Ranked #1
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
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19mins
Ranked #2
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
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29mins
Ranked #3
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
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33mins
Ranked #4
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
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30mins
Ranked #5
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
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32mins
Ranked #6
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
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30mins
Ranked #7
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
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41mins
Ranked #8
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
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49mins
Ranked #9
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
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36mins
Ranked #10
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
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29mins
Ranked #11
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
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16mins
Ranked #12
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
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14mins
Ranked #13
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
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32mins
Ranked #14
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
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29mins
Ranked #15
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
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26mins
Ranked #16
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
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34mins
Ranked #17
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
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29mins
Ranked #18
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
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38mins
Ranked #19
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
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20mins
Ranked #20
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
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22mins