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What do we all use, but never visit? Matt Parker takes us inside the remote Data Centres.
Keith Stuart re the whirrs and clicks that made up the soundtrack of his youth.
Subhadra Das debunks some myths about a curious object.
Chris Marshall loves roads... even those that don't actually exist.
Anya Driscoll is a jigsaw junkie, and she's going to tell you why.
Behind every boring subject is another layer of boringness you could have never imagined.
How do you make music from a Gentleman's cravat? Laurence Jordan will explain.
Dr Claire Thomson celebrates the golden age of Danish Public Information Films.
The writer John Grindrod takes us for a stroll through our unknown Green belts.
Louise Ashcroft takes us inside the mysterious portal that is the Argos catalogue.
The colorectal surgeon and comedian Jenan Younis wants to talk to you about Farts.
Hugo Griffiths climbs inside the interesting world of the car boot.
What did the artist Louise Ashcroft learn from variety pack cereal?
A singing nightingale, or a belligerent duck? Chloe Veltman examines of the oboe reed.
Anne Ulrikke Andersen looks through the windows that shaped one particular life.
The broadcaster Tim Dunn celebrates the 'little works of art' that are model villages.
Amir Dotan explores the small metal discs on our pavements and door steps.
From Victorian femininity to toilet roll cover, Dr Kathryn Ferry on the Crinoline Lady.
Joyce Smith uncovered 2 box certificates, and 2 of anything is the start of a collection.
Rosie Wilby finds out what ghosting, bread crumbing, submarining & benching actually mean.
Brian Mackenwells tells us why we should all appreciate the pencil a little bit more.
James Ward says thank you for listening to series two of The Boring Talks.
Liam Shaw delves deep in to the 'single most important object in the global economy'.
Alex Baxevanis wipes his feet all over this week's subject.
Ed Carter tells us why the roof of a former motorway services is no ordinary roof.
Sophie Scott listens closely to a very important 'silence'.
Hannah Cameron on the buildings that shaped her life in China's biggest city.
How tall is Robbie Williams? Greg Stekelman sizes up celebrities.
'Man on!!'..... Paul Whitty captures the sounds of grassroots football.
Can British coins be better? Adam Townsend has the fix.
