The Plaice to Know

Episode

No Such Thing As Lobsters At The Lobster Festival

2018-01-26 · 5 places on the map · episode transcript

  1. GlastonburyOne-offUnited Kingdom

    There's a secret underground piano bar at Glastonbury. A reporter went looking for it at a recent festival and reported back that there is no piano that I can see, the bar does not turn out to sell alcohol, and most of…

    mentioned at 00:29:50 · See it on the map →

  2. MinneapolisOne-offUnited States

    In Minneapolis, there was invented a piece of equipment that weighed 800 pounds — it was a magnet with the pull of 10 horsepower, involved 7,000 feet of wire, and was used to remove iron filings caught in people's eyes.

    mentioned at 00:37:06 · See it on the map →

  3. Charing Cross RoadOne-offUnited Kingdom

    On Charing Cross Road is Foyles Bookshop, which is a 15-minute walk from where we work, and it's one of the most iconic bookshops in London.

    mentioned at 00:39:07 · See it on the map →

  4. Soho SquareOne-offUnited Kingdom

    He chased him out of the shop, he saw him leaving, and they got into Soho Square right nearby, and he said, I was very calm, very friendly. I said, excuse me, I think you might have some books there you didn't pay for.

    mentioned at 00:47:09 · See it on the map →

  5. TehranOne-offIran

    During the Iran hostage crisis, the CIA managed to sneak some agents into Tehran and they had false German passports. One of the agents was stopped by the customs officials and they said, something's wrong with your…

    mentioned at 00:48:58 · See it on the map →

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