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The Z List Dead List

Will you be remembered after you're dead? The Z List Dead List, a podcast about obscure people from History, hosted by Iszi Lawrence.

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S10 E9 A F*!#ing Genius with Irving Finkel

S10 E9 A F*!#ing Genius with Irving Finkel

Think you're clever? Maybe you are: but are you a GENIUS? Irving Finkel doubts it. There is only one man this curator gi... Read more

16 May 2018

19mins

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S07E1 Victorian Jokes

S07E1 Victorian Jokes

We are not amused... or are we? If you like you puns this is the episode for you. Find out about the popular jokes of th... Read more

25 May 2016

29mins

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S07E5 The Better Boudicca

S07E5 The Better Boudicca

How do you pronounce Boudicca? Doesn't matter, she wasn't as crafty as the other Queen ruling at the same time. Who got ... Read more

9 Aug 2016

33mins

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S03E5 The Devil's Library

S03E5 The Devil's Library

Anna Savory is cursed. The curse has already claimed her father and grandmother. Now she delves into the pages of the De... Read more

12 Mar 2015

30mins

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S03E4 They're watching you

S03E4 They're watching you

S04E3 They're Watching YouThe Z List Dead List is a podcast about obscure people from History. Created by Iszi Lawrence ... Read more

5 Mar 2015

32mins

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S07E3 Intellectual Property Wrongs

S07E3 Intellectual Property Wrongs

Ever get annoyed someone stole your idea? What if no one found out about it until decades after you died? This is a stor... Read more

22 Jun 2016

30mins

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S09E4 The Witch of UCL

S09E4 The Witch of UCL

Who really won the first world war? The Z List Dead List Halloweeeeen episode usually features a witch, and this episode... Read more

23 Oct 2017

41mins

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S11 E12 The Donald Trump of Ancient Greece

S11 E12 The Donald Trump of Ancient Greece

The odds are never a problem if you own half the racers. This is a story of a populist who brought down his own people. ... Read more

11 Jun 2019

49mins

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S09E1 Broads Abroad

S09E1 Broads Abroad

Which intrepid spinster was best buddies with Rudyard Kipling and fought off hungry leopards? Which woman judo chopped a... Read more

26 Jul 2017

36mins

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S08 E3 Greeks On The Moon

S08 E3 Greeks On The Moon

Natalie Haynes loves her Greek on the attic side of difficulty, she asks the audience of the British Museum 'when did ma... Read more

22 Feb 2017

29mins

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S10E07 The Mind Behind Einstein with Michael Conterio

S10E07 The Mind Behind Einstein with Michael Conterio

the most important woman in the history of mathematics... possibly the most important PERSON. So why have you never hear... Read more

4 Apr 2018

16mins

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S11E03 Tough As Old Boots with Alice Fraser

S11E03 Tough As Old Boots with Alice Fraser

How do 6 stolen boots, a snake and drawing lots result in a man being eaten? Welcome to the horrible tale of Alexander P... Read more

1 Aug 2018

14mins

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S11 E11 The Infinite Baker Kage

S11 E11 The Infinite Baker Kage

Accidentally predicting the future in her sci fi novels, Kage Baker's books set alight to the dork celebrator extraordin... Read more

8 May 2019

32mins

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S08E6 Sunken Treasure

S08E6 Sunken Treasure

Fancy a change of career? Zoe Lyons has a suggestion. How about digging a trench in your garden, filling it with water a... Read more

24 May 2017

29mins

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S10E6 Ferguson's Gang with Lucy Porter

S10E6 Ferguson's Gang with Lucy Porter

Peggy Pollard's life sounds so made up its ridiculous... borne to the upper classes, a genius scholar, criminally minded... Read more

15 Mar 2018

26mins

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S08E2 Sex God

S08E2 Sex God

The title of Sex God gets bandied around quite a bit these days, as Carrie Quinlain knows all too well. But there can on... Read more

19 Jan 2017

34mins

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S04E1 Typecast

S04E1 Typecast

Who was Huey Long and how did Tigger save lives? Getting to know people from history is tricky, particularly when heroes... Read more

13 May 2015

29mins

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S11 E13 Troy Story - Heroes Gods and Amazons!

S11 E13 Troy Story - Heroes Gods and Amazons!

What does it take to be a hero? Nowadays rescuing others, not being a coward, or just standing up for you principles see... Read more

18 Jul 2019

38mins

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S10E01 Drinking From Skulls With Paul Sinha

S10E01 Drinking From Skulls With Paul Sinha

2018 brings a new format to the Z List Dead List - the regular episode will appear as usual (usually the third thursday ... Read more

7 Jan 2018

20mins

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S11E01 What are you Like? with Mitch Benn

S11E01 What are you Like? with Mitch Benn

Wilhelm Reich was an esteemed psychoanalyst who studied with Freud in the 1920s. So why was he deliberately written out ... Read more

13 Jun 2018

22mins

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