#176 Sporting Revolutionaries And Tom Gets Stuck On A Rollercoaster (Part 1)

#176 Sporting Revolutionaries And Tom Gets Stuck On A Rollercoaster (Part 1)

From Oh What A Time... by Pop! Pop!

April 26, 2026 · 44 min · Season 1 · Episode 255

About this episode

The episode discusses the sporting interests of historical revolutionaries and features a humorous incident involving Tom Craine getting stuck on a rollercoaster.

This week on the show we’re talking about the sporting prowess of history’s most well-known revolutionaries; we have baseball-loving Fidel Castro, Chairman Mao’s love of ping pong and we’ve got Vladimir Lenin and his love of the bicycle. Elsewhere, Tom Craine got stuck up a rollercoaster. Has this ever happened to you? Why does this sort of thing keep happening to Tom? If you know, please do inform us: hello@ohwhatatime.com And from now on Part 1 is released on Monday and Part 2 on Wednesday - but if you want more Oh What A Time and both parts at once, you should sign up for our Patreon! On there you’ll now find: •The full archive of bonus episodes •Brand new bonus episodes each month •OWAT subscriber group chats •Loads of extra perks for supporters of the show •PLUS ad-free episodes earlier than everyone else Join us at 👉 patreon.com/ohwhatatime And as a special thank you for joining, use the code CUSTARD for 25% off your first month. You can also follow us on:  X (formerly Twitter) at @ohwhatatimepod And Instagram at @ohwhatatimepod Aaannnd if you like it, why not drop us a review in your podcast app of choice? Thank you to Dan Evans for the artwork (idrawforfood.co.uk)…

People in this episode

Host: Tom Craine

Topics covered

  • sporting revolutionaries
  • history
  • comedy
  • rollercoaster
  • Patreon

Keywords

  • Fidel Castro
  • Chairman Mao
  • Vladimir Lenin
  • rollercoaster
  • sports
  • history
  • comedy

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Organizations: Patreon, Acast, idrawforfood.co.uk

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