Gaps In Knowledge

Today Rhys gets all docky, shippy and ropey while Will goes Raving with Rasputin, fleeing the French Revolution, and getting spooky in the States with the Winchester mystery house! Rhys talks about: Oklahoma - The Tulsa Port of Catoosa Malcolm McClean and Containerisation The Chatham Dockyard Ropery Will talks about: Rasputin Louis XVI attempt to flee France The Winchester Mystery House --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gapsinknowledge/message

Today Rhys sorts out the relationship between Greenland and Denmark, Look at the phosphate mining in Nauru and the dives into the unfathomable depth of the Mariana Trench. Will goes all normal for the first King of England, parties hard in Glastonbury then sorts out his solstice stones in Stonehenge. Rhys Links: "Epistemic geographies of climate change" by Martin Mahony and Mike Hulme. "Introduction: Postimperial sovereignty games in the Nordic region" by Rebecca Adler-Nissen and Ulrik Pram Gad. Greenland unveils draft constitution in push for complete independence from Danish control Mining, land restoration and sustainable development in isolated islands: An industrial ecology perspective on extractive transitions on Nauru Phosphate Mining on Nauru   The Story of Nauru: The "Country that Ate itself" Mariana Trench Will's Links: Alfred The Great Glastonbury Stonehenge --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gapsinknowledge/message

Today, join Rhys for Georgian wine adventures, and a deep dive into Georgetown and we play 'Georgia or Georgia?'. Then, Will unpacks Shakespeare's relevance, reflects on Gallipoli, and analyses the Titanic's failures. Rhys links: ⁠⁠Drinking Wine in Georgia ⁠Guyana hits back after 'watery wilderness' NYT article ⁠⁠Georgia or Georgia? Will links: ⁠Titanic failures ⁠Gallipoli ⁠⁠Shakespeare’s actually not that bad Want to leave us a voice message? Follow this ⁠⁠link⁠⁠. You can contact us on ⁠⁠Twitter @gapspodcast⁠⁠, or email us at gapsinknowledge@outlook.com Please send us your questions for us to answer! We would love to hear them! Timestamps Intro 00:00 Misconception Corner: Drinking Wine in Georgia 01:50 Misconception Corner: Titanic failures 10:37 Main Event: The True Georgetown 17:23 Main Event: Gallipoli 29:19 Number Time: Georgia or Georgia? 46:38 Number Time: Shakespeare’s actually not that bad 52:04 Outro: 01:05:47 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gapsinknowledge/message

In this week's episode: Rhys discusses: How rich Norway really is. VindØ - The world's first energy island in Denmark Abundant Swedish Lakes - Three-Country Cairn, Scandinavia  Will discusses: Leon Trotsky and the Ice Axe Liu Bang - The Emperor of China The Death of Julius Caesar Want to leave us a voice message? Follow this link. You can contact us on Twitter @gapspodcast, or email us at gapsinknowledge@outlook.com Please send us your questions for us to answer! We would love to hear them! Timestamps Intro: 00:00 Misconception corner: Rhys slams Norway 00:55 Misconception corner: Tickling Trotsky 09:02 Main Event: Vindøvision 14:42 Main Event: The Explosive Liu Bang 28:00 Number Time: Swimming in Sweden 39:48 Number Time: Beetroot Colander 47:45 Outro: 54:45 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gapsinknowledge/message

In this week's episode Will and Rhys go back to their original subjects.  Rhys discusses: The longest river in the USA, The Missouri. How the small Kazakhstan villages Kalachi and Krasnogorsk endured a sleeping epidemic. The impact of ice melt on sea level rise. Will discusses: The Kentucky meat shower on March 3, 1876 The Erfurt latrine disaster in 1184 The Defenestrations of Prague Want to leave us a voice message? Follow this link. You can contact us on Twitter @gapspodcast, or email us at gapsinknowledge@outlook.com  Please send us your questions for us to answer! We would love to hear them!   Timestamps:  Intro: 00:00 Misconception Corner: Raining Meat?: 01:35 Misconception Corner: USA's Longest River: 09:56 Poo Pool: 17:36 Sleepy Kazakhs: 28:29 Number Time: Czech Defenestration: 41:22 Number Time: Scary Sea Level Rise 51:34 Outro: 01:01:56 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gapsinknowledge/message

In this week's episode Will and Rhys take opposite day to its limits. Rhys does History and Will does Geography! It will surely only end in disaster... Want to leave us a voice message? Follow this link. You can contact us on Twitter @gapspodcast, or email us at gapsinknowledge@outlook.com Please send us your questions for us to answer! We would love to hear them! Timestamps: Music: 00:31 Intro: 00:51 Misconception Corner: African Alps? 04:25 MIsconception Corner: Neolithic gnashers 11:31 Psychogeography in Paris: 18:41 The World’s Hardest History Quiz: 34:40 Number Time: All Aboard the Terror: 01:06:59 Number Time: Rampaging rabbits 01:15:34 Outro: 01:22:00 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gapsinknowledge/message

In this bonus episode we look back at some of the edits that didn't make the final cut. Not that we didn't think they were good or anything! Voyeur's Motel by Gay Talese can be perused through this link - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29434763-the-voyeur-s-motelYou can contact us on Twitter @gapspodcast, or email us at gapsinknowledge@outlook.com Our new website https://gapsinknowledgepod.com/ (under construction).Please send us your questions for us to answer! We would love to hear them! You can contact us on Twitter @gapspodcast, or email us at gapsinknowledge@outlook.com Check us out on YoutTube and Facebook by searching Gaps in Knowledge Pod --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gapsinknowledge/message

In this week's episode we invite our good friend Andrew onto the podcast to convince us not to watch the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup.Andrew draws on his own experience of living and working in Qatar to explain why he will be boycotting the FIFA World Cup 2022. We discuss:Live as a migrant in QatarHuman Rights issuesEnvironmental impacts and sustainability Boycotting and Protests in German footballThe Qatar World Cup LegacyLGBTQ+ and equality Will boycotting actually make a difference? You can contact us on Twitter @gapspodcast, or email us at gapsinknowledge@outlook.com Please send us your questions for us to answer! We would love to hear them! Timestamps:[00:00] - Intro[01:30] - Part 1 -  Life as a migrant in Qatar [21:52] - Part 2 -   Human rights , Environmental impacts and sustainability  [36:39] - Part 3 - The Qatar World Cup Legacy and will boycotting make a difference? [54:41] - OutroYou can contact us on Twitter @gapspodcast, or email us at gapsinknowledge@outlook.com Check us out on YoutTube and Facebook by searching Gaps in Knowledge Pod --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gapsinknowledge/message

NOTE - This episode is very gruesome and quite disturbing; not for kids. Viewer discretion is advised.In this week's episode we go all spooky with Rhys discovering how The Isle of Man celebrates Halloween and discusses how to save the planet by smashing pumpkins. Will tricks us into using a ouija board, describes Gilles de Rais’s harrowing fall from  grace and goes extremely dark with the story of Carl Tanzler.   You can contact us on Twitter @gapspodcast, or email us at gapsinknowledge@outlook.com Please send us your questions for us to answer! We would love to hear them! Timestamps:[00:00] - Intro[01:22] - Misconception Corner: Happy hop-tu-naa![10:02] - Misconception Corner: Yes yes no no[15:44] - Pumpkin Theory i [29:36] - Gilles de Rais’s  fall from grace[44:01] - Number Time!: Pumpkin Theory ii[56:21] - Number Time!: Would you like to dance?[1:13:05] - OutroYou can contact us on Twitter @gapspodcast, or email us at gapsinknowledge@outlook.com Check us out on YoutTube and Facebook by searching Gaps in Knowledge Pod --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gapsinknowledge/message

In this week's episode we celebrate Germany's Unification Day with Rhys getting lost looking around Heligoland, discovering German dialects and discoversing the volcanos and tectonics of Germany. Will tell us everything he knows about the Wizard that is Pythagoras!  You can contact us on Twitter @gapspodcast, or email us at gapsinknowledge@outlook.com Please send us your questions for us to answer! We would love to hear them! Timestamps: [00:00] - Intro [01:30] - Misconception Corner: What came up with Pythagoras' Theory? [06:27] - Misconception Corner: How many distant island territories does Germany have?  [13:18] - Understanding Pythagoras The Wizard [41:15] - German Dialects  [1:03:50] - Number Time!: Pythagoras' Beans [1:09:42] - Number Time!: Volcanos in Germany? [1:19:03] - Outro You can contact us on Twitter @gapspodcast, or email us at gapsinknowledge@outlook.com Check us out on YoutTube and Facebook by searching Gaps in Knowledge Pod --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gapsinknowledge/message

In this week's episode, Rhys and Will have a dignified reflection on the passing of our Royal Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.  You can contact us on Twitter @gapspodcast, or email us at gapsinknowledge@outlook.com Please send us your questions for us to answer! We would love to hear them! You can contact us on Twitter @gapspodcast, or email us at gapsinknowledge@outlook.com Check us out on YoutTube and Facebook by searching Gaps in Knowledge Pod --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gapsinknowledge/message

This week Will’s on location from a Belgian chateau, talking about lieux de mémoire, the Battle of Bastogne, and why killing Hitler wouldn’t necessarily have been the best idea.We will be back to our normal format next episode!You can contact us on Twitter @gapspodcast, or email us at gapsinknowledge@outlook.com This is the chateau on AirBnB - La magie d'un chateau médiévalYou can contact us on Twitter @gapspodcast, or email us at gapsinknowledge@outlook.com Check us out on YoutTube and Facebook by searching Gaps in Knowledge Pod --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gapsinknowledge/message

In this week's episode, we go ALL GEOGRAPHY with Rhys planning an Eco-Holiday, talking with the founder of TEAP and SustyVibes Jennifer Uchendu about eco-anxiety, then find way to stop vampires sucking our power.   You can contact us on Twitter @gapspodcast, or email us at gapsinknowledge@outlook.com A huge thanks to Jennifer and the people at TEAP and SustyVibes for being part of our episode today. If you would like to find out more information, please head over to their Twitter for updates.Jennifer Uchendo TEAP (The Eco-Anxiety Project)SustyVibesPlease send us your questions for us to answer! We would love to hear them!Timestamps:[00:00] - Intro[01:17] - Misconception Corner: Eco-Tourism[10:19] - TEAP and Susty Vibes - Interview with Jennifer Uchendu[47:47] - Number Time!: Vampire Power[54:19] - Outro You can contact us on Twitter @gapspodcast, or email us at gapsinknowledge@outlook.com Check us out on YoutTube and Facebook by searching Gaps in Knowledge Pod --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gapsinknowledge/message

In this week's episode, Will goes flying far away with Larry Walters, cruelly kills off some English kings and then strips off to his underpants with Humphrey Howarth and the Irish Earl of Barrymore! Rhys flaps about animal poaching, causes an arachnopocalypse on Guam and then goes walkies with junkyard dogs.   You can contact us on Twitter @gapspodcast, or email us at gapsinknowledge@outlook.com Please send us your questions for us to answer! We would love to hear them! Timestamps: [00:00] - Intro [01:14] - Misconception Corner: Larry's Balloons  [08:44] - Misconception Corner: Animal Poaching [18:13] - What killed the King? - The Quiz [39:24] - Guam's Arachnopocalypse [53:52] - Number Time!: Pistol Underpants  [59:06] - Number Time!: Junkyard Dogs [1:19:07] - Outro You can contact us on Twitter @gapspodcast, or email us at gapsinknowledge@outlook.com Check us out on YoutTube and Facebook by searching Gaps in Knowledge Pod --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gapsinknowledge/message

 In this week's episode, Rhys falls down felling the forest, plays the 'Well that's a weird place to live' quiz and spends the rest of eternity measuring the coastline! Will get gas, has bad times in the Balkans and then insults the British Monarchy.   You can contact us on Twitter @gapspodcast, or email us at gapsinknowledge@outlook.com Please send us your questions for us to answer! We would love to hear them! Timestamps:[00:00] - Intro[01:03] - Misconception Corner: Felling the Rainforest[12:13] - Misconception Corner: WWI Weapons[18:17] - Well that's a weird place to live - The Quiz[38:55] - Franz Ferdinand in the Balkans[1:02:08] - Number Time!: Measuring the Coastline[1:13:04] - Number Time!: British Monarchy Insults [1:22:55] - OutroYou can contact us on Twitter @gapspodcast, or email us at gapsinknowledge@outlook.com Check us out on YoutTube and Facebook by searching Gaps in Knowledge Pod --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gapsinknowledge/message

In this week's episode, Rhys grimaces over globalisation, commentates on 'The Other Final' and never runs out of steam in Costa Rica! Will shrinks some heads, runs around like a headless chicken and blasts a hole in his brain.   You can contact us on Twitter @gapspodcast, or email us at gapsinknowledge@outlook.com Please send us your questions for us to answer! We would love to hear them! The Other Final Documentary - Johan Kramer of Dutch communications agency KesselsKramerTimestamps and links to further reading[1:03] - Misconception Corner: Grimacing over globalisation [10:43] - Misconception Corner: Shrinking some heads [19:29] -  Mike the headless chicken[35:19] - 'The Other Final' - Montserrat vs Bhutan (2002) [1:01:12] - Number Time!: Brain blast - Phineas Gage[1:12:10] - Number Time!: Costa Rica's renewable energy [1:18:12] - OutroYou can contact us on Twitter @gapspodcast, or email us at gapsinknowledge@outlook.com Check us out on YoutTube and Facebook by searching Gaps in Knowledge Pod --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gapsinknowledge/message

In this week's slightly longer episode, Rhys gets mad about Makati, somersaults around the circus, and cashes in his Kashmir. Will battles with Battle, burns down the Reichstag, and gives an ancient one-star review. You can contact us on Twitter @gapspodcast, or email us at gapsinknowledge@outlook.com Please send us your questions for us to answer! We would love to hear them! Timestamps[0:50] - Misconception Corner: Mad about Makati[10:03] - Misconception Corner: Battle of Battle of Battle of Battle[19:34] - Backflipping your way out of poverty[36:00] - Burn Baby Burn[56:10] - Number Time!: Messing about with goats[1:11:19] - Number Time!: Don’t buy copper from Ea-Nasir[1:19:45] - OutroYou can contact us on Twitter @gapspodcast, or email us at gapsinknowledge@outlook.com Check us out on YoutTube and Facebook by searching Gaps in Knowledge Pod --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gapsinknowledge/message

 On this week’s show Rhys tells us about odd orbits, misgivings over the metaverse, and asks Dude, Where’s My Rickshaw? Will takes us back to Ancient Rome by getting silly over the Caesars and barmy about bathrooms, and tells the tale of Bootikins and Swifthoof.You can contact us on Twitter @gapspodcast, or email us at gapsinknowledge@outlook.comTimestamps:[00:00] - Intro[00:54] - Misconception Corner:  Caesars  [10:04] - Misconception Corner:  Odd orbits  [15:55] -  Bootikins and Swifthoof [33:59] -  Dude, Where’s My Rickshaw? [51:13] - Number Time! Roman bathrooms[59:32] - Number Time!  The metaverse [1:15:11] - OutroYou can contact us on Twitter @gapspodcast, or email us at gapsinknowledge@outlook.com Check us out on YoutTube and Facebook by searching Gaps in Knowledge Pod --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gapsinknowledge/message

This week Rhys tells of tornadoes, visits the (seed) bank, then dries up in Saudi Arabia, whilst Will visits the Victorians, bangs on about Beethoven, and things gets silly in Strasbourg.You can contact us on Twitter @gapspodcast, or email us at gapsinknowledge@outlook.com.Timestamps:[00:43] - Intro[03:05] - Misconception Corner: Tornadoes[10:24] - Misconception Corner: Victorians[15:55] - A Seedy Dungeon[33:36] - Strictly Come Trancing[58:30] - Number Time! Saudi Arabia[1:04:36] - Number Time! Beethoven[1:11:10] - OutroYou can contact us on Twitter @gapspodcast, or email us at gapsinknowledge@outlook.com Check us out on YoutTube and Facebook by searching Gaps in Knowledge Pod --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gapsinknowledge/message

This week on Gaps in Knowledge, Rhys tells of Tuvalu, describes deserts, and gives everyone a new phobia of rivers, whilst Will gets all colourful over Homer, vexed about Vikings, and hams it up with the French. You can contact us on Twitter @gapspodcast, or email us at gapsinknowledge@outlook.comYou can contact us on Twitter @gapspodcast, or email us at gapsinknowledge@outlook.com Check us out on YoutTube and Facebook by searching Gaps in Knowledge Pod --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gapsinknowledge/message