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Rhys the Geographer knows nothing about History. Will the Historian knows nothing about Geography. Join us on our quest to fill each other's gaps in knowledge! Have a question you want answered? Send us a message here - https://anchor.fm/gapsinknowledge/message
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S3E2 - A little magic chess machine

Gaps In KnowledgeOct 01, 2023

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S3E2 - A little magic chess machine
Oct 01, 202301:23:03
S3E1 - Ropey Rasputin

S3E1 - Ropey Rasputin

Today Rhys gets all docky, shippy and ropey while Will goes Raving with Rasputin, fleeing the French Revolution, and getting spooky in the States with the Winchester mystery house!


Rhys talks about:

Oklahoma - The Tulsa Port of Catoosa

Malcolm McClean and Containerisation

The Chatham Dockyard Ropery


Will talks about:


Rasputin

Louis XVI attempt to flee France

The Winchester Mystery House

Sep 19, 202301:26:59
S2E7 - The Glastonbury Chronicles
Jun 25, 202301:17:29
S2E6 - The Geography Quiz

S2E6 - The Geography Quiz

Today, join Rhys for traffic congestion myths, a wildfire crash-course and naming lizards that have opinions on desertification. Will suprises Rhys for his three-part Geography quiz! Border, flags and countries!


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Timestamps

Intro 00:00

Misconception Corner: Traffic Congestion 01:46

Misconception Corner: Venn Bahn 11:57

Main Event: Wildfire Crash-Course 18:05

Main Event: Flag Quiz 40:01

Number Time: Lizards and Desertification 01:04:46

Number Time: All the countries of the world 01:25:04

Outro: 01:33:00

Jun 03, 202301:34:50
S2E5 - Sipping and Shipwrecks

S2E5 - Sipping and Shipwrecks

Today, join Rhys for Georgian wine adventures, and a deep dive into Georgetown and we play 'Georgia or Georgia?'. Then, Will unpacks Shakespeare's relevance, reflects on Gallipoli, and analyses the Titanic's failures.


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Timestamps

Intro 00:00

Misconception Corner: Drinking Wine in Georgia 01:50

Misconception Corner: Titanic failures 10:37

Main Event: The True Georgetown 17:23

Main Event: Gallipoli 29:19

Number Time: Georgia or Georgia? 46:38

Number Time: Shakespeare’s actually not that bad 52:04

Outro: 01:05:47

May 14, 202301:06:44
S2E4 - Rattlesnake Milking

S2E4 - Rattlesnake Milking

This week, Rhys investigates the algorithms behind weather apps, examines the sustainability of festivals, and explores the remarkable biodiversity of Venezuela's Orinoco Wetlands. Will discusses Christopher Columbus's legacy, the epic Lewis and Clark Expedition, and the incredible achievement of the moon landings.

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Timestamps

Intro: 00:00

Misconception corner: Christopher Columbus⁠ 02:07

Misconception corner: Weather Apping 10:42

Main Event: Lewis and Clark 17:29

Main Event: Green Festivals 40:07

Number Time: Moon Landings 55:51

Number Time: Swamps 1:46:48

Outro: 1:14:49

Apr 06, 202301:16:13
S2E3 - Out with a Bang

S2E3 - Out with a Bang

In this week's episode:

Rhys discusses:

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Timestamps

Intro: 00:00

Misconception corner: Rhys slams Norway 00:55

Misconception corner: Tickling Trotsky 09:02

Main Event: Vindøvision 14:42

Main Event: The Explosive Liu Bang 28:00

Number Time: Swimming in Sweden 39:48

Number Time: Beetroot Colander 47:45

Outro: 54:45

Mar 12, 202356:11
S2E2 - Yawn

S2E2 - Yawn

In this week's episode Will and Rhys go back to their original subjects. 

Rhys discusses:

Will discusses:

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Timestamps: 

Intro: 00:00
Misconception Corner: Raining Meat?: 01:35
Misconception Corner: USA's Longest River: 09:56
Poo Pool: 17:36
Sleepy Kazakhs: 28:29
Number Time: Czech Defenestration: 41:22
Number Time: Scary Sea Level Rise 51:34
Outro: 01:01:56

Feb 21, 202301:03:25
S1E7 - Misconduct Motel (Bonus Episode)

S1E7 - Misconduct Motel (Bonus Episode)

In this bonus episode we look back at some of the edits that didn't make the final cut. Not that we didn't think they were good or anything!

Voyeur's Motel by Gay Talese can be perused through this link -
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29434763-the-voyeur-s-motel

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Feb 21, 202310:50
S2E1 - Opposite Day

S2E1 - Opposite Day

In this week's episode Will and Rhys take opposite day to its limits. Rhys does History and Will does Geography! It will surely only end in disaster...

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Timestamps:
Music: 00:31
Intro: 00:51
Misconception Corner: African Alps? 04:25
MIsconception Corner: Neolithic gnashers 11:31
Psychogeography in Paris: 18:41
The World’s Hardest History Quiz: 34:40
Number Time: All Aboard the Terror: 01:06:59
Number Time: Rampaging rabbits 01:15:34
Outro: 01:22:00

Jan 22, 202301:23:52
S1E14 - Reasons not to watch the Qatar World Cup 2022

S1E14 - Reasons not to watch the Qatar World Cup 2022

In this week's episode we invite our good friend Andrew onto the podcast to convince us not to watch the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Andrew draws on his own experience of living and working in Qatar to explain why he will be boycotting the FIFA World Cup 2022. We discuss:

  • Live as a migrant in Qatar
  • Human Rights issues
  • Environmental impacts and sustainability 
  • Boycotting and Protests in German football
  • The Qatar World Cup Legacy
  • LGBTQ+ and equality 
  • Will boycotting actually make a difference? 


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Timestamps:

[00:00] - Intro

[01:30] - Part 1 -  Life as a migrant in Qatar 

[21:52] - Part 2 -   Human rights , Environmental impacts and sustainability  

[36:39] - Part 3 - The Qatar World Cup Legacy and will boycotting make a difference? 

[54:41] - Outro


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Nov 19, 202257:00
S1E13 - Smashing Pumpkins

S1E13 - Smashing Pumpkins

NOTE - This episode is very gruesome and quite disturbing; not for kids. Viewer discretion is advised.

In this week's episode we go all spooky with Rhys discovering how The Isle of Man celebrates Halloween and discusses how to save the planet by smashing pumpkins. Will tricks us into using a ouija board, describes Gilles de Rais’s harrowing fall from  grace and goes extremely dark with the story of Carl Tanzler. 

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Timestamps:

[00:00] - Intro

[01:22] - Misconception Corner: Happy hop-tu-naa!

[10:02] - Misconception Corner: Yes yes no no

[15:44] - Pumpkin Theory i 

[29:36] - Gilles de Rais’s  fall from grace

[44:01] - Number Time!: Pumpkin Theory ii

[56:21] - Number Time!: Would you like to dance?

[1:13:05] - Outro


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Oct 31, 202201:14:24
S1E12 - Where are numbers?

S1E12 - Where are numbers?

In this week's episode we celebrate Germany's Unification Day with Rhys getting lost looking around Heligoland, discovering German dialects and discoversing the volcanos and tectonics of Germany. Will tell us everything he knows about the Wizard that is Pythagoras!

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Timestamps:

[00:00] - Intro

[01:30] - Misconception Corner: What came up with Pythagoras' Theory?

[06:27] - Misconception Corner: How many distant island territories does Germany have? 

[13:18] - Understanding Pythagoras The Wizard

[41:15] - German Dialects 

[1:03:50] - Number Time!: Pythagoras' Beans

[1:09:42] - Number Time!: Volcanos in Germany?

[1:19:03] - Outro


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Oct 03, 202201:19:53
S1E11 - A Very Sombre, Dignified, and Respectful Royal Special

S1E11 - A Very Sombre, Dignified, and Respectful Royal Special

In this week's episode, Rhys and Will have a dignified reflection on the passing of our Royal Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

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Sep 18, 202201:00:41
S1E10 - NUTS!
Aug 28, 202247:46
S1E9 - Susty Parties feat. Jennifer Uchendu

S1E9 - Susty Parties feat. Jennifer Uchendu

In this week's episode, we go ALL GEOGRAPHY with Rhys planning an Eco-Holiday, talking with the founder of TEAP and SustyVibes Jennifer Uchendu about eco-anxiety, then find way to stop vampires sucking our power. 

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A huge thanks to Jennifer and the people at TEAP and SustyVibes for being part of our episode today. If you would like to find out more information, please head over to their Twitter for updates.

Jennifer Uchendo
TEAP (The Eco-Anxiety Project)
SustyVibes

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Timestamps:

[00:00] - Intro

[01:17] - Misconception Corner: Eco-Tourism

[10:19] - TEAP and Susty Vibes - Interview with Jennifer Uchendu

[47:47] - Number Time!: Vampire Power

[54:19] - Outro

 


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Aug 12, 202255:24
S1E8 - Too much poo; too many chickens

S1E8 - Too much poo; too many chickens

In this week's episode, Will goes flying far away with Larry Walters, cruelly kills off some English kings and then strips off to his underpants with Humphrey Howarth and the Irish Earl of Barrymore! Rhys flaps about animal poaching, causes an arachnopocalypse on Guam and then goes walkies with junkyard dogs. 

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Timestamps:

[00:00] - Intro

[01:14] - Misconception Corner: Larry's Balloons 

[08:44] - Misconception Corner: Animal Poaching

[18:13] - What killed the King? - The Quiz

[39:24] - Guam's Arachnopocalypse

[53:52] - Number Time!: Pistol Underpants 

[59:06] - Number Time!: Junkyard Dogs

[1:19:07] - Outro


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Jul 19, 202201:21:09
S1E6 - World War Wonder

S1E6 - World War Wonder

 In this week's episode, Rhys falls down felling the forest, plays the 'Well that's a weird place to live' quiz and spends the rest of eternity measuring the coastline! Will get gas, has bad times in the Balkans and then insults the British Monarchy. 

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Timestamps:

[00:00] - Intro

[01:03] - Misconception Corner: Felling the Rainforest

[12:13] - Misconception Corner: WWI Weapons

[18:17] - Well that's a weird place to live - The Quiz

[38:55] - Franz Ferdinand in the Balkans

[1:02:08] - Number Time!: Measuring the Coastline

[1:13:04] - Number Time!: British Monarchy Insults 

[1:22:55] - Outro


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Jun 22, 202201:25:17
S1E5 - Splitting Heads and Cups
May 22, 202201:19:23
S1E4 - Mad About Makati

S1E4 - Mad About Makati

In this week's slightly longer episode, Rhys gets mad about Makati, somersaults around the circus, and cashes in his Kashmir. Will battles with Battle, burns down the Reichstag, and gives an ancient one-star review.

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Timestamps

[0:50] - Misconception Corner: Mad about Makati

[10:03] - Misconception Corner: Battle of Battle of Battle of Battle

[19:34] - Backflipping your way out of poverty

[36:00] - Burn Baby Burn

[56:10] - Number Time!: Messing about with goats

[1:11:19] - Number Time!: Don’t buy copper from Ea-Nasir

[1:19:45] - Outro


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May 08, 202201:21:06
S1E3 - Dude! Where's my rickshaw?

S1E3 - Dude! Where's my rickshaw?

 On this week’s show Rhys tells us about odd orbits, misgivings over the metaverse, and asks Dude, Where’s My Rickshaw? Will takes us back to Ancient Rome by getting silly over the Caesars and barmy about bathrooms, and tells the tale of Bootikins and Swifthoof.

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Timestamps:

[00:00] - Intro

[00:54] - Misconception Corner:  Caesars  

[10:04] - Misconception Corner:  Odd orbits  

[15:55] -  Bootikins and Swifthoof 

[33:59] -  Dude, Where’s My Rickshaw? 

[51:13] - Number Time! Roman bathrooms

[59:32] - Number Time!  The metaverse 

[1:15:11] - Outro


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Apr 24, 202201:16:26
S1E2 - Strictly Come Trancing

S1E2 - Strictly Come Trancing

This week Rhys tells of tornadoes, visits the (seed) bank, then dries up in Saudi Arabia, whilst Will visits the Victorians, bangs on about Beethoven, and things gets silly in Strasbourg.

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Timestamps:

[00:43] - Intro

[03:05] - Misconception Corner: Tornadoes

[10:24] - Misconception Corner: Victorians

[15:55] - A Seedy Dungeon

[33:36] - Strictly Come Trancing

[58:30] - Number Time! Saudi Arabia

[1:04:36] - Number Time! Beethoven

[1:11:10] - Outro


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Apr 10, 202201:12:25
S1E1 - This little piggy went to court
Mar 27, 202201:04:25
Pilot Episode - Lava Banana
Mar 14, 202201:04:22