• The Weird and Wonderful History of the Olympic Games

  • By: Richard Stokoe
  • Podcast
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The Weird and Wonderful History of the Olympic Games

By: Richard Stokoe
  • Summary

  • A twice a week (Monday and Thursday mornings just so you know) 20 episode series of super short podcasts looking at the incredible people, whacky sports, bizarre events and crazy happenings that have happened in the last 128 years of the Olympic Games. The shows start from 1896 in Athens and the super strange 100m Freestyle for Greek Navy Sailors all the way through to the Breakdancing that will happen in Paris 2024. In between, we will look at the cheats, the mad sports, the deleted events, the Olympic gold medal in town planning, the self administered electric shock torture to win medals and a whole host in between.
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Episodes
  • Episode 9 - Paris 1900 Part 5 - Pigeon Shooting to, erm, Poodle Grooming
    May 26 2024

    We finish looking at the A-Z of crazy sports that featured in the Paris 1900 bonkers Games. The next 11 mins and 04 seconds look at the butchery of the live Pigeon Shooting through to the myth(?) of Poodle Grooming.

    This is a twice weekly podcast series in the runup to Paris and the Olympic Games

    We explore the strange and fascinating people, sports, cheats, boycotts, doping and so much more that have happened in the Olympic Games since 1896.

    Each episode is stuffed full of the quirky and the crazy and in their no more than 15 minutes make your eyebrows raise, your head scratch and your lips smirk.

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    11 mins
  • Episode 8 - Paris 1900 Part 4 - Motorboating to Pigeon Racing
    May 23 2024

    Another delve into the A-Z of crazy sports that featured in the Paris 1900 bonkers Games. This next 10 mins and 10 seconds look at Motorboating to Pigeon Racing.

    This is a twice weekly series in the run up to Paris 2024.

    We look at the strange and fascinating people, sports, cheats, boycotts, doping and so much more that have happened in the Olympic Games since 1896.

    Each episode is stuffed full of the quirky and the crazy and in their no more than 15 minutes make your eyebrows raise, your head scratch and your lips smirk.

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    10 mins
  • Episode 7 - Paris 1900 Part 3 - Cannon Shooting to Firefighting
    May 19 2024

    We meander into look at next of the A-Z of crazy sports that featured in the Paris 1900 bonkers Games. The next 7 mins and 49 seconds look everything from Cannon Shooting to Firefighting.

    This is a twice a week podcast that will chart the Games before the start of the 2024 Paris Games.

    We chart the strange and fascinating people, sports, cheats, boycotts, doping and so much more that have happened in the Olympic Games since 1896.

    Each episode is stuffed full of the quirky and the crazy and in their no more than 15 minutes make your eyebrows raise, your head scratch and your lips smirk.

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    8 mins

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