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EPISODE · Jun 29, 2026 · 16 MIN

Fist fights, flying feces and genital exams: a history of Parliament you didn’t learn in school

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Remember the time an MP was hit by a bag of flying feces in the House of Commons? Or the day a man accidentally blew himself up in a Parliamentary bathroom stall? What about the Playboy magazines you could sign out from the Library of Parliament? Robyn Bresnahan gets a history on Parliament from the author of a new book about hijinx on The Hill.

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