Brain Bubblegum

In this episode, the Brain Bubblegum crew look at 10 times the Olympics were insane, hilarious or downright stupid.From the Ancient Olympics, to Paris 2024, we pick over some of the weirder events that have happened at or around the Olympics.Fair warning - there will be olive oil, sweat, blood, hormones, and lots of feathers - some of them a little bit burnt.

Today, we think nothing of grabbing a delicious cheap pineapple from our local supermarket shelves any time the mood strikes us. But go back a few hundred years and you better make sure you have a decent credit limit on that 17th century equivalent of your Black Amex! In this episode, the Brain Bubblegum crew chews over the fascinating origins of pineapples. From an object of wealth and extravagance, to a symbol of hospitality, to an… erm, symbol of your willingness to share… well, everything, the humble pineapple is anything but.Just… don't put that pineapple in your shopping trolley's top basket.

Ah, Iceland - the land of fire and ice. And expensive beer, disgusting food, rampant elves, books galore, and babies sleeping outside in sub-zero temperatures. And where there's a very real danger you might find yourself getting intimate with a relative if you're not careful! In this episode Scott, Craig and Simone share the 10 coolest facts they learned about Iceland. Despite the weird, it's still at the top of our list of places to visit.

You might regularly choose to dine at the Golden Arches, but how much do you really know about your favourite fast food restaurant? Simone, Scott and Craig deep fry 10 crispy truth nuggets about McDonalds that will blow your mind! And maybe even make you laugh like a certain corporate clown mascot.

Where do we get our days of the week from? Who named them and who decided their order in the week? And just why did we go with seven days rather than the far more rounded 10 day week?In this ‘gumdrop’ episode, Craig takes you back 4,200 years to where it all began - with those overachieving Babylonians.

Who doesn’t love a good prank? In this episode Simone, Scott and Craig rank the top 10 epic pranks of all time, based on level of commitment, originality, brazenness, humour, whimsicality and lasting impact on culture. How scientific! Or not…

Whether it's a dramatic police shootout, saving a life on the operating table, or the action hero proving that it'll take more than a few bullet wounds to stop justice, Hollywood drama is thrilling to say the least. But if you followed all the medical advice on TV and in movies, you might not live very long. In this episode we bust down 10 of Hollywood's favourite medical plot points which are... well... not such a great idea in reality.

In this episode, the Brain Bubblegum crew share some of the finest examples of crime not paying for these special criminals, who were ‘hoist by their own petard’. So lean back, grab a six-pack of your cheapest beer and embrace the dumb.

In this Gumdrop, we’re talking pants. So where do our various types of pants come from? Well, hold on to your jeans, chinos, jodhpurs, corduroys, dungarees and Capri pants, we’ll stitch you up real good.

In this episode, we chew over 'Mondegreens' - or misheard song lyrics. Why do we mishear song lyrics, what's going on inside our heads, and what are some of the funniest examples we've stumbled across? And can we blame it all on Lorraine? We finish off with a seriously interesting listener fact from Dave. Spotify playlist of all songs we mention or mangle: https://open.spotify.com/user/1254007698/playlist/6qXUxWn6ipwOTxfbSstDQH?si=lj6Dtdh0SE2OAGAdI3-9DQ

Introducing the first Brain Bubblegum ‘Gumdrop’ - a short, bite-size episode format that chews over ‘where stuff comes from’. For our first gumdrop episode, I think it’s appropriate that we ruminate over the origins of … well, gumdrops!

In our very first episode, we chew over the origins of bubblegum, starting with the Pre-Chicle era, the Chicle era, the Wrigley era, and finally the Bubblegum era. We cover a few fun facts about chewing gum and bubblegum, finishing with our listener fact - from Paul.