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James O'Brien's Mystery Hour

Global

300 episodes

If you've ever wondered "why", then this is the hour for you. Sometimes simple, sometimes intelligent, but almost always entertaining, probably the best hour of radio you could ever download!

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  1. Something about knots and shoelaces?

    · 49 min

    This is a catch-up version of James O'Brien's Mystery Hour. To join the game call: 0345 60 60 973, Thursdays at 12PM

  2. Can we hear the sun?

    · 50 min

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  3. Strong opinions on tennis balls

    · 50 min

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  4. Gangsters and their toothpicks

    · 48 min

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  5. So what exactly is Beagling?

    · 47 min

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  6. Politicians and their gestures

    · 50 min

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  7. Mould in my maple syrup

    · 48 min

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  8. Why aren't surgeons Drs?

    · 47 min

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  9. Nobody has ever asked this

    · 47 min

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  10. Hay scattering across the motorway

    · 46 min

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  11. What makes stuff sticky?

    · 49 min

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  12. Do lawyers everywhere wear wigs?

    · 47 min

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  13. Why are pheasants so stupid?

    · 51 min

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  14. Is my phone listening to me?

    · 50 min

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  15. They smuggled through some nonsense!

    · 45 min

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  16. How can a celibate monk teach sex ed?

    · 47 min

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  17. A very awkward question

    · 44 min

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  18. When does 'falling over' become 'having a fall'?

    · 45 min

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  19. How does a dog recognise its owner's whistle?

    · 43 min

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  20. What do continuity announcers do the rest of the time?

    · 44 min

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  21. Why do kids fear the dark?

    · 45 min

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  22. How portable is DNA?

    · 46 min

    This is a catch-up version of James O'Brien's Mystery Hour. To join the game call: 0345 60 60 973, Thursdays at 12PM

  23. Why are so many people right-handed?

    · 44 min

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  24. Where are all the great white sharks?

    · 46 min

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  25. Why so many saints in Cornwall?

    · 46 min

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  26. Why does my tea taste so awful?

    · 46 min

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  27. Birds on one leg?

    · 47 min

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  28. The origin of 'black and white'?

    · 51 min

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  29. A lot of confusion over water vapour

    · 47 min

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  30. Why do some people have more empathy?

    · 46 min

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  31. What's Brexit got to do with my bin?

    · 46 min

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  32. Why don't GIFs have sound?

    · 46 min

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  33. Where does all the blood go?

    · 46 min

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  34. Why do so many people struggle with H?

    · 44 min

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  35. Where have all the kippers gone?

    · 45 min

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  36. Where are the whites of their eyes?

    · 46 min

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  37. Never seen a seagull in a tree...

    · 59 min

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  38. Sleep paralysis - what's that about?

    · 47 min

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  39. Why does other people's cooking taste better?

    · 45 min

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  40. Why can't I get drunk?

    · 47 min

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  41. Where do the doves go?

    · 46 min

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  42. Is there an in-between accent?

    · 48 min

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  43. Ham - what's that about?

    · 49 min

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  44. How redheads are different

    · 48 min

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  45. What do moths get out of wool?

    · 47 min

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  46. Do rats avoid mice?

    · 49 min

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  47. Why does your tongue get stuck on cold things?

    · 47 min

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  48. Why do our bodies wear out?

    · 49 min

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  49. Why do some people sneeze so violently?

    · 47 min

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  50. Why do I need a point on my knife?

    · 47 min

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