
Sound Bites
Each fortnight Sound Bite's Peter and Russell talk about a topic, tune in and even join in the conversation.
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The Eurovision Song Contest is well underway for 2021 and Peter and Russell are reviewing the performances, playing various entries and making some predictions. We have seen most of the dress rehearsals, we've read the reviews, we've picked our favourites and we know which countries have made it into the Grand Final. We will also cover some more fun facts, play some previous winners and talk about how COVID has changed the Eurovision rules. So turn on your wind and smoke machines, break out the Swedish Meatballs and spin those disco balls for the musical extravaganza that awaits. Let the Sound Bites Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest review begin!
Do you have a favourite toy? Were you a master of monopoly? Do you know that toys and games are an essential part of learning and imagination?
Join Peter and Russell this week as we take a look at the various toys and games throughout history. When did chess become a thing? Who inspired the Teddy Bear?
Why was one of the first talking dolls a commercial failure? All this and more about toys and games in this weeks episode of Sound Bites.
In our third and final week looking at great unsolved mysteries Peter and Russell visit the Antikythera Mechanism. This complex analogue computer could predict astronomical positions and eclipses decades in advance. Then off to Peru and the mystery of the Nazca Lines. Why would people carve 70 different images into the Earth? Was this a way to communicate? Who would have done it? Join us as we talk about another two great mysteries.