Cheeky Tales

The Wizard of Oz

Click your heels and look out for that tornado. This week, we're off to see the Wizard, the wonderful Wizard of Oz! Join the boys as they follow the yellow brick road of tales from the filming of this movie. There will be highs, there will be lows. Laughs and tears. A guy stuck in a toilet. But boy was it a good tale.
 
Music by ZenMan from Pixabay.

Corporal Wojtek

We're heading back to WW2 this week, but it's a lot more cheerful. Join the boys as they learn all about the cheeky little 6ft, 220kg solider with a penchant for cigarette's. It's not all as it seems!
 
Music by ZenMan from Pixabay.

From Slavery to Congress - Robert Smalls

Robert Smalls was born a slave in the pre-civil war Confederacy of the southern United States. Not exactly the luckiest of starts to life. But this man took life into his own hands, and made one hell of a story while doing it. Join the boys this week as they learn about the life of the United States most awe-inspiring men.
 
Music by ZenMan from Pixabay.

The Revenge of Saint Olga

Saint's aren't exactly the first people you think of when you think of bloody revenge, but that's just what the boys discuss this week when covering Saint Olga of Kiev. We travel back to the 10th Century to discuss one of history's best architects of revenge.
 
Music by ZenMan from Pixabay.

The Dolphin House

This week the boys discuss one of the most insane experiments in history. In the 1960's biologists teamed up with NASA to investigate whether Dolphins could be taught to speak. What ensued was hilarious as it was interesting. Listen along as the boys uncover unintended outcomes of a wild experiment.
 
Music by ZenMan from Pixabay.

The Life and Death of Explorer James Cook

If you're Australian, you know that James Cook explored the Eastern Coast of Australia. That might be all you know, thanks to our limited history lessons. But this man did so much more than that. Join the boys this week as they discover the life of the explorer with a complicated legacy of great triumphs and terrible treatment of natives that James left behind.
 
Music by ZenMan from Pixabay.

Henry VIII’s Wives

Henry VIII might be the most famous of all English King's. Big H was known for his big ole gut, and his penchant for moving on from wives in a swift, sharp fashion. This week the boys delve into the love life of one of histories biggest (literally) lovers.
 
Music by ZenMan from Pixabay.

The 1996 Everest Disaster

In 1996 the world was just starting to work out the best way to climb Mount Everest, the tallest of the worlds mountains. After being first summited in 1953, commercial climbing was just starting to boom, with paying customers hiring guides to make their way up. In 1996, poor weather and poor decision making developed a dangerous situation for 34 climbers on the mountain. Find out what led them to be in the life and death situation this week, on Cheeky Tales.
 
Music by ZenMan from Pixabay.

Special Episode - Just Two Boi’s Chatting About Mafs

This week is a bit different to the usual episodes. Due to some light (heavy) rain causing flooding and a breif visit to his parents house for a week, Aaron had no time to research an episode this week. So as a once off, the bois will just be chatting this week, as chatting requires no hours of research.
 
Normal service will resume one next fortnights episode (unless this one is a smash hit and we get sponsored. Looking at you, Allen's Lollies....).
 
Music by ZenMan from Pixabay.

Surviving A Fall With No Parachute - 8 Wild Stories

If you have a fear of heights or planes, this isn't the episode for you! Join the boys this week as they discuss the top 8 highest falls from a plane with no parachute that DIDN'T result in death. You'll be blown away by some of these stories.
 
Music by ZenMan from Pixabay.