Bizarre with Mick Molloy and Titus O’Reily

Frederick Charles Standish left England in 1852 under a false name and fleeing moneylenders. Landing in Melbourne, he was forced to live on the goldfields and run a sly grog business.

Yet, just six years later, he would be the colony's Chief Commissioner of police, be a pallbearer at Robert O’Hara Burke's funeral, invent the Melbourne Cup, become a key player in the formation of the VRC and lead, very unsuccessfully, the hunt for Ned Kelly.  

Titus O'Reily and Mick Molloy examine the life of one of Australia's strangest characters, a man who paused the hunt for Ned Kelly while the weights of the Melbourne Cup were declared.

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Mick and Titus look at some of the bizarrest coach firings in history, from being sacked while on talkback radio to being sacked for buying enormous amounts of Jägermeister.

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With basketball growing rapidly, people were contacting James Naismith to learn about the game; however, one misunderstanding would lead to the creation of an entirely new sport.

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Titus is joined by travel journalist and National Geographic regular contributor, Ronan O’Connell to examine some of the bizarre stories behind the world's greatest landmarks.

Ronan has contributed stories and photography to National Geographic, CNN, BBC, Washington Post, Forbes and more.

His book Hidden in Plain Sight: The Untold Mysteries, Myths, and Marvels of the World's Most Popular Landmarks is out now.

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After being given two weeks to come up with a new indoor sport, James Naismith finally came up with a new game and was ready to play it with his class. 

The first games ended with a player knocked unconscious and a host of black eyes. The game was an instant success and started to spread.

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In 1891, teacher James Naismith, was given two weeks by his boss to invent a new sport to keep the students occupied during the long winter.

No one could have predicted how his new game, basketball, would spread across the globe and become one of the world's most popular sports.

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Titus is joined by Aaron Noonan, author of The Great Race: 60 years of the Bathurst 1000, to discuss the history of Australia's greatest motorsport event.

From its earliest days to Holden vs Ford and the famous clashes, they look at the race that has defined motorsport in Australia.

Aaron's book, The Great Race: 60 years of the Bathurst 1000 is available here.

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In 1982, boxing was held at the Sydney Opera House for the first and final time. Titus is joined by Anthony Cocks, who tells the story of the clash between Alex Temelkov and Ken Salisbury, which saw brawls in the ring and in the stands.

They also discuss his new book The Brawl at the Sydney Opera House: And Other Aussie Boxing Yarns, which is on sale now.

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In a special episode, Santo Cilauro, Sam Pang, and Mick Molloy visit the remote community of Yuendumu with the Red Dust team.

Red Dust's mission is working together to enrich lives, improve health and strengthen the future of Indigenous youth and families.

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LIV Golf, the Saudi-backed rebel league, has filed for bankruptcy, ending a wild ride. Mick and Titus tell the entire story, from its inception to its collapse.

Part Three covers the bankruptcy announcement, the amount of money LIV owes its players and why it failed.

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