The snipe hunt is a grand and nobel tradition. Jerks the world over from trades to the armed forces have sent apprentices and greenhorns searching for everything from striped paint to left handed screwdrivers. On this week’s episodes, comedian Laura Davis discusses her 2008 paper Snipe Hunts: An Oral History of The Fool’s Errand and Nicholas forgets to check his microphone is working properly.

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The Tichborne Claimant was either a 19th century lord, long thought missing at sea or a butcher from Wagga spinning an elaborate lie to get his hands on the Tichborne fortune. In this episode author and historian Robyn Annear explores one of the most notorious court cases in Australian history and Nicholas gets distracted by the phrase ‘Retractable Penis.’

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Rob Zabrecky was once the leader singer of indie rock band Possum Dixon. Now he’s a magician on the board of trustees of The Magic Castle in Hollywood California. In this episode, Rob (and his dog Chase) take Nicholas on a virtual tour of the castle while Nicholas gets confused by all the panting in the background.

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In 1998, Andrew Wakefield fooled the world into believing that the MMR Vaccine causes autism. On this week’s show infectious diseases doctor and host of the Quackcast Mark Crislip MD examines the scam and the motives of the man responsible for one of the most dangerous medical frauds in recent memory while Nicholas tries to explain what a Leunig is.

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Nicholas has a love/hate relationship with the 2013 fim Now You See Me. In this episode, he’s joined by pop culture commentator Nick Mason from The Weekly Planet as they pick apart the film.

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