Factitious

Factitious Podcast
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An infotainment podcast. Each week, Tom and Rob take it in turns to teach each other about a given topic. The 'teacher' has spent the week researching, while the 'student' is armed only with their existing knowledge of the subject. The teacher's aim is to teach and entertain the student, using three 'Golden Facts'. Along the way, we'll meander, muse and have a laugh...

  1. 26/11/2022

    Series B - Beer

    #sponsored - get your first crate of beer for free at: beer52.com/FACT22 Help support the podcast with Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/factitious We're raising a toast to the final episode of Series B with beer! So cheers for listening and let's find out about when and how it was made, as well as some very strange stories and laws surrounding it. Factitious artwork was designed by Joe Hurst. Find great graphic design, illustrations and other artwork at joehurstdesign.com, on Instagram @joehurstdesign, on Facebook at Joe Hurst Artist/Designer or get in touch at joehurstdesign@gmail.com Intro music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/sensho/coffee-break - License code: WVRKVBVORTSCLIKK

    41 min

  2. 19/11/2022

    Series B - The Blitz

    #sponsored - get your first THREE bottles of wine FREE with Wine52 at: https://www.beer52.com/wine/FACT Help support the podcast with Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/factitious It's Tom's last episode of Series B and we have a Patron request to celebrate! Genius tier patron Stuart Hill has tasked Tom with researching the Blitz, hoping to teach Rob a thing or two about a subject he's pretty well versed in... How long did the Blitz last? What was the damage? And how did the British public cope? All this and more... Factitious artwork was designed by Joe Hurst. Find great graphic design, illustrations and other artwork at joehurstdesign.com, on Instagram @joehurstdesign, on Facebook at Joe Hurst Artist/Designer or get in touch at joehurstdesign@gmail.com Intro music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/sensho/coffee-break - License code: WVRKVBVORTSCLIKK

    41 min

  3. 12/11/2022

    Series B - Bigfoot

    #sponsored - get your first THREE bottles of wine FREE with Wine52 at: https://www.beer52.com/wine/FACT Help support the podcast with Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/factitious Join us on the hunt for Bigfoot! Where did the mystery start? What's a hoax and what's real? And why does Tom seem like he's totally buying into Bigfoot by the end...? All this and more. Factitious artwork was designed by Joe Hurst. Find great graphic design, illustrations and other artwork at joehurstdesign.com, on Instagram @joehurstdesign, on Facebook at Joe Hurst Artist/Designer or get in touch at joehurstdesign@gmail.com Intro music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/sensho/coffee-break - License code: WVRKVBVORTSCLIKK

    46 min

  4. 05/11/2022

    Series B - The Brain

    #sponsored - get your first crate of beer for free at: beer52.com/FACT22 Help support the podcast with Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/factitious Thinking about listening to Factitious? How did you think of that? How do you think of anything? This week, we're taking a look at the brain... and the mind! Two slightly different things. How have they changed over time? And what lies ahead as we march into an increasingly digital age... Factitious artwork was designed by Joe Hurst. Find great graphic design, illustrations and other artwork at joehurstdesign.com, on Instagram @joehurstdesign, on Facebook at Joe Hurst Artist/Designer or get in touch at joehurstdesign@gmail.com Intro music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/sensho/coffee-break - License code: WVRKVBVORTSCLIKK

    43 min

  5. 29/10/2022

    Series B - Bees

    #sponsored - get your first THREE bottles of wine FREE with Wine52 at: https://www.beer52.com/wine/FACT Help support the podcast with Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/factitious For Series B, it's only right we look at... well, Bees! Rob's going to tell us all about these fascinating creatures and the impact they have on the world. What would happen if all the bees vanished? How do they get so much done in so little time and how does the hive work? All this and more... Factitious artwork was designed by Joe Hurst. Find great graphic design, illustrations and other artwork at joehurstdesign.com, on Instagram @joehurstdesign, on Facebook at Joe Hurst Artist/Designer or get in touch at joehurstdesign@gmail.com Intro music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/sensho/coffee-break - License code: WVRKVBVORTSCLIKK

    37 min

  6. 22/10/2022

    Series B - The Bible

    #sponsored - get your first crate of beer for free at: beer52.com/FACT22 Help support the podcast with Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/factitious "In the beginning..." No, don't worry, we're not going to read it all. This week we're taking a closer look at the Bible. Not so much the message, but the book itself. Who wrote it? How long did it take? What's next? All this and more... Factitious artwork was designed by Joe Hurst. Find great graphic design, illustrations and other artwork at joehurstdesign.com, on Instagram @joehurstdesign, on Facebook at Joe Hurst Artist/Designer or get in touch at joehurstdesign@gmail.com Intro music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/sensho/coffee-break - License code: WVRKVBVORTSCLIKK

    45 min

  7. 15/10/2022

    Series B - Blood

    #sponsored - get your first THREE bottles of wine FREE with Wine52 at: https://www.beer52.com/wine/FACT Help support the podcast with Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/factitious We're approaching spooky season... and Rob's decided to get gruesome this week with the topic of Blood! Why do we have blood types? What colour is blood? Who's got gold blood? All this and more... Factitious artwork was designed by Joe Hurst. Find great graphic design, illustrations and other artwork at joehurstdesign.com, on Instagram @joehurstdesign, on Facebook at Joe Hurst Artist/Designer or get in touch at joehurstdesign@gmail.com Intro music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/sensho/coffee-break - License code: WVRKVBVORTSCLIKK

    33 min

  8. 08/10/2022

    Series B - Blackbeard

    #sponsored - get your first crate of beer for free at: beer52.com/FACT22 Help support the podcast with Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/factitious Welcome aboard the Queen Anne's Revenge!  This week, Tom is captaining the ship and teaching Rob all about infamous pirate, Blackbeard! Who was he? How was his legend created? And, why was he so feared? All this and more... Factitious artwork was designed by Joe Hurst. Find great graphic design, illustrations and other artwork at joehurstdesign.com, on Instagram @joehurstdesign, on Facebook at Joe Hurst Artist/Designer or get in touch at joehurstdesign@gmail.com Intro music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/sensho/coffee-break - License code: WVRKVBVORTSCLIKK

    35 min
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An infotainment podcast. Each week, Tom and Rob take it in turns to teach each other about a given topic. The 'teacher' has spent the week researching, while the 'student' is armed only with their existing knowledge of the subject. The teacher's aim is to teach and entertain the student, using three 'Golden Facts'. Along the way, we'll meander, muse and have a laugh...

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    Factitious Podcast
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  • Episodes
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