Comedy

We Fact Up

Ever wondered how much you’d know without the help of the internet? How would you answer questions like ‘who invented the high five’ or ‘what does OK stand for’ without Googling? What if you had to work it out yourself? That’s the game that We Fact Up plays – each episode we get asked questions by our listeners and attempt to work out the answers using only the power of conversation. The one rule – NO GOOGLING until the end. And have fun (ok that’s two rules, but you get what we’re saying).

Hosted by Dave Zwolenski, Redd Peterson and James ‘Martine’ Blake it’s the comedy/fact podcast everyone can play.

Latest Episodes:

The final episode of We Fact Up - Coronavirus Special Apr 21, 2020

Show notes

Today marks the final episode of We Fact Up. It's been a hilarious and fact-filled time spent meandering over some of the deepest of life's quandaries. We've pondered over how to parachute a pig from an airplane, whether ducks would make good fighting animals and if a squirrel is sexy to other squirrels (there were some other things in there too, but we forget most of them). Today is the day that Dave, Redd and Martine finally, after 5 years, conquered the internet. There are no more questions to answer. We have answered them all.
Thanks to everyone for your support, messages, likes, subscribes, reviews, questions and above all, your patience with three very stupid men. We have had the wildest and funniest time having these ridiculous conversations with each other and loved having you along for ride. We end the show with a smile, a laugh and an episode about all the plagues that have ruined things for people in the past, just like Corona has ruined our podcast. Please enjoy!

AND ONE FINAL THING - before you bury your face in your hands and cry snot filled blubber into the sleeves of your shirt... DO NOT FEAR! We do have something exciting planned. We Fact Up may be over, but there are bigger things in the works and will be revealed in due time. So stay subscribed to the show, stay smiling and stay fact! Because the fact will always be back baby.

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Who was Mary Toft, 'Queen of Rabbits'? Feb 25, 2020

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We've got listener calls, helium, rottweilers, danger and a very strange incident involving a woman and her furry friends. DO NOT MISS IT!!

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Why did Porky Bickar throw tyres into a volcano? Feb 11, 2020

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You know that moment when you've had one too many beers and thought... yes, this would be a brilliant idea. Well Porky Bickar may have been suffering from that very affliction. In this episode we play the game 'Funny Prank or Fire-able Offence', debate whether a Volcano always needs to go up and learn why Porky Bickar pissed off his entire town.

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What was the Order of the Pug? Jan 28, 2020

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A mysterious group that only allows certain dogs entry to its esteemed society or something more sinister? Dave, Redd and Martine learn the secrets of the Pug and Redd goes a little too hard on the poor pups. Plus Kerry-Anne Kennerley learns how to podcast.
DISCLAIMER: No pugs were harmed in the making of this show.

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Christmas Special: What was the first official Olympic mascot? Dec 03, 2019

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Is Martine pretending to be his girlfriend, or is she pretending to be him? We unpack this paradox and delve into Olympic History, debating just what the first Olympic Mascot would have been. And we prove, once and for all, that the We Fact Up Conversation System actually works! Sometimes. Merry Xmas from all of us here at We Fact Up.

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What was the Great Balloon Fiasco & opening umbrellas indoors? Nov 11, 2019

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In 1986 something happened in Cleveland that went unnoticed, but it shook the earth to its core and changed the way we view balloons forever. And when you open an umbrella indoors people say it's bad luck but is that just because you might smash a vase, or are the reasons far deeper and more concerning?

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What was the Big Brother Twin Fiasco & ‘the third degree’? Oct 09, 2019

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Big Brother is back and we learn some of the history behind the show including who Hot Dogs’ secret twin brother was. Not before we talk George Orwell, The Balkan War and why we say ‘to give someone the third degree’. Plus Martine apologises for being a very naughty boy.

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Drunk facting, cat's got your tongue + where the hell is Martine?! Sep 25, 2019

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It's a hell of a wild episode this time, with our drunk facting special answering questions like - how to survive falling from a great height, how to survive a lightning strike and how to survive a bear attack. Are you sensing a theme? Plus we attempt to solve the case of the disappearing Martine. Where the hell is he and why is he going to buy vagina soap?

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What's the Swiss Spaghetti Tree & why did Quincy Adams dig to the centre of the Earth? Sep 03, 2019

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A very strange tree at the end of a news broadcast and a president who decided that the best way to run a country was through the centre of the Earth. So many questions, so little... sense. It would be wise of you to listen as both of the answers may save your life someday. It would be a very weird day, but it could happen.

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Why do we say 'Willy-Nilly' & what was the Bat Bomb? Aug 20, 2019

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Ever blurted out the words willy-nilly and thought to yourself 'what the hell did I just say?' Well wonder no more as we explore both the willy and the nilly-ness of this cryptic saying. Plus we unpack a bat bomb and watch it explode right in our faces. Join us as we play the game in everybody's brain. We Fact Up.

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