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#33 - Change
Can British coins be better? Adam Townsend has the fix.
#34 - Sounds of Grassroots Football
'Man on!!'..... Paul Whitty captures the sounds of grassroots football.
#35 - How Tall Are Celebrities?
How tall is Robbie Williams? Greg Stekelman sizes up celebrities.
#36 - Shanghai Architecture
Hannah Cameron on the buildings that shaped her life in China's biggest city.
#37 - Watergate Tape 'Silence'
Sophie Scott listens closely to a very important 'silence'.
#38 - Markham Moor Roof
Ed Carter tells us why the roof of a former motorway services is no ordinary roof.
#39 - Doormats
Alex Baxevanis wipes his feet all over this week's subject.
#40 - Thank You (again)
James Ward says thank you for listening to series two of The Boring Talks.
#41 - Pencils
Brian Mackenwells tells us why we should all appreciate the pencil a little bit more.
#42 - The Lexicon Of Breakups
Rosie Wilby finds out what ghosting, bread crumbing, submarining & benching actually mean.
The Sounds Of Computer Games Loading
Keith Stuart re the whirrs and clicks that made up the soundtrack of his youth.
# 44 - Swearing: a personal cross-cultural comparative study of Hindi and English
Charvy Narain takes a foul mouthed look at swearing in Hindi and English.
#45 - Box Certificates
Joyce Smith uncovered 2 box certificates, and 2 of anything is the start of a collection.
# 46 - Teletext
James O'Malley looks at the life, death and resurrection of Teletext.
#47 - Crinoline Ladies
From Victorian femininity to toilet roll cover, Dr Kathryn Ferry on the Crinoline Lady.
Data Centres
What do we all use, but never visit? Matt Parker takes us inside the remote Data Centres.
#49 - Coal Holes
Amir Dotan explores the small metal discs on our pavements and door steps.
#50 - Windows
Anne Ulrikke Andersen looks through the windows that shaped one particular life.
#51 - Oboe Reeds
A singing nightingale, or a belligerent duck? Chloe Veltman examines of the oboe reed.
#52 - Breakfast Cereals
What did the artist Louise Ashcroft learn from variety pack cereal?
Jigsaws
Anya Driscoll is a jigsaw junkie, and she's going to tell you why.
#53 - Car Boots
Hugo Griffiths climbs inside the interesting world of the car boot.
#55 -Farts
The colorectal surgeon and comedian Jenan Younis wants to talk to you about Farts.
Jeremy Bentham's 'Auto-Icon'
Subhadra Das debunks some myths about a curious object.
