship, deception, and violence. This episode explores the story’s origins, its unsettling...
19th December 2025 (00:20:13)
The murder of a doctor in 1950s Eastbourne shocked a quiet seaside town and became one of Britain’s most unsettling post-war crime cases. This episode examines who the doctor was, how the killing unfo...
18th December 2025 (00:14:11)
The discovery of Saturn’s co-orbital moons Janus and Epimetheus revealed one of the strangest arrangements in the solar system. This episode explains how the two moons share the same orbit, periodical...
17th December 2025 (00:15:16)
The first episode of The Simpsons marked the unlikely beginning of what would become the longest-running scripted TV show in history. This episode explores the show’s rough early animation, its debut ...
16th December 2025 (00:15:26)
The controversy surrounding Saturday Night Fever is unpacked as we explore how the film’s gritty themes, violence, and portrayal of race and gender clashed with its disco-glamour reputation. This epis...
15th December 2025 (00:14:44)
John Paul Getty’s life of extreme wealth and extreme control is examined as we explore how the oil tycoon became the richest man in the world, his ruthless business tactics, and the infamous kidnappin...
14th December 2025 (00:15:28)
The moment a shoe was hurled at George W. Bush during a press conference in Iraq became one of the most replayed political protests in modern history. This episode breaks down what happened in the roo...
13th December 2025 (00:16:21)
Pope Celestine V’s brief and bizarre reign is unpacked as we explore how a reclusive hermit unexpectedly became pope in 1294, only to resign just months later. This episode covers his sudden rise, his...
12th December 2025 (00:15:05)
Dionne Warwick’s legendary career takes the spotlight as we explore her rise through the golden age of pop and soul, her long-running collaboration with Burt Bacharach, her chart-topping hits, and her...
11th December 2025 (00:14:29)
Kevin Bacon’s finances are put under the microscope as we unpack how the Hollywood star became one of the many high-profile victims of Bernard Madoff’s massive Ponzi scheme. This episode explains how ...
10th December 2025 (00:15:53)
Alfred Nobel’s life and legacy take centre stage as we explore how the inventor of dynamite went on to create the Nobel Prizes. This episode covers his scientific breakthroughs, the fortune built from...
9th December 2025 (00:16:05)
The Coronation Street anniversary collides with rock history as we look at the legacy of the UK’s longest-running soap and the life, music, and myth of Jim Morrison from The Doors. This episode explor...
8th December 2025 (00:16:50)
Finish music pulses in the background while we imagine life as a time traveller dropped into the wrong century, and Buddha’s teachings cut through the chaos with the kind of calm none of us actually h...
7th December 2025 (00:16:54)
The largest gingerbread house ever built set a world record in Texas, standing over 60 feet long and made with thousands of pounds of dough, sugar, and spices. This episode covers how the massive stru...
