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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 Ep360: 1st November: Samuel Gregory v Yma Sumac

Who should look at ladies' undercarriages? How many Prime Ministers should have been assassinated? What is the best singer names after a condiment? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley & Lizzie Roper find out in today's Date Fight!

Nov 01, 202014 minSeason 1Ep. 360

S1 Ep359: 31st October: Gutzon Borglum v Studs Terkel

How many faces should there be on Mount Rushmore? What is the best name? Why does this all sound vaguely familiar? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley & Lizzie Roper find out in today's Date Fight!

Oct 31, 202015 minSeason 1Ep. 359

S1 Ep358: 30th October: Nat Turner v Sarah Greene

What does Lizzie have against Paul Daniels? And Sarah Greene? And Orson Welles? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley & Lizzie Roper find out in today's Date Fight!

Oct 30, 202012 minSeason 1Ep. 358

S1 Ep357: 29th October: Sir Walter Raleigh v Fanny Brice

What is the joke about the Kennedy White House and the chimp habitats? Who is America's Doyenne of Decorum? How many carats was the Star of India? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley & Lizzie Roper find out in today's Date Fight!

Oct 29, 202015 minSeason 1Ep. 357

S1 Ep354: 26th October: Aethelwald v Carlo Collodi

Does anyone read these? Does it make any difference? Really, who cares? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley & Lizzie Roper don't find out because no one knows anything and what's the poi

Oct 26, 202015 minSeason 1Ep. 354

S1 Ep353: 25th October: Ramsay Macdonald v Bob Geldof

Can you swap Dairylea Lunchables for MDMA? What are the best colour of trousers? Who was the Naziest radio presenter in the 1930s? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley & Lizzie Roper find out in today's Date Fight!

Oct 25, 202015 minSeason 1Ep. 353

S1 Ep352: 24th October: Queen Anne v Anita Roddick

Who can be seen on Youtube swelling up "like a water bottle"? What makes up Great Britain? Why didn't Charlie Chaplin like the first of the month? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley & Lizzie Roper find out in today's Date Fight!

Oct 24, 202016 minSeason 1Ep. 352

S1 Ep349: 21st October: Nelson v Samuel Taylor Coleridge

What was the best dog at the Battle of Trafalgar? Who did all the good cement? Is this just a podcast about dog poo now? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley & Lizzie Roper find out in today's Date Fight!

Oct 20, 202014 minSeason 1Ep. 349

S1 Ep348: 20th October: Dalton Trumbo v Mrs Mangel

When was the best period of Neighbours? Does anyone remember when Lucy lost her eyesight but pretended not to be able to see when her dad (Jim) was going to split up with his doctor girlfriend? And when Mike killed Bouncer? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley & Lizzie Roper find out in today's Date Fight!

Oct 19, 202013 minSeason 1Ep. 348

S1 Ep347: 19th October: Hitler v bacteria

What's the worst year for Bordeaux? How many years did the Hundred Years' War last? Which French king thought he was made of glass? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley & Lizzie Roper find out in today's Date Fight!

Oct 18, 202013 minSeason 1Ep. 347

S1 Ep345: 17th October: Jake Yapp v Joan Hickson

Where is Natt? How many people lived in London in 1091? What does OPEC stand for? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley & Lizzie Roper find out in today's Date Fight.

Oct 17, 202016 minSeason 1Ep. 345

S1 Ep344: 16th October: Augusto Pinochet v Liam Neeson

What did Mrs Thatcher send Augusto Pinochet when he was unfortunate enough to be arrested for crimes against humanity? Who fibbed about being an excellent hangman? How do you carve a stone giant's winky? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley & Lizzie Roper find out in today's Date Fight!

Oct 15, 202017 minSeason 1Ep. 344

S1 Ep343: 15th October: Herman Goering v Mel Blanc

Who invented the oral contraceptive? Who ruined their parents' 25th wedding anniversary party by shooting themselves? What is FORTRAN short for? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley & Lizzie Roper find out in today's Date Fight!

Oct 14, 202013 minSeason 1Ep. 343

S1 Ep342: 14th October: James II v Rolf Harris

Can we put today's podcast out? Where did the 14th October 1582 go? Who is the best Prince? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley & Lizzie Roper find out in today's Date Fight!

Oct 14, 202015 minSeason 1Ep. 342

S1 Ep341: 13th October: Keir Hardie v Nana Mouskouri

Who was helping Sylvia Pankhurst insert? What was the first thing a woman said in the Houses of Parliament? How much of an abbey Westminster Abbey? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley & Lizzie Roper find out in today's Date Fight!

Oct 12, 202013 minSeason 1Ep. 341

S1 Ep340: Edith Cavell v Everyone

How many people should there be in the world?How do you smuggle out a soldier? Can you wish that someone takes their own life? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley & Lizzie Roper find out in today's Date Fight!

Oct 11, 202010 minSeason 1Ep. 340

S1 Ep340: 11th October: King John v Eleanor Roosevelt

What should you do with pigs that are too fat to eat? How long was the first spacewalk? Who was the giggliest king? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley & Lizzie Roper find out in today's Date Fight!

Oct 10, 202011 minSeason 1Ep. 340

S1 Ep340: 10th October: Mrs O'Leary's cow v Edith Piaf

How many Windscales make up a Chernobyl? Does Edith Piaf regrette being dead? What's Matthew Pinsent got to do with anything? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley & Lizzie Roper find out in today's Date Fight!

Oct 09, 202014 minSeason 1Ep. 340

S1 Ep338: 8th October: Mr Buboes v Ardal O'Hanlan

Who was married to Mrs Goitre? Who branded their Willy? Who built a human cyclopede? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley & Lizzie Roper find out in today's Date Fight!

Oct 08, 202011 minSeason 1Ep. 338

S1 Ep337: 7th October: Leon Gambetta v Edgar Allan Poe

Why are all the worst people born today? How did Leon Gambetta escape the Prussian siege of Paris? Who's the best French pirate? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley & Lizzie Roper find out in today's Date Fight!

Oct 06, 202015 minSeason 1Ep. 337

S1 Ep336: 6th October: Queen Victoria v

Who is more generous than Queen Victoria? Is there anything worse than Hotmail? Who travelled 960 miles in 1777? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley & Lizzie Roper find out in today's Date Fight!

Oct 05, 202011 minSeason 1Ep. 336

S1 Ep335: 5th October: Louis the Pious v Timothy Treadwell

Who almost got the part of Woody in Cheers? Where does the phrase 'fifth column' come from? What did Louis the Pious do? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley & Lizzie Roper find out in today's Date Fight!

Oct 05, 202013 minSeason 1Ep. 335

S1 Ep334: 4th October: Arthur Conan-Doyle v You, The Listener

How do you get to be a presenter on Date Fight? Have the team organised the cake-orgies? Who's got the best Danny Dyer stories? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley & Lizzie Roper find out in today's Date Fight!

Oct 04, 202020 minSeason 1Ep. 334

S1 Ep333: 3rd October: Vercengetorix v James Herriott

How long do you get for aggravated assault? Where is Shep buried? Where did Gaul surrender to the Romans? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley & Lizzie Roper find out in today's Date Fight!

Oct 03, 202014 minSeason 1Ep. 333
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