
Sound Bites
Each fortnight Sound Bite's Peter and Russell talk about a topic, tune in and even join in the conversation.
Episodes you may like:
This week Peter and Russell take a look at the history of the Olympic Games. Going all the way back to ancient Greece where the first games took place on Olympia to honour Zeus and all the other gods. We then take a look at the end of the ancient Olympic Games and explore the revival of the games into what we now refer to as the Modern Olympic Games. Find out who won the first Olympic games, when the Olympic Symbol was introduced and lots of other fun facts surrounding this four-yearly tradition.
Have you ever heard a "fact" and thought, wow that's really interesting? Maybe you heard something and thought it was so enjoyable to know that you have repeated it yourself. How do you know it's true? Join Peter and Russell as we take a look at some of the famous facts that people have been told that have turned out to be untrue. Why did we believe them in the first place? Where did they come from? and how do we know that they're not true?
This week Peter and Russell look at de-extinction. What leads animals to go extinct, what are the issues we need to consider about bringing them back from extinction and how would we do it anyway?
Did Jurassic Park get it right? Will we use dinosaur DNA found in amber? Can we bring back dinosaurs?