Bonus: 🥔 The Potato Boom!

05/15/23 • 10 min

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This feature was researched and written by Anton!

Have you heard of the 1903 Potato boom? No? Neither had we until recently. Join Anton as he tells you all about Archibald Findlay and his amazing potatoes that were reaching prices of £5000 a ton - that’s half a million in today’s money. But are they all they’re cracked up to be?

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47: 👾 Interview with Paul Mayze: Cards, the Universe and Everything

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This episode we take a break from talking history and science and interview Paul Mayze MD of Avid Games, the creators of Cards, the Universe and Everything affectionately known as CUE Cards.

CUE Cards is a great fun mobile game that’s chock-full of facts about... well everything! It’s a deck building and battling game where you can learn about everything from Chinese Folklore to the Higgs Boson and Corn Beef Sandwiches to the Macrauchenia!

As soon as Anton and I started playing we knew CUE Cards fitted our podcast and love of learning perfectly so reached out to them and they happily agreed to tell us more.

Paul talks to us about the challenges of creating and maintaining a thriving game and community, the difficulties of balancing trade and game mechanics and the joy of seeing people, particularly families, having fun together. A big thank you to Paul for taking the time to talk to us.

If you enjoy the game please enter Anton’s referral code so you and he get some goodies: W8K-40L-XVK

Shoe notes: https://curiosityofpod.com/episodes/interview-with-paul-mayze-cards-the-universe-and-everything

You can downland CUE Cards from the App Store, Google Play or visit their website: https://www.cardstheuniverseandeverything.com

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Bonus: 👵 Re-release: Margaret Ann Neve

In celebration of Margaret Ann Neve’s birthday we’re re-releasing our feature about her 110 year life! It was buried at the end of episode 19 so deserves to be surfaced. Listen to how much Anton has changed in the 2 and a bit years since release then imagine what 110 years of change must have felt like for Margaret. She was the first person recorded to have lived in 3 different centuries and was born and spent most of her life here in Guernsey!