S2 Ep17: 1st December: Charlemagne v Pope Adrian
Who should be allowed to be Pope? What is an Oath of Purgation? Who is better than Sherlock Holmes? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley find out in today's Date Fight!
Dec 01, 2020•21 min•Season 2Ep. 17
Date Fight!
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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S2 Ep16: 30th November: Thomas Jefferson v G Gordon Liddy
How many people spent a penny when it first became possible? What could happen in a monkey closet? Can Jake take the lead? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley find out in today's Date Fight!
Nov 30, 2020•16 min•Season 2Ep. 16
S2 Ep16: 29th November: Nathaniel Tapley v Erwin Schrödinger
Should you open Schrödinger's cat's box? Is India more significant than a hypothetical cat? Did the Nazis pay repeat fees? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley find out in today's Date Fight!
Nov 29, 2020•13 min•Season 2Ep. 16
S2 Ep16: 28th November: Isaac Newton v John Bunyan
How did the Royal Academy invent science? Who invented Boyle's Law? Who was imprisoned not far from Jake's house? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley find out in today's Date Fight!
Nov 28, 2020•13 min•Season 2Ep. 16
S2 Ep16: 27th November: Anders Celsius v Alexander Dubçek
What is the equivalent of No Points Each? What was in the first Macy's Day Parade? What killed Ragamuffin Day? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley find out in today's Date Fight!
Nov 27, 2020•12 min•Season 2Ep. 16
S2 Ep15: 26th November: Stephen Hopkins v Colley Cibber
Which of Natt's ancestors was the most cowardly? Why shouldn't you call your child Oceanus? Who was the worst Cibber? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley find out in today's Date Fight!
Nov 26, 2020•12 min•Season 2Ep. 15
S2 Ep15: 25th November: Catherine of Braganza v Malcolm the Destroyer
Who did the seating plan for the Wars of the Roses? Who hosts Pulling Back The Curtain? Who made the planet uninhabitable? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley find out in today's Date Fight!
Nov 25, 2020•12 min•Season 2Ep. 15
S2 Ep15: 24th November: Australopithecus Lucy v Hiram Maxim
Who invented disposable bedpans? Who has the Maxim Gun when they have not? What did Dodie Smith write? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley find out in today's Date Fight!
Nov 24, 2020•13 min•Season 2Ep. 15
S2 Ep15: 23rd November: Doctor Who v Roald Dahl
Which Pretender to the Throne has the best name? What was Harpo Marx famous for saying? Who was Mary Whitehouse? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley find out in today's Date Fight!
Nov 23, 2020•13 min•Season 2Ep. 15
S2 Ep14: 22nd November: John F Kennedy v George Eliot
Who was the Minstrel Collector? Was JFK important? You know how to dial a telephone, don't you? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley find out in today's Date Fight!
Nov 22, 2020•13 min•Season 2Ep. 14
S2 Ep13: 21st November: Larry Hagman v Nando's
When did people start being pathetic? Who wrote 20,000 letters? Who made a bear leave its cave? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley find out in today's Date Fight!
Nov 21, 2020•13 min•Season 2Ep. 13
S2 Ep12: 20th November: Joe Biden v Caroline of Ansbach
Who Weekend-at-Berniesed the Roman Empire? Who was the Hammer of the Scots? What is the best Nicolas Cage film? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley find out in today's Date Fight!
Nov 20, 2020•16 min•Season 2Ep. 12
S2 Ep12: 19th November: Nick Knowles v Mr Bean On The Moon
Why is Jake obsessed with Alexander Armstrong & Nick Knowles? Who lived at the Gettysburg Address? Who designed the Suez Canal? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley find out in today's Date Fight!
Nov 19, 2020•18 min•Season 2Ep. 12
S2 Ep11: 18th November: Jim Jones v Notch
How does Minecraft make children into Tories? Who shouldn't drink the Kool-Aid? Why do we think the past is sepia? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley find out in today's Date Fight!
Nov 18, 2020•15 min•Season 2Ep. 11
S2 Ep10: 17th November: Charles the Fat v St Agnes of Noel Edmonds
How old was St Agnes when she really got into Jesus? Why do Natt & Jake think it's Sunday? Why are Dudley Moore & Hugh Laurie better than Peter Cook & Stephen Fry? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley find out in today's Date Fight!
Nov 17, 2020•20 min•Season 2Ep. 10
S2 Ep9: 16th November: Julie Andrews v Saint Margaret of Scotland
Whose head was owned by Mary Queen of Scots? Which was lost by careless Jesuits? Who escaped from prison four times? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley find out in today's Date Fight!
Nov 16, 2020•12 min•Season 2Ep. 9
S2 Ep8: 15th November: Pirate Queen Anne Bonny v Richmal Crimpton
What is the worst plant? What's the best Wetherspoons in Bromley? Who suffered Hattie Jacques? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley find out in today's Date Fight!
Nov 15, 2020•16 min•Season 2Ep. 8
S2 Ep7: 14th November: Nellie Bly v Nell Gwynn
How old was Warren Mitchell when he started playing Alf Garnett? What is the Westlothian Question? What was Christmas like at the Boleyn household? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley find out in today's Date Fight!
Nov 14, 2020•13 min•Season 2Ep. 7
S2 Ep7: 13th November: Rosa Parks v St Augustine of Hippo
Who is most famous for their Quim? What is Mariner 9? How old was the rich heiress St Augustine of Hippo wanted to marry? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley find out in today's Date Fight!
Nov 13, 2020•12 min•Season 2Ep. 7
S2 Ep7: 12th November: Tim Berners-Lee v Julia Sawalha (DFC)
What did Natt's parents like to watch on television? Who starred in the Mexican version of Dracula? What should you take to the Antarctic instead of dogs? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley find out in today's Date Fight!
Nov 12, 2020•15 min•Season 2Ep. 7
S2 Ep7: 11th November: Stephen Hopkins v June Whitfield
Who doesn't love June Whitfield? Who invented mustard gas? Should you trust Jake with a scientific calculator? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley find out in today's Date Fight!
Nov 11, 2020•18 min•Season 2Ep. 7
S2 Ep6: DFC 10th November: Walt Disney v Tracy Morgan
How can you beat David Hasselhoff? How did Jake ruin a barbecue? Who presumed to find Dr Livingstone? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley find out in today's Date Fight!
Nov 10, 2020•13 min•Season 2Ep. 6
S2 Ep5: DFC 9th November: Leo Baxendale v Ed Wynn
Who loved to laugh? Whose prints are hanging on Jake's wall? What is Spiro Agnew an anagram of? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley find out in today's Date Fight!
Nov 09, 2020•12 min•Season 2Ep. 5
S2 Ep4: DFC 8th November: Edmund Halley v Ken Dodd
What was Natt doing on the 8th November 2002? Do you want to hear Jake's song about Kabul? Who designed all the road signs? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley find out in today's Date Fight! If you’d like to support the podcast, do go over to www.patreon.com/datefight where you can find all sorts of exciting rewards. If you want someone of your choice to appear in the Birthdays or Deathdays do it at: https://ko-fi.com/nattt Find us on Twitter at @date_fight...
Nov 08, 2020•17 min•Season 2Ep. 4
S2 Ep3: DFC 7th November: Engelbert of Berg v Eleanor Roosevelt
Who wrote the Universal Declaration of Human Rights? Where was Engelbert of Berg from? What is the oldest continuously-published newspaper in the world? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley & Lizzie Roper find out in today's Date Fight!
Nov 07, 2020•15 min•Season 2Ep. 3
S2 Ep2: DFC 6th November: Gustavus Adolphus v Nana Moon
Don't we sound young? What cakes should you eat today? How does Natt think we'll all die? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley find out in today's Date Fight Classic!
Nov 06, 2020•21 min•Season 2Ep. 2
S2 Ep1: 5th November: Jake Yapp v Natt Tapley v Lizzie Roper
It's our birthday! We've been doing this for a whole year! Can we make it through one more episode? Why are we doing this? Is anyone still listening? Send help.
Nov 05, 2020•15 min•Season 2Ep. 1
S1 Ep362: 4th November: Ruth Handler v The Welsh
What did the Chartists want? Who attacked the chimps? Who was Papua New Guinea's first female judge? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley & Lizzie Roper find out in today's Date Fight!
Nov 04, 2020•11 min•Season 1Ep. 362
S1 Ep361: 3rd November: Garibaldi v Dolph Lundgren
Which master of chemical engineering was also European Karate Champion? How many of the people who committed the Greensboro Massacre were successfully prosecuted? Did Garibaldi look like his biscuit? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley and Lizzie Roper find out in today's Date Fight!
Nov 03, 2020•15 min•Season 1Ep. 361
S1 Ep360: 2nd November: Rod Hull v Ralph Fiennes
Whose vegetarian sushi did Jake eat? Which country lost a war against birds? What were James Thurber's last words? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley & Lizzie Roper find out in today's Date Fight!
Nov 02, 2020•12 min•Season 1Ep. 360
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