Date Fight!

Mar 30 2021 43
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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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S2 Ep56: 31st March: the Fox Sisters v Erik Prince

Mar 30 2021 12 mins  
Is there anyone called Fox who isn't terrible? Is it meant to bend like that? Who's that rapping? How much money does it take to buy your own army? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley find out in today's Date Fight!

S2 Ep56: 30th March: Vincent van Gogh v Ronald Reagan

Mar 29 2021 13 mins  
What were Ronald Reagan's best (stolen) jokes? Who invented gambling on Native American reservations? Should you cut off your own ear? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley find out in today's Date Fight!

S2 Ep56: 29th March: Richard of York v Warner Baxter

Mar 28 2021 14 mins  
I love the way Jake says "Warner Baxter!" Who invented a searchlight and then got a lobotomy? Who should play Edmund of Langley in the film? What is the male gaze? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley find out in today's Date Fight!

S2 Ep56: 28th March: The Communards v Thomas Clarkson

Mar 27 2021 11 mins  
What are the two voices in French comedy? Who wrote 'The Way You Look Tonight'? Who is the most racist Clarkson? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley find out in today's Date Fight!

S2 Ep56: 27th March: Typhoid Mary v coronavirus

Mar 26 2021 10 mins  
Where was Typhoid Mary born? Who was Typhoid John? And Typhoid Tony? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley find out in today's Date Fight!

S2 Ep56: 26th March: Geraldine Ferraro v Aesop

Mar 25 2021 10 mins  
Where would you hide religious text? Did Natt mean Frank Carson? Who knows all the results of all the elections? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley find out in today's Date Fight!

S2 Ep56: 25th March: Percy Bysshe Shelley v John Lennon

Mar 24 2021 11 mins  
Who changes the sheets after a bed-in? Why are the Beatles awful? Is there a God? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley find out in today's Date Fight!

S2 Ep56: 24th March: Richard the Lionheart v Margaret Lindsay Huggins

Mar 23 2021 13 mins  
What were Richard the Lionheart's songs like? What is the Matilda Effect? Are spectroscopes better than children? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley find out in today's Date Fight!

S2 Ep56: 23rd March: Adolf Hitler v Emperor Paul I

Mar 22 2021 13 mins  
Who did Hitler make promises to before the Enabling Act? How many times do you have to kill Paul I? What's the best way of robbing a train? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley find out in today's Date Fight!

S2 Ep56: 22nd March: Anne Hutchinson v the Massachusetts Bay Company

Mar 21 2021 16 mins  
Who really annoyed Oliver Cromwell? Do we really ned more chick sexers? Has anyone read anything by Louis L'Amour? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley find out in today's Date Fight!