Tell, Don't Show

In our third Dumpling (that's somehow bigger than a normal episode but don't worry about it), we talk about the fantastic experience that was our Warhammer Fest four-day weekend! Food, Games, Queues, and more!

What a surprise, an autistic couple are infodumping about their shared love of Warhammer! Join hosts Kate and Ryan as they talk about the two big community campaigns from the early 2000s, and about the very unlucky Space Marine chapter, the Lamenters! Be sure to rate us and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts, follow us on Instagram (@tell_dont_show), and write to us with your strange facts, interesting topics, or obscure tales (telldontshowpodcast@gmail.com). 

After hibernating through the cold of February, Katie and Ryan return to talk/ramble vaguely coherently about coffee and the 1980s deathtrap/amusement park, Action Park! Be sure to rate us and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts, follow us on Instagram (@tell_dont_show), and write to us with your strange facts, interesting topics, or obscure tales (telldontshowpodcast@gmail.com). 

It was Ryan's birthday recently! Keeping in our birthday fashion, this episode was based on both of his names, leading to us talking about the various towns named Ryan in the USA, and about the incredible figure of David 'Tiger' Roche! Be sure to rate us and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts, follow us on Instagram (@tell_dont_show), and write to us with your strange facts, interesting topics, or obscure tales (telldontshowpodcast@gmail.com). We also have a subreddit (/r/telldontshow_podcast)!

Happy Holidays! We're caught up in the Christmas spirit on this episode of Tell, Don't Show! First, we learn of the wonderful Icelandic myth of the Yule Lads, before we learn about the parents of these aforementioned lads, their monstrous pet cat, the classic Krampus, and the Greek Christmas Goblins, the Kallikantzaroi! Be sure to rate us and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts, follow us on Instagram (@tell_dont_show), and write to us with your strange facts, interesting topics, or obscure tales (telldontshowpodcast@gmail.com). Also, follow us on Twitch at (twitch.tv/telldontshow)!

It's the taint episode, because it taint Halloween and it taint Christmas! We have another "exciting" installment of Year-Eka, where we look at the hallmark year of 1607. Then, Katie tells us about the history of blackened teeth, and how it's only historically a bad thing for Europeans! Be sure to rate us and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts, follow us on Instagram (@tell_dont_show), and write to us with your strange facts, interesting topics, or obscure tales (telldontshowpodcast@gmail.com). Also, follow us on Twitch at (twitch.tv/telldontshow)!

In what is no doubt the SPOOKIEST podcast episode of the year, Katie and Ryan discuss the origins and evolution of Jack O'Lanterns, Wills-o'-the-Wisp, and Trick or Treating. Then, we learn about the history of Vampires, and the many strange and exciting varieties of Vampire found all over the globe! And just to make the episode even spookier, they decided to be sick whilst recording! Nothing's spookier than a mild cold! Be sure to rate us and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts, follow us on Instagram (@tell_dont_show), and write to us with your strange facts, interesting topics, or obscure tales (telldontshowpodcast@gmail.com). Also, follow us on Twitch at (twitch.tv/telldontshow)!

IMPORTANT NOTICE: If you are reading this around the time of release, we will be livestreaming various PS1-inspired horror games throughout the month of October! Go to twitch.tv/telldontshow every Sunday at 7:30 BST if you're interested! We've never streamed before so it's sure to be a train wreck, but hopefully an amusing one! It's still September, this counts as the September episode! In this (definitely not delayed) instalment, we continue our apparently recurring segment "Year-Eka!" by talking about the Year 363 CE, and what a year it was! Then, we talk about just a small fraction of the countless Dumplings that can be found all across the world, from Suet Dumplings to Pierogi to Mandu and more! Be sure to rate us and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts, follow us on Instagram (@tell_dont_show), and write to us with your strange facts, interesting topics, or obscure tales (telldontshowpodcast@gmail.com). Also, follow us on Twitch at (twitch.tv/telldontshow)!

Our second Dumpling is out, and WOW is it late! Regardless, we talk about a series of Warhammer 40,000 comedy-military novels by Sandy Mitchell- the Ciaphas Cain series! The books are great, and hopefully this episode explains why. Expect a full Infodump in the next few days also!

Not only is this episode later than usual, it's also much shorter! First, we discuss the rodent that is not a rodent, the Hyrax, before we give a definitive rundown of the Year 1 CE in a new recurring segment, Year-eka! It's an absolute mess of a segment, I'm very proud. Be sure to rate us and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts, follow us on Instagram (@tell_dont_show), and write to us with your strange facts, interesting topics, or obscure tales (telldontshowpodcast@gmail.com).

The first long-overdue Dumpling is here! Dumplings are mini-episodes (minisodes?) or interstitial episodes (intersodes?) that focus on things we want to talk about, but can't really fit into the format of the regular Infodumps. They are smaller infodumps, so they are infodumplings, or just Dumplings. This inaugural Dumpling focuses on our annual tradition of "Wacky Willy the Whale's Wild Ride", a game wherein we use dice to randomly build a sandwich and then compete to see who can force down the inevitable abomination we've created! After two years of losses, can Ryan finally at least force a tie?

Happy 10th Episode! We don't mention that once in the podcast, but don't mind that. Instead, we first learn about the thousands of years of history behind board games, and then discuss the corrupt Thief-Taker General of England, Johnathan Wild! Be sure to rate us and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts, follow us on Instagram (@tell_dont_show), and write to us with your strange facts, interesting topics, or obscure tales (telldontshowpodcast@gmail.com). We also now have a subreddit (/r/telldontshow_podcast)!

It was Katie's birthday recently! As a result, we chose to do an episode based on her name, resulting in a discussion of esteemed mathematician and icon of empowerment Katherine Johnson, AND of Saint Hilda of Whitby and her famous Abbey, on this ninth episode of "TELL, DON'T SHOW". Be sure to rate us and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts, follow us on Instagram (@tell_dont_show), and write to us with your strange facts, interesting topics, or obscure tales (telldontshowpodcast@gmail.com). We also have a subreddit (/r/telldontshow_podcast)!

In this SPECIAL 1-YEAR ANNIVERSARY of Tell Don't Show (8 Episodes in a year, oh dear), Ryan gushes over the Korean writing system, Hangul, and Katie explores the history of the actual first American to reach the north pole (sorry Peary), Matthew Henson. Be sure to rate us and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts, follow us on Instagram (@tell_dont_show), and write to us with your strange facts, interesting topics, or obscure tales (telldontshowpodcast@gmail.com). Thanks for listening!

In this episode of Tell Don't Show (which was supposed to release in April, oops) Katie talks about a man who made his fortune sewing goat testicles into people, and yet actually made important contributions to radio, somehow- John R. Brinkley. Then, Ryan goes on an hour long ramble about the ridiculous main storyline for Call of Duty Zombies... for some reason. We recorded it twice, and the first time it took him two and a half hours, so be thankful it's this short.  Be sure to rate us and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts, follow us on Instagram (@tell_dont_show), and write to us with your strange facts, interesting topics, or obscure tales (telldontshowpodcast@gmail.com). Thanks for listening!

In this LOST EPISODE originally recorded in June 2021 (before we got bored of editing a podcast for a while) we discuss Real-Life Superheroes the world over, before briefly discussing that one time in Panama when an American stole a slice of watermelon and sparked an international incident. Be sure to rate us and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts, follow us on Instagram (@tell_dont_show), and write to us with your strange facts, interesting topics, or obscure tales (telldontshowpodcast@gmail.com).

Two classic historical characters are discussed in this fifth episode of "TELL, DON'T SHOW". First, we discuss the absolute luck and lunacy of the self-appointed Lord Timothy Dexter of Massachusetts, before moving on to discuss the man behind the oldest known written complain in history, the infamous Ea-Nasir. Be sure to rate us and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts, follow us on Instagram (@tell_dont_show), and write to us with your strange facts, interesting topics, or obscure tales (telldontshowpodcast@gmail.com). We also now have a subreddit (/r/telldontshow_podcast)! CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains a brief reference to spousal abuse no longer than a few seconds.

For our fourth episode of "TELL, DON'T SHOW", Ryan gets a little bit carried away with his research on the history of methamphetamine, whilst Katie gets sucked down the existential rabbit-hole of learning about everyone's favourite immortal rodents, Naked Mole Rats. Be sure to rate us and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts, follow us on Instagram (@tell_dont_show), and write to us with your strange facts, interesting topics, or obscure tales (telldontshowpodcast@gmail.com).  CONTENT WARNING: This podcast contains a long description of methamphetamines and, as a result, long talks about the effects of drugs and drug addiction.

On this third episode of "TELL, DON'T SHOW", we discuss the incredible eccentricity of Turkmenistan's late, not-so-great dictator, the Turkmenbasy Saparmurat Niyazov, before shifting the conversation to something a little more light-hearted: the time a US Navy Officer abused an AI so terribly that it could feel nothing but pain, prompting severe online backlash. Be sure to rate us and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts, follow us on Instagram (@tell_dont_show), and write to us with your strange facts, interesting topics, or obscure tales (telldontshowpodcast@gmail.com). Credit goes to u/SplurgyA for their research and amazing write-up on r/HobbyDrama regarding the AntiNorn story. CONTENT WARNING: This podcast contains descriptions of violence against a creature described like a child. This creature is part of a video game, but nonetheless descriptions of what was done to them may be upsetting.

On our second episode of "TELL, DON'T SHOW", we first talk about the absolutely insane life story of Adam Sandler (not THAT Adam Sandler), the Anti-Semitic Evil Elmo of New York City, a tale which includes everything from racism to blackmailing Girl Scouts to illegal Cambodian porn sites. We also uncover the somewhat comedic, somewhat tragic story of Mary Toft, a newly-wed woman in early 18th Century England whose propensity for birthing dead rabbit parts confounded the King's greatest medical advisors. Be sure to rate us and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts, follow us on Instagram (@tell_dont_show), and write to us with your strange facts, interesting topics, or obscure tales (telldontshowpodcast@gmail.com).   CONTENT WARNING: This podcast contains brief discussions of sexual assault, exploitation, and potentially animal cruelty.