Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share The 1904 St Louis Olympics: A Marathon Event
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
The 1904 St Louis Olympics: A Marathon Event
Angela Barnes and John O’Farrell romp through history, unravelling fascinating and down-right bizarre events.
This time; the five month-long 1904 Olympic Games which was a catalogue of failures and unbelievably poor decisions. This included restricting liquids during the marathon, one of the runners stopping to practise his english and wild dogs chasing the athletes.
It’s an incredible story so make sure those shoelaces are tied and your nipples are Vaselined.
“Every four years, as a nation, we pick one event we’re experts in, like the Olympic Slalom.” – Angela Barnes
“41 runners signed up for the marathon, but only 32 turned up.” – John O’Farrell
“To be fair, John, we’ve all done it. I’ve signed up for so many races.” – Angela Barnes
Reading list:
The Wildest Race Ever - The Story of the 1904 Olympic Marathon - Meghan McCarthy
Marathon 1904, a standup show by Nic Sampson
We Are History is written and presented by Angela Barnes and John O’Farrell. Audio production by Simon Williams and artwork by James Parrett. Lead Producer is Anne-Marie Luff. Group Editor is Andrew Harrison. We Are History is a Podmasters Production.
https://twitter.com/wearehistorypod
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
View all episodes
By Angela Barnes and John O'Farrell
4.8
6060 ratings
Angela Barnes and John O’Farrell romp through history, unravelling fascinating and down-right bizarre events.
This time; the five month-long 1904 Olympic Games which was a catalogue of failures and unbelievably poor decisions. This included restricting liquids during the marathon, one of the runners stopping to practise his english and wild dogs chasing the athletes.
It’s an incredible story so make sure those shoelaces are tied and your nipples are Vaselined.
“Every four years, as a nation, we pick one event we’re experts in, like the Olympic Slalom.” – Angela Barnes
“41 runners signed up for the marathon, but only 32 turned up.” – John O’Farrell
“To be fair, John, we’ve all done it. I’ve signed up for so many races.” – Angela Barnes
Reading list:
The Wildest Race Ever - The Story of the 1904 Olympic Marathon - Meghan McCarthy
Marathon 1904, a standup show by Nic Sampson
We Are History is written and presented by Angela Barnes and John O’Farrell. Audio production by Simon Williams and artwork by James Parrett. Lead Producer is Anne-Marie Luff. Group Editor is Andrew Harrison. We Are History is a Podmasters Production.
https://twitter.com/wearehistorypod
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
More shows like We Are History
View all
The Bugle
3,723 Listeners
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
2,110 Listeners
The Infinite Monkey Cage
1,920 Listeners
No Such Thing As A Fish
4,870 Listeners
Page 94: The Private Eye Podcast
393 Listeners
Dan Snow's History Hit
4,785 Listeners
Frank Off The Radio: The Frank Skinner Podcast
278 Listeners
Fighting Talk
118 Listeners
Evil Genius with Russell Kane
360 Listeners
Full Disclosure with James O'Brien
300 Listeners
You're Dead to Me
3,177 Listeners
Presidents, Prime Ministers, Monarchs & Dictators
66 Listeners
The Rest Is History
15,592 Listeners
What The F Is Going On? with Mark Steel
91 Listeners
The Rest Is Entertainment
805 Listeners