The Barefoot Thinker Podcast

Episode 16 Factory Settings

Mon, 25 May 2026 07:00:00 GMT

A short anatomy lesson and a story about the worst foot I ever met

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Episode 15 The Wild Animal Tamed

Mon, 18 May 2026 07:00:00 GMT

The Empire Struck Back

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Episode 14 Irish Footwear Rebels

Thu, 14 May 2026 07:00:00 GMT

A New Hope - The shoe history of Ireland by the Irish ourselves

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Episode 13 The Waffle and The Air Bubble

Mon, 11 May 2026 07:00:00 GMT

How sports shoes evolved and why they changed

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Episode 12 The Imperial March

Thu, 07 May 2026 07:00:00 GMT

Imperial Marching as a result of shoe evolution sometimes leads to beheadings and embarrassments

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Episode 11 Crackow me back

Mon, 04 May 2026 07:00:00 GMT

What happens when your shoes are two feet long? Play stupid games, win stupid prizes

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Episode 10 Pilgrimage, Crusades and Importing Islamic Tech

Fri, 01 May 2026 19:23:03 GMT

What happened when Christians met Muslims for a cup of tea in Medieval times? Shite talk, death and importing of new tech

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Episode 9: Bloody Vikings, Nationalism and Christian Bribery

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 07:00:00 GMT

Viking shoe porn and a murder at the beach

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Episode 8: Romans, The Second Half

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 07:00:00 GMT

Roman shoes for the poor and a Roman take on a Greek Classic put money in George Lucas' arse pocket

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Episode 7: The March of the Romans

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 07:00:00 GMT

They conquered here and all but not before a chance encounter in the sauna

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Episode 6: Fire! My brain is on it

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 07:00:00 GMT

A voice note about getting overwhelmed and cheesed off

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Episode 5: Barefoot Philosophy

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 07:00:00 GMT

A stroll through Athens. Surprisingly, shoeless.

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Episode 4: The Greeks, A Great Bunch of Lads

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 07:00:00 GMT

Ancient Greece - Art, Social Status and Shoes

May contain material listeners find offensive

May also contain nuts

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Episode 3: Armenian Cave to Ancient Egypt via a bog in Ireland

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 07:00:00 GMT

From a cave in Armenia to a bog in Ireland and somehow we end up in Egypt. Oh look -- Socks!

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Episode 2: Prehistoric Africa to the Alps in the Winter

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 07:00:00 GMT

From meeting a new woman to trekking from Africa into Europe to a steak with an ice mummy

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Episode 1: The Why

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 12:34:16 GMT

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