Bowie, Chastity Belts and Speed-Eating

The Modern Mann

Matt Hill

Society & Culture, Relationships, Personal Journals

4.8 • 744 Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2022

⏱️ 32 minutes

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How did the credit card come to be invented? Who was the first man to be cryogenically frozen? And have you heard of the experimental drug club where Victor Hugo used to toke? The answers to these questions – and many hundreds more – can be found in the daily history podcast THE RETROSPECTORS, and in this special compilation for Mann-Fans, Olly introduces three brilliant episodes of the show, themed around The Modern Mann’s regular preoccupations – trends, music and sex... You’ll learn how much mayonnaise a woman can physically consume; how David Bowie and Queen came together to record ‘Under Pressure’; and the strange story of the Frenchman who made his wife wear a chastity belt. To get our entertaining, ten-minute ‘on this day in history’ digest each and every weekday, FOLLOW THE SHOW NOW: • Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-retrospectors-today-in-history/id1564093130?uo=4 • Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4BwUqSOfCS6sSrADe834BR • Google Podcasts: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9yc3MuYWNhc3QuY29tL3RoZS1yZXRyb3NwZWN0b3Jz • PocketCasts: https://pca.st/pemk9hy6 • Podcast Addict: https://podcastaddict.com/podcast/3325454 • Castbox: https://castbox.fm/app/castbox/player/id4096213?v=8.22.11&autoplay=0 • RSS: https://rss.acast.com/the-retrospectors... and The Modern Mann will be back on April 10th! Further Reading: • ‘Woman eats 5 lbs of mayo in 3 minutes | Guinness World Record’ (SoAmazing TV, 2018): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oiwfl9IrZbk • ‘Feel Like’ (1981), the demo Queen recorded before Bowie turned up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-hKRR5FZ78 • ‘Are They Real? The Dubious History Of Chastity Belts’ (Ripleys, 2019): https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/dubious-history-chastity-belts/ The Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill. Theme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Emma Corsham. Copyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2022. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	So retrospectors, what historical events are we ticking off on this week's run of today in history?
0:05.0	On Monday, the anniversary of the day, Ozzy Osbourne and a bat came face to face on stage.
0:10.0	On Tuesday, we go back to the future with a potted history of the DeLorean.
0:14.0	On Wednesday, why is the Pope guarded by those guys in floofy hats?
0:19.0	On Thursday, how the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ended up in Cleveland.
0:23.0	And on Friday, was Henry VIII really an asshole,
0:25.9	or was it just the result of a jasting accident?
0:28.3	We discussed this and more on today and history
0:30.6	with the retrospectors.
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1:02.9	setup. Hello, man fans, Oli Mann here with something different. The Monman will be back, as usual, on the 10th of the month.
1:12.2	But in the meantime, I wanted to bring your ears this, a three-course tasting menu of the
1:18.9	other show that I make with producer Matt.
1:21.4	It is called The Retrospectors.
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