Roadshow and Tell
A podcast for people hoping to improve their team's pub trivia score. Each episode we visit a specialty or regional museum so you can learn things you never knew you wanted to. See what's being talked about in the eps on Instagram: @roadshowandtell. Do you know of a specialty museum? roadshowandtell@gmail.com.
Episodes
13 episodes
12 MOSQUE MUSEUM - Broken Hill, NSW
We visit an outback mosque in the boom-and-bust mining town of Broken Hill. Caretaker Bobby Shamroze tells tales from Australia's early cameleering trade and the hardworking Muslim immigrants who were its backbone.
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Episode 12
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19:19
11 Human Disease Museum - SYDNEY, NSW
We visit the UNSW Museum of Human Disease which has hundreds of diseased specimens on display.
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Episode 11
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36:25
09 Heart Transplant Museum - CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA
We discover a museum in a hospital singularly devoted to one historic event from its operating theaters: the world's first human heart-to-heart transplant.The surgeon and his team didn't know if it would work, but were fueled by the det...
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Episode 9
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34:59
10 Horn Island Museum & WW2 Tour - Torres Strait Islands, QLD
Learn how the Torres Strait Islands played a part of Australia's first line of defence in WW2, and about the culture and customs of the Torres Strait Islands.
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Episode 10
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28:58
08 Shark Museum - CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA
Are sharks the cunning man-eating villains that we think they are? Or, are they simply carrying out their natural role as the ocean's apex predators?Listen on to fall in love with these "majestic prehistoric creatures", as our guest and...
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Episode 8
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41:58
07 Wine Museum - STELLENBOSCH, SOUTH AFRICA
A museum of wine?!All of our dreams have come true as we visit a museum dedicated to wine making and wine drinking. In this episode we explore The Story of Wine, a wine museum at the renowned wine farm Babylonstoren in Stellenbosh, Sout...
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Episode 7
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39:24
06 Museum of Lands, Mapping & Surveying - BRISBANE, QLD
From pegs in the ground and spider web catchers, to Queensland's master clock and pencil extenders - we uncover the tools and techniques that have shaped our understanding of the landscape around us. In this episode, we chat w...
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Episode 6
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40:03
05 Bird and Poultry Museum - CABOOLTURE, QLD
Chook, chicken, peafowl, hen? What is the deal with birds? The Feather Club’s Association of Queensland Inc’s Bird (Aviculture) and Poultry Museum is a treasure trove of information about anything to do with birds. <...
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Episode 5
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37:51
04 Berrima District Museum - BERRIMA, NSW
In this episode we take a deep dive into the hidden gem that is the Berrima District Museum, nestled in the picturesque Southern Highlands region of New South Wales. We are joined by a passionate volunteer named Bud, who ...
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Episode 4
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21:12
03 Penrith Museum of Printing - PENRITH, NSW
We visit the Penrith Museum of Printing and find out how the Sydney Morning Herald was printed from its beginning in 1831 to now. Museum president Bob Lockley gives us a tour of the fully operational machinery and tells us about th...
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Episode 3
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46:21
02 Qtopia Queer Museum - SYDNEY, NSW
We visit Qtopia, Australia's first Queer museum - just in time for World Pride '23! We chat with CEO Greg Fisher about the activism, determination, and compassion that has shaped the vibrant and resilient Queer community over the years.
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Episode 2
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35:52
01 Teapot Museum - LEURA, NSW
We visit Bygone Beauty's Treasured Teapot Museum in the Blue Mountains which boasts over 8,000 teapots on display!You'll be amazed at the history and creativity that goes into these humble vessels for boiling water. We meet Maurice, the...
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Episode 1
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