Tim Pilcher artist, author, lecturer and comic book expert introduces the legend of The Hand of Glory.  Cut from the body of a hung man, and then dried and pickled The Hand of Glory was… 

Wrap your presents and get ready for Christmas with this special potty mouthed version of The Odditorium in which we explore the one word that is considered to be at the top of the swearing… 

Odditorium favourite John Higgs returns to challenge the ‘truth’ of one of the most famous pieces of art of the 20th century: Duchamp’s ‘Fountain’. Higgs presents the case that a bohemian sexual adventuress, Baroness Von… 

Dr Goode, bearded consumer psychologist, explores man’s greatest obsession and greatest insecurity. He asks why we the possession of an oversized phallus is considered such a asset, and why certain cultures and individuals are traditionally… 

Dunstan Bruce, singer for Chumbawumba, takes us on the rollercoaster ride journey that saw a group of anarcho syndicalists go from singer in squat to headlining Madison Square Garden.  Dunstan’s story is filled with humour,… 

Seventeen episodes in and all is going well. Or so we thought. David and David decide to take a holiday, Lance conscientiously prepares for the next podcast and Andrew wanders around looking confused…as per usual.… 

A composer, inventor and historian of sound and the uncanny – Sarah’s music reflects her lifelong obsession with defunct technology, faded variety acts and English folklore. In this talk she discusses the practices of training… 

Those little words that glue our language together should never be forgotten.

Do we actually believe in the future? How can think about 100, 1000 or 10,000 years in the future? How can plan for it? Writer and teachers, Rowan Dent introduces means of thinking beyond the… 

Uncovering the Nazi-space legend. Since the 1950s, In sci-fi, comics, and films, a secret Nazis space race has been a popular theme. But beyond crackpot conspiracy theories is there any evidence? David Robinson probes a… 

Mad in Love? Desperately madly in love? Affections not reciprocated? Then you are most likely suffering from limerence. Angue Mariani introduces us to the psychological state that is limerence that cause of pain, heartache and… 

Fantasy or Reality? Denizens of Hell? Nature spirits? Neuroses? Humanity has an aeon-old, love-hate relationship with these enigmatic forces. Demons have been vilified throughout history, but also worshipped. Find them wandering the pages of the… 

Galton was an eccentric genius, known as the father of both statistics and eugenics, who found time to invent the dog whistle, formulate the perfect cup of tea, discover anti-cyclones and draw up a map… 

A series of bizarre synchronicities led Daisy Campbell to stage Robert Anton Wilson’s book Cosmic Trigger last year. Here, whilst still in the process of bringing this caper together, she recounts the tale of Bob,… 

In the BBC reworking of Sherlock Holmes, starring Benedict Cummerbund and Martin Freeman, the writers have Sherlock describe himself as a ‘high functioning sociopath’. Elsewhere in the series there are mutterings of autism and Asperger’s…