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#13 - Basalt

Is basalt really the most boring type of rock in the world?

• 14 mins

#14 - Name Change

Can you change your name to your existing name? James Michael Ward tried to find out.

• 14 mins

#15 - Smell Walks

Kate McLean leads us, nose first, on a smell walk across the world.

• 28 mins

#16 - Toilet Roll Serial Numbers

How do you get poetry from toilet rolls? What's 'fogged beef'? Nicholas Tufnell explains.

• 11 mins

#17 - Gasometers

Sarah O'Carroll explores the magnificence of London's Gasometers.

• 13 mins

#18 - Kinder Egg Linguistics

Keith Kahn-Harris explores the linguistic pleasure of the Kinder Surprise warning label.

• 16 mins

#19 - Ice Cream Vans

Good maths, a strong bladder & no 'brewer's droop'. Ali Coote on life in an Ice Cream Van

• 15 mins

#20 - Carry On Shakespeare

Samira Ahmed explains just why the Carry On films are better than Shakespeare.

• 17 mins

#21 - Thank You

James says thank you for listening to series one & plays the best words from the talks.

• 1 min

#22 - Toilet Graffiti

Scott Kelly compares the graffiti left behind in male and female toilets

• 16 mins

#23 - NATO Phonetic Alphabet

Could the NATO phonetic alphabet help Charvy Narain order a taxi?

• 18 mins

#24 - The Taxonomy Of Cornflakes

The artist Anne Griffiths shows us how and why she collects cornflakes.

• 20 mins

#26 - Call Centres

Chatbots, squid and 'a smile in your voice'. Louise Ashcroft on Call Centres.

• 30 mins

#27 - Dutch Landscape Paintings

The writer Andrew Male enjoys the dull nature of 17th Century Dutch landscape paintings.

• 18 mins

#28 - Asterix Puns

Tracy King shares her love for good puns and the Asterix comic books.

• 18 mins

#29 - Animal Vaginas

Florence Schechter and Emma Parkin examine some curious genitalia from the animal world

• 15 mins

#30 - An Underwhelming Christmas

Ho Ho Ho! Rhodri Marsden explores the disappointing realities of the festive period.

• 11 mins

#31 - Happy New Year

James Ward says 'Happy New Year', and that's about it.

• 1 min

#32 - Roads That Don't Exist

Chris Marshall loves roads... even those that don't actually exist.

• 22 mins

#33 - Change

Can British coins be better? Adam Townsend has the fix.

• 16 mins

#34 - Sounds of Grassroots Football

'Man on!!'..... Paul Whitty captures the sounds of grassroots football.

• 39 mins

#35 - How Tall Are Celebrities?

How tall is Robbie Williams? Greg Stekelman sizes up celebrities.

• 17 mins

#36 - Shanghai Architecture

Hannah Cameron on the buildings that shaped her life in China's biggest city.

• 18 mins

#37 - Watergate Tape 'Silence'

Sophie Scott listens closely to a very important 'silence'.

• 25 mins

#38 - Markham Moor Roof

Ed Carter tells us why the roof of a former motorway services is no ordinary roof.

• 15 mins

#39 - Doormats

Alex Baxevanis wipes his feet all over this week's subject.

• 13 mins

#40 - Thank You (again)

James Ward says thank you for listening to series two of The Boring Talks.

• 1 min

#41 - Pencils

Brian Mackenwells tells us why we should all appreciate the pencil a little bit more.

• 27 mins

#42 - The Lexicon Of Breakups

Rosie Wilby finds out what ghosting, bread crumbing, submarining & benching actually mean.

• 15 mins

The Sounds Of Computer Games Loading

Keith Stuart remembers the whirrs and clicks that made up the soundtrack of his youth.

• 15 mins