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The Time Traveller's Guide to Not Dying
Summary 3.5 hrs total
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”.
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”.
4 pages, Audible Audio
Published January 1, 2021
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July 3, 2024
I mean... this is an Audible exclusive podcast not a book. Not even an audiobook. So why this is on this platform is probably more to do with corporate ownership than logic. I'll review it anyway, because I see the word "Time Travel" and I click and I must review all things because these systems dictate my behaviours and not the other way 'round.
Aussie satirical man Charlie Pickering brings us this Amazon-mandated but semi-self-aware time travel history show which is advertising time-tourism in a corporation-swallowed dystopian future. It's a high concept which then just amounts to a hit-and-miss throw-every-gag-at-it sketch comedy. The strongest parts lean into the meta-concept and take sharp digs at the world we're heading towards and ironically the weakest parts are ...most of the historical gags. The accents are routinely diabolical, the historical observations can be sharp at but I didn't learn much... which is surely not the point. There are a few ragged running gags that get old by the second episode.
This really does feel more like a naff national radio commission than an internationally interesting podcast. Sorry I mean... praise the corporation. You know best. This is a fine product and it's right to be on this book reviewing platform. All hail Beezy.
Aussie satirical man Charlie Pickering brings us this Amazon-mandated but semi-self-aware time travel history show which is advertising time-tourism in a corporation-swallowed dystopian future. It's a high concept which then just amounts to a hit-and-miss throw-every-gag-at-it sketch comedy. The strongest parts lean into the meta-concept and take sharp digs at the world we're heading towards and ironically the weakest parts are ...most of the historical gags. The accents are routinely diabolical, the historical observations can be sharp at but I didn't learn much... which is surely not the point. There are a few ragged running gags that get old by the second episode.
This really does feel more like a naff national radio commission than an internationally interesting podcast. Sorry I mean... praise the corporation. You know best. This is a fine product and it's right to be on this book reviewing platform. All hail Beezy.
October 4, 2021
Not my cup of tea, thought it would be humour with education, but turns out to be aimed at 12 year olds
October 28, 2021
Humorous Podcast. Hope there are more in the future.
September 17, 2023
This reminded me of Horrible Histories: (some) real history by way of dark comedy. Here, we also get dystopian comedy!
Displaying 1 - 4 of 4 reviews