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#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

# 44 - Swearing: a personal cross-cultural comparative study of Hindi and English

Charvy Narain takes a foul mouthed look at swearing in Hindi and English.

• 14 mins

#45 - Box Certificates

Joyce Smith uncovered 2 box certificates, and 2 of anything is the start of a collection.

• 19 mins

# 46 - Teletext

James O'Malley looks at the life, death and resurrection of Teletext.

• 17 mins

#47 - Crinoline Ladies

From Victorian femininity to toilet roll cover, Dr Kathryn Ferry on the Crinoline Lady.

• 16 mins

Data Centres

What do we all use, but never visit? Matt Parker takes us inside the remote Data Centres.

• 30 mins

#49 - Coal Holes

Amir Dotan explores the small metal discs on our pavements and door steps.

• 22 mins

#50 - Windows

Anne Ulrikke Andersen looks through the windows that shaped one particular life.

• 20 mins

#51 - Oboe Reeds

A singing nightingale, or a belligerent duck? Chloe Veltman examines of the oboe reed.

• 18 mins

#52 - Breakfast Cereals

What did the artist Louise Ashcroft learn from variety pack cereal?

• 22 mins

Jigsaws

Anya Driscoll is a jigsaw junkie, and she's going to tell you why.

• 25 mins

#53 - Car Boots

Hugo Griffiths climbs inside the interesting world of the car boot.

• 18 mins

#55 -Farts

The colorectal surgeon and comedian Jenan Younis wants to talk to you about Farts.

• 15 mins

Jeremy Bentham's 'Auto-Icon'

Subhadra Das debunks some myths about a curious object.

• 25 mins