I’m Not The Expert But..

The Best Bits: A Season One Review

It's the end of season 1! Grab a cup of tea and enjoy our review of the best episodes from season 1.
Alternatively, you can use the index below to jump to your favourite clip from certain episodes. 
00:19 Ray Harryhausen02:47 - Medusa's Shit Deal06:15 -Immortal Jellyfish & Sci-fi Reality09:34 - Ha Ha, April fools11:57 - Very Superstitious15:07 - The Chocolate & Popcorn Gods17:30 - Unsciency DNA21:25 - We Need To Discuss Your Dog23:27 - Stone Age Monkeys25:49 - From Apollo To Artemis, Mankind's Pissing Contest27:45 - Fasting on Friday, Shoeless On Sundays & And Other Plague Cures29:23 - Interesting Junk & Stuff30:46 -So You Think You Know The Celts (part 1)33:44 - So You Think You Know The Celts (part 2)36:56 - Flip Who The What Now?40:05 - Grace O' Malley, Pirate Queen43:16 - Are You Talking Shite Again46:23 - And Now The Weather (part 1)49:33 - And Now The Weather (part 2)52:30 - When Volcanoes Explode (part 1)55:07 - When Volcanoes Explode (part 2)58:16 - Very Superstitious 21:01:29 -Mind Blown!1:04:58 - Samhain, The Origins of Halloween
See you on December 1st for season 2!

Samhain: The Origins of Halloween

This week's episode is our Halloween special.
Samhain is the original Halloween. All the things people love about Halloween originated in the Samhain Harvest Festival celebrated by the ancient Celts.
Why do we dress up at Halloween? Why do we trick or treat? Why do we carve Jack O'Lanterns? And why carve them from pumpkins? 
Find out everything you ever wanted to know about one of the best holiday seasons given to the world by the #Irish. A fact we couldn't be more proud of. 
#INTEB #ImNotTheExpertBut #Samhain #Halloween #PumpkinCarving #Ghosts #Ghouls #Goblins #JackOLanterns #Podcasts #PodcastAndChill

Mind Blown!

 
"This week we're into blowing minds. The time has come to, once more dive into the internet and find some lesser known, yet crazy interesting facts that will Blow. Your. Mind.
Well, we can't say it'll be your mind that gets blown but it might very well be. There's only one way to find out one way or the other...
Get your ears around this.
#INTEB #ImNotTheExpert #MindBlown #Facts #InterestingFacts #Podcasts #PodcastAndChill #podcastersoffacebook

Very Superstitious 2

To mark the day that many people around the world fear through superstitious or even religious beliefs, here's our very own Very Superstitious 2. A compilation of stories & superstitions from around the world to entertain, amuse & even distract you from a day that really doesn't hold any more power over you than any other day-of-the-week.
But just on the off chance #FridayThe13th is a big, scary monster lurking in the dark recesses of the day, you might want to think about protecting yourself with this talismanic doozy of an episode.
Happy FridayThe13th everyone

When Volcanoes Explode (part 2)

In the final part of when Volcanoes Explode, tune in to hear Paul & Del discuss more insanely interesting facts about volcanoes in every corner of the world. We talk volcanoes, we talk calderas, we talk tectonics. glaciers, pyroclastic surges and we even talk about a pretty special, pretty old tree...
 
There's also tons of stuff in here. Buckle up!
 
#INTEB #ImNotTheExpert #Volcanoes #Pompeii #LiquidHotMagma #Podcasts #PodcastAndChill #podcastersoffacebook
 

When Volcanoes Explode (Part 1)

 
From Mount St Helens to Krakatoa, When Volcanoes Explode its quite the fireworks display. In this episode we discuss some of the most famous eruptions in history and we delve into a bit of amateur volcanology (no, not Mr Spock) 
 
 

...And Now The Weather (Part 2)

We continue our whistle-stop tour of some of the world’s most extreme weather events, and take an in depth look into one of the most famous & unique storms on record. 

...And Now The Weather (Part 1)

Ever get p*ssed off with the weather where you live? Ever wish you could go somewhere hotter, colder, wetter or windier? Well, some of the people in this week's episode probably did too. 
 
Everything you every wanted to know about extreme weather - THIS WEEK'S EPISODE IS NOT TO BE MIST!
(J'see what we did there)?

So You Think You Know The Celts (Part 2)

In part two of our deep dive into the Celts, we look at the Roman conquest of Celtic Europe. We'll recount the stout resistance offered by the Celtic Clans Of Galicia, Gaul, Scotland & Ireland. And then there was the Icini rebellion lead by Boudicea against the Romans in England!
We in Ireland, owe Boudicea a greater debt of gratitude than most people realize.

Are You Talking Sh1te Again?

Ever sit on the throne and wonder what we did before the advent of running water, lovely clean ceramics & handy flush cisterns? Today we take a walk through the history of toilets, try not to step in anything.
 
We want to send a huge thank you to Andrew Kavanagh for passing us the link to one of the most astonishingly tragic facts we’ve ever read. We sh¹t you not!*
*We’ll never apologise for that pun. That was just glorious, and YOU know it!