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The Time Traveller's Guide to Not Dying

By: Charlie Pickering, James Colley
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  • Please note: contains strong language and adult content.

    It’s 2041. The Earth is under the control of the benevolent ‘Corporation’ and time travel is not only possible but affordable for the common worker drone - sorry, person! Free with the purchase of the Timeslide 9000 machine, The Time Traveller’s Guide to Not Dying is an audio instruction manual designed to help owners choose which exciting historical moments to visit. It teaches them about where they’re going, who they will meet, and what to eat. As part of his parole agreement, Charlie Pickering anchors the guide, using his encyclopedic brain to fill us in on the places that time travel correspondents, Natasha and Toby, find themselves dispatched to. Between them, the pair of intrepid reporters storm the barricades at the French Revolution, get chatted up by JFK during the Cold War, and tried as a witch at Salem. Along the way, they try really hard to not get killed.

    Written by Charlie Pickering, James Colley, Rob Hunter and Cait Johnson. Produced by Guesswork Television.

    Performed by Charlie Pickering, Frank Woodley, Claire Hooper, Aleisha McCormack, Damien Fotiou, Odette Joannidis, Adam Crouch, Wendy Bos, Tony Briggs, Danny McGinlay, Xavier Michaelides and Karla Arnall.

    This original podcast is 8 episodes in total, please begin with “Ep 1: Great Ninja Turtles of The Italian Renaissance”.
    ©2021 Guesswork Television (P)2021 Audible Australia Pty Ltd.
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  • Ep 1: Great Ninja Turtles of The Italian Renaissance

    Ep 1: Great Ninja Turtles of The Italian Renaissance
    Jul 7 2021

    Natasha is on the luxury tour of Renaissance Italy, meeting the greatest artists, the most ruthless Popes and mighty Medicis - the fathers of capitalism. But with this explosion of creativity comes huge upheaval. Toby sees this different side to the period when he stands in a muddy field talking to miserable peasants and when he is kidnapped by mercenaries.
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  • Ep 2: There’s Something About Marie

    Ep 2: There’s Something About Marie
    Jul 7 2021

    We meet Marie Curie, a scientist with a glowing personality and the only person ever to win the Nobel Prize in two different sciences, physics and chemistry. Natasha crashes a date with the young Marie Skłodowska and her soon-to-be husband Pierre Curie. With no protective clothing, Toby joins the exciting hunt for radium in a poorly ventilated shed in Paris. Meanwhile, Marie stares down an enemy every bit as dangerous as radiation sickness - sexism.
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  • Ep 3: The Trial of The (17th) Century

    Ep 3: The Trial of The (17th) Century
    Jul 7 2021

    Salem, Massachusetts: The mistrial of the century. Natasha gets to experience the frenzy of Salem life as the contagion of supernatural belief takes over the community. Toby spends his time shackled in prison with the bewildered and innocent accused. We examine a grizzly age never to be repeated: one where you could be judged by your peers instantly and have no recourse or path to redemption.
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    27 mins
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Hilarious

Very funny and I love it so far. I look forward to more episodes in the future!

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Love it!!

Great storyline and characters are perfect! Very entertaining! Definitely recommend!! I hope there will be more!

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A lot of fun

This series was rather entertaining. The concept feels like one I thought of years ago and was every bit of funny as I thought it could be.

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Funny In All the Right Ways

I enjoyed every minute of this podcast. It was a random pick on my part, but I love anything history-related so why not? And it turned out to be worth it. Turns out this has a lot in common with A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: great humor but also some pure ridiculous moments that make you laugh and shake your head at the same time. Not only do we get moments of history, but funny commentary from the reporters on the ground and Charlie being the host who mostly likes to mess with Toby. If you like dark humor, you'll also really like the podcast based on the ads from "The Corporation" alone.

My favorite episodes were the French Revolution and rock ones. The Stonehenge bit was very funny, while poor Toby can't catch a break when he's hanging with the famous people for once,

If they come out with more episodes, I'll gladly recommence listening!

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more please. witty and fun.

witty and fun. would love more and even more to each episode. my son loved it too.

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Very entertaining can't wait for more!

Thank you for bring something fresh and interesting to listen too!! I loved each episode, the character banter, and commercials so funny. I hope more people give this podcast a listen because they won't be disappointed. I look forward to more recordings in the future. 🤗

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Brilliant

Funny informative imaginative. Fascinating outlook on historical events. And seven more words required for this review.

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This podcast is SOOOOOOO Good!!

Stop what you are doing and download this book/podcast!! You will not be sorry. It's funny with a twit of history and very well-narrated.

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Ridiculous and not funny

This was a struggle to finish. It was
Just poorly thought out Humor that failed to hit the mark. Relied too heavily on a reoccurring gag was wasnt even funny.

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