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Date Fight!

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A new podcast for every day of the year, in which we present our most cogent, reasoned, and occasionally shouty arguments to decide what each date should be best remembered for. Every episode features fun historical facts, a vote on the winner, and tearful recriminations.
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Episodes

S1 Ep243: 4th July: Thomas Jefferson v Lewis Carroll

How creepy is Alice in Wonderland? Whose signature on the Declaration of Independence is the biggest? Who is the earthquake of eroticism? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley & Helen Lederer find out in today's Date Fight!

Jul 04, 202013 minSeason 1Ep. 243

S1 Ep242: 3rd July: The Popes v the Great Auks

What is the comfiest bird? Who was the world's biggest miser? How did Lembit Opik fall in love? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley & Helen Lederer find out in today's Date Fight!

Jul 02, 202014 minSeason 1Ep. 242

S1 Ep241: 2nd July: Florence Nightingale v Mary Seacole

Who went to the most boring lecture in early twentieth century Germany? Which heavy metal frontman is also a qualified pilot? How many times more likely are you to get stopped-and-searched if you make the mistake of being non-white in Dorset? Jake Yapp & Nathaniel Tapley & Helen Lederer find out in today's Date Fight!

Jul 01, 202013 minSeason 1Ep. 241

S1 Ep240: 1st July: Boots Poffenburger v Mollie Sugden

What is the breakfast of champions? How many subjects did Luther Vandross cover in his songs? Who was the first female film director? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley & Helen Lederer find out in today's Date Fight!

Jun 30, 202010 minSeason 1Ep. 240

S1 Ep239: 30th June: Harry Blackstone Jr v Mike Tyson

Who suffered from intermittent pain in their side? Who beat the Pinkertons? How hot should bile be? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley & Helen Lederer findout in today's Date Fight.

Jun 29, 202015 minSeason 1Ep. 239

S1 Ep237: 28th June: Kathy Bates v Elon Musk

Which instrument maker had the most childhood accidents? What is Miss Mitchell's Comet better known as? Who was the Baron of Arizona? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley & Helen Lederer find out in today's Date Fight!

Jun 27, 202015 minSeason 1Ep. 237

S1 Ep236: 27th June: Cornish pasties v Catherine Cookson

Why did Natt let that Longbottom slip through his fingers? Where was the Sikh empire? Why does Tessa hate the Moomins? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley & Dr Tessa Dunlop find out in today's Date Fight!

Jun 27, 202018 minSeason 1Ep. 236

S1 Ep235: 26th June: Lavrentiy Beria v Richard Whiteley

What did Jake do in Richard Whiteley's bedroom? Who likes a rusty can of Boddington's? How low can Natt talk? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley & Tessa Dunlop find out in today's Date Fight!

Jun 25, 202013 minSeason 1Ep. 235

S1 Ep234: 25th June: Sonja Sotamajor v General Custer

Who is custard named after? What should you definitely not put on your eyelashes? Who designed the rainbow flag? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley & Tessa Dunlop find out in today's Date Fight!

Jun 24, 202014 minSeason 1Ep. 234

S1 Ep233: 24th June: Glenn Medeiros v Lucrezia Borgia

Who wrote about a wrinkly bottom? Who was the world's worst peace activist? What was the Banquet of the Chestnuts? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley & Tessa Dunlop find out in today's Date Fight!

Jun 23, 202013 minSeason 1Ep. 233

S1 Ep232: 23rd June: Edward VIII v Ganesha

Who was become death? Where does the word Cajun come from? Who wishes they didn't have Gibraltar? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley & Tessa Dunlop find out in today's Date Fight!

Jun 22, 202015 minSeason 1Ep. 232

S1 Ep231: 22nd June: Simon Cowell v Judy Garland

Whose career was over before everyone else's had barely begun? Who speaks too high? Will Natt rant about Enoch Powell again? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley & Tessa Dunlop find out in today's Date Fight!

Jun 21, 202017 minSeason 1Ep. 231

S1 Ep229: 20th June: Pirates v Famine

Who is responsible for keeping the ashtrays in the White House clean? Who's the CEO of Murder Inc? Where is Baltimore? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley & Julia Raeside find out in today's Date Fight!

Jun 19, 202011 minSeason 1Ep. 229

S1 Ep228: 19th June: Christopher HItchens v Terry Wogan

What was on telly 36 years ago? What sign does Julia have in her kitchen? Where was Piers Gaveston's head cut off? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley & Julia Raeside find out in today's Date Fight!

Jun 18, 202010 minSeason 1Ep. 228

S1 Ep227: 18th June: Charles de Gaulle v Amelia Earhardt

Where is Perdu University? Who was buried in their wedding dress because they felt that their wedding was the last day of their life? Which Scottish Antiburgher wrote Stayin' Alive? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley & Julia Raeside find out in today's Date Fight!

Jun 17, 202010 minSeason 1Ep. 227

S1 Ep225: 16th June: James Joyce v Enoch Powell

Who has the record for most elections lost? How many reasons are there to be a vegetarian? Will Jake ever ask the question? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley & Julia Raeside find out in today's Date Fight!

Jun 15, 202010 minSeason 1Ep. 225

S1 Ep224: 15th June: Nellie Melba v Chris Morris

Who chose between necklaces and a nunnery? Whose name looks like Ray MacAnally's? Whose microphone was made from a cigar box? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley & Julia Raeside find out in today's Date Fight!

Jun 15, 20208 minSeason 1Ep. 224

S1 Ep221: 12th June: Medgar Evers v Billy Butlin

Did the Boer War inspire holiday camps? Who won Olympic gold and was convicted of a murder? Who was the voice of Penelope Pitstop? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley & Athena Kugblenu find out in today's Date Fight!

Jun 11, 20208 minSeason 1Ep. 221

S1 Ep220: 11 June: Horatio Nelson v George I

Which British monarch had their remains bombed by the British? Which metal shouldn't you make cars out of? What did Toyota make before cars? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley & Athena Kugblenu find out in today's Date Fight!

Jun 10, 202010 minSeason 1Ep. 220

S1 Ep219: 10th June: Prince Philip v Hattie McDaniel

Whose mute looks like a pepper pot? Who was banned from Spain in 1492? Just how violent did Alexander the Great want to be? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley & Athena Kugblenu find out in today's Date Fight!

Jun 09, 20209 minSeason 1Ep. 219

S1 Ep218: 9th June: Margaret Thatcher v Joe McCarthy

What would the world be like if the internet were any good? Who forged whose signature to get a pass for the Senate Baths? What were the seven Rockefeller sisters called? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley & Athena Kugblenu find out in today's Date Fight!

Jun 08, 202015 minSeason 1Ep. 218

S1 Ep217: 8th June: Kanye West v Shilpa Shetty

Is anyone interested in Richard le Scrope? Why would Jake choose the Pitcairn Islands? Can you just not be British while you do horrible things? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley & Athena Kugblenu find out in today's Date Fight!

Jun 07, 202015 minSeason 1Ep. 217

S1 Ep216: 7th June: Benito Mussolini v Bear Grylls

Which explorer's father was a disgraced MP? Who was Pope Pius XI's favourite fascist dictator? Who is the most exciting Aelfthryth? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley & Athena Kugblenu find out in today's Date Fight!

Jun 06, 202011 minSeason 1Ep. 216

S1 Ep215: 6th June: John Paul Getty v Anne Bancroft

Who would only pay a tax deductible ransom? What part of Daniel Radcliffe's body did Lizzie Roper see? Has Lizzie's guesting descended to the lowest possible level? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley & Lizzie Roper find out in today's Date Fight!

Jun 05, 202016 minSeason 1Ep. 215

S1 Ep214: 5th June: Christine Keeler v Field Marshall Haig

Who was on all those posters in the First World War? How did Mel Torme write The Christmas Song? Who invented cryptography? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley & Lizzie Roper find out in today's Date Fight!

Jun 04, 202016 minSeason 1Ep. 214
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