On this episode we take a trip to Stockholm for dinner, South Africa for a sing song and end up locked up with a hungry bird. What's not to love! Are you an ABBA fanatic? Or maybe you're a Nelson maniac? Even if you're neither, we're sure you'l

Stephen Hawking and The Druids of Britain

Nov 3rd, 2022 31m 30s

Hellooo! Three years in the making, one for each 'o' in that greeting just now, and we're back. Much happened while we were away? Rick and Paul are delighted to be back & wriggling around in your ears. The series kicks off with those cosy be

Bonus

Isolation Session - One

Apr 26th, 2020 14m 6s

These are unprecedented times! Oh boy aren't they ever! Though know what's really unprecedented? The amount of times people are saying unprecedented. It's out of control! While you wait patiently for our next series, here's a little something t

Rasputin and The Moon Landings

Aug 22nd, 2019 30m 41s

This week sees Mad Monk Rasputin take on the excitement, the science and the possible fallacy of The Moon Landings. Grigori 'more hirsute than a hair suit' Rasputin. A man described at the top of a standard Google search as simply 'Russian Pe

Tom Hanks and Instruments of Torture

Aug 15th, 2019 24m 25s

This week sees that Terminal-trapped Mermaid botherer Tom Hanks up against the spikes and sordidness of instruments of torture. Hanks. Nicest man in the world or a twinkling despot; hell-bent on the destruction of French architecture, Somal

Gandhi and The Industrial Revolution

Aug 8th, 2019 26m 24s

This week sees peaceful, circus strongman-faced Mahatma Gandhi up against the whirring and whistling, soot and smog, and all round alliteration of The Industrial Revolution. Gandhi. Salt-marcher, peaceful protester and Churchill-baiter.

Chuck Norris and The Aztec Empire

Aug 1st, 2019 28m 20s

This week sees bearded death-dealer Chuck Norris single-handedly take on the might of The Aztec Empire. Chuck Norris. Cow stunner, snake biter and all round tough guy. This dude will put a mullet in your gullet. The Aztec though - big fan

Elvis Presley and the Soviet Space Program

Jul 25th, 2019 30m 18s

This week sees waggly-hipped crooner Elvis Presley take on the might of the Soviet Space Programme. Elvis Presley. The King. But what of? Rock and roll or trebuchet-obsessed unprofessionalism? That's right folks. That's what we're pack

Winston Churchill and Pokémon

Jul 18th, 2019 28m 2s

This week sees your favourite fluffy yellow cartoon character taking on...Pokémon. That's right, it's walking, witty disaster Winston Churchill; Chaplin's co-star and possessor of a veritable trove of top hats. He's up against those pocket

Pavarotti and The Black Death

Jul 10th, 2019 25m 8s

This week sees cuddly thunderthroat Luciano Pavarotti take on the grisly might of The Black Death. Paul, respectfully hooded, stalks into your ears with stories of Shakespeare and the Pied Piper (who was PROBABLY a baddie). Rick comes back a

Genghis Khan and Nursery Rhymes

Jul 4th, 2019 32m 13s

This week sees Genghis Khan take on that cautionary world of the Nursery Rhyme. Paul brings his three facts & secret link about the Mongol Warlord - harvester of electricity, vegetarian cook book producer and character played by that famous l

Disneyland and Charles Manson

Jun 27th, 2019 26m 51s

This week the two subjects are the oft-linked Disneyland and Charles Manson. First up, Paul presents his three Disney-themed facts. Nazis are mentioned more than you'd imagine, but then so are the dwarfs. So it's on brand. Repelling that

Harry Potter and The Cold War

Jun 20th, 2019 29m 42s

Alas not the communist remake featuring Capitalist pig dogs as dementors. but rather the two subjects for this week's episode. In no way cashing in on the impending release of Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, we have three facts on that smug, ric

Hemingway And The Occult

Jun 13th, 2019 26m 36s

Ernest Hemingway. The man. They myth. The bearded, sadistic bullfighter. Proof that it's not only the nerds that write the books. For Whom The Bell Tolls, Old Man and the Sea and The Importance of Being Ernest Hemingway fired from his pen

Stonehenge and Grave Robbers

Jun 6th, 2019 27m 57s

Stonehenge. It's the biggest henge we've seen. Know you of any better henge? No. Didn't think so. Stonehenge is the BEST henge. Whether you're Indiana Jones or Rocky Cliffington McStonelover, we reckon you'll struggle to chisel this fact

Lord Byron and The French Revolution

May 30th, 2019 23m 48s

What have we here? It smells like a podcast. If it smells like one, it probably is! This week, Rick and Paul investigate facts about Lord Byron and his antics, but get all serious for The French Revolution. It's possible you won't learn the fac

Everest and Marriage Proposals

May 23rd, 2019 24m 15s

For this week's episode we scale the highest peak on planet earth. Paul's cranium? Close, it's Mount Everest. Bonus fact: nobody can decide on the height! We've also got some zany and possibly lethal wedding proposals, till death do us part? Pr

The Platypus and the Great Fire of London

May 16th, 2019 24m 57s

Lie Hard with a Vengeance. The safe-for-work comedy gameshow podcast that you can play along with. This week the topics on table are the humble duck-billed platypus and the Great Fire of London. Hot topics indeed. A bit of animal stuff. A

Darts and Shakespeare

May 9th, 2019 22m 52s

Who doesn't love Darts? Bobby George that's who! Listen to this weeks episode to find out why. Who doesn't love Shakespeare? Peasant pool attendants that's who! Listen to this weeks episode to find out why. Who's really bad at identifying link

Romans and Eggs

May 2nd, 2019 24m 24s

Lie Hard with a Vengeance. The comedy gameshow podcast that you can play along with. This week sees Paul bringing his spot of historical "knowledge" to the table with his Romans, and Rick parties that gladius with some fully-rounded egg truth.

Bonus

Titch And The Enchanted Snowglobe

Dec 20th, 2018 23m 50s

In a world of Trump, Brexit and I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here, behold an act of such wanton arrogance that even a peacock would blush. For, this two man podcast, for one night only, turns all theatrical. A live-recorded Christmas Play - as

Christmas Movies and Christmas Traditions

Dec 13th, 2018 25m 11s

Hello there, dear reader! Yes you! Who reads this? You might be the ONLY one, so please consider this a personal Christmas greeting from all/both at Lie Hard with a Vengeance. This week we talk Christmas Traditions (travelling to Spain, Germany

The Civil War and Drummers

Dec 6th, 2018 28m 2s

If you think there was anything civil about the civil war you'd be quite wrong. If you were alive in England in the 1600s you ran a real risk of losing your head! Are you Team Roundhead or Team Cavalier? Spoiler, you probably lose either way. B

Explorers and Food

Nov 29th, 2018 23m 38s

Do you like explorers? Do you like food? Then boy oh boy do we have a show for you. We've got beavers, and we're not afraid to squeeze them. We've got food competitions and we don't shy away from ruining them. And we're not adverse to throwing

The Tudors and Walt Disney

Nov 22nd, 2018 20m 52s

This week the Lie Hard guys take on the combined might of the Tudor dynasty and Walt Disney. Paul speaks of an illicit, illegal peek at a canary, Henry VIII on Tinder and the treasured hazelnut of Elizabeth I. Rick then steams in with the cryog