Interesting Nuggets

This week, Kendall grosses out Roxanne with the squirm-worthy backstory of the powdered wig — fashion's most glamorous lie. At the height of 17th and 18th century European society, the bigger and whiter your wig, the more powerful you appeared; but underneath all that flour and horsehair, the reality was anything but refined. Think rancid animal fat, lice-ridden shaved heads, and yes — rodents actually nesting inside those towering hairstyles. The golden age of fashion was, quite literally, crawling with secrets.

The wolf whistle — two notes that have echoed through pop culture, construction sites, and Hollywood films. On this episode Roxanne digs into the history of how a cheeky chirp became an unsettling intrusion. This is one whistle that's hit some very sour notes.

On this episode of "Interesting Nuggets" we have one for the left-handed folks out there. To the 10-12% of the population who struggle with scissors, smear their pen, and wage daily war against ring binders — this one's for you.

Lefties have been cast as outsiders for most of recorded history. In fact, the Latin word for left — *sinister* — tells you everything you need to know about how they were once regarded.

Join us as Kendall traces the fascinating history of left-handed prejudice, and how the world is slowly coming around.

This week, Roxanne uncovers the rich history of April Fools' Day — from fish pinned to unsuspecting backs to elaborate hoaxes that had entire nations fooled. At the start of Spring humanity has been gleefully pranking each other for centuries, and we're not even a little sorry about it.

Todays episode is dedicated to Roxanne's best mate Tank.

A friend that is missed dearly everyday.

Join us as Kendall shares with us stories of histories most heroic and loyal pups. They are such good girls and boys and we wish we could give each and every one of them a cuddle.

Grab your pooch, a blanket, a cuppa and enjoy this doggie episode of Interesting Nuggets.

Foreign Accent Syndrome: a bizarre brain blip that leaves you with an accent you never traveled for? —or a serious condition that reshapes someone’s entire life, across all aspects of their days? Join us as Roxanne unpacks this rare and life-changing phenomenon.

This week, Kendall takes us diving skull-first into the wild, weird, and often terrifying history of migraine remedies. Ancient skull-drilling all the way to opioids,caffeine and garlic. Spoiler: humanity has been getting migraine wrong for well......forever. Pop in the earbuds, dim the lights, settle in, and let's get into it.

Are you someone who loves slipping idioms into everyday conversation? If so, you’re in good company—just like Roxanne, who always has a idiom in her repertoire. In todays episode Roxanne shares with us something you might not know: many of the idioms we use today are actually evolved versions of much older sayings. Over time, they’ve been shortened, stretched, and reshaped into the expressions we recognize now—sometimes losing or gaining a bit of their original meaning along the way.

So join us as we put on our linguistic hats and explore the world of idioms—because curiosity may have killed the cat, but knowledge brought it back!

In this episode, we’re wandering off the happily-ever-after path and into the dark, and downright horrifying origin stories of classic fairytales. The original versions make our modern takes look like bedtime lullabies. Grab your gingerbread and hold onto your glass slippers — it’s about to get grimm.

Trigger warning: some of these stories include extreme violence with sexual content- Sleeping Beauty we are looking at you.

In this episode of Interesting Nuggets, we spin around the poles history. Pole dancing has grown from a raw test of strength into a worldwide sport and art form now aiming for the Olympics. Its roots start in ancient Indian Mallakhamb and Chinese pole acrobatics to American circuses in the 1920s, Along the way, it picked up a sparkle, sexy heels and a whole lot of attitude.