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Which historical figure would you most want to dine with? Marina and Amr answer this question, and share the riveting biographies of their dining companions.

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Episodes

  1. 16 - Cajun-al Friday

    We’re back from hiatus and boy do we have some fun ones for you this week. Our guests are a former journalist turned studio exec with a knack for fixing things and a very entrepreneurial gent with an exciting private(er) life. Catch us on Twitter and Instagram @DiningRoomHist, like us on Facebook...

  2. Announcement

    No new episode this week. We're taking a short break but we have an exciting announcement for when we get back.

  3. TTT1 - Please Don't Make Any Animal Murder Puns

    Just don't. Catch us on Twitter and Instagram @DiningRoomHist, like us on Facebook at Dining Room Histories, or shoot us an email at [email protected]. Please remember to rate, review, and subscribe on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts (it really helps us out)! This podcast is

  4. 15 - Tea Time

    This week we change things up a bit to announce our new minisodes. Tea Time Tales will be short episodes where we each tell an interesting mini historical anecdote. Sit back and enjoy a full episode version of our newest addition. Catch us on Twitter and Instagram @DiningRoomHist, like us on...

  5. 14 - Borscht on Toarscht

    Our guests this week are full of surprises! One is an accomplished doctor whose autopsy caused quite a stir amongst English officials, and the other is a famed Russian poet who was publicly accused of catfishing! Also special this week: music from British folk duo Gilmore & Roberts, off their…

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  6. 13 - A Pickle for the No-ing Ones

    Just no. This week our guests are a psychoanalyst for troubled companies who will get your head spinning and a man so spectacularly incompetent that Amr Just. Can. Not. Catch us on Twitter and Instagram @DiningRoomHist, like us on Facebook at Dining Room Histories, or shoot us an email at...

  7. 12 - Tosser Salad

    There’ll be some horsing around this week. Our guests are an exquisite exemplar of equine expertise and a con-man so audacious he essentially operated a shadow treasury in jazz-era America. Catch us on Twitter and Instagram @DiningRoomHist, like us on Facebook at Dining Room Histories, or shoot…

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  8. 11 - Dolphin Parmigiana

    It’s a wild one, folks! This week’s guests are an out-of-this-world scientist with a fondness for dolphins, and a beguiling Italian noblewoman who changed the course of European history - repeatedly. Catch us on Twitter and Instagram @DiningRoomHist, like us on Facebook at Dining Room Histories…

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  9. 10 - The Spotted Decasode

    What a pleasant goddamn dinner party! This week’s episode features two well-mannered guests. One is a dedicated patriot who some consider to have been America’s first (de facto) female president, and the other is an infamous Danish nobleman who spent too much time with his head in the clouds.…

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  10. 9 - Naked Lunch

    Heads Up: This week we talk about extreme racial violence and addiction. Our guests this week are a 14-year old with a tragic story who gave strength to a movement, and a famous American author who tested his luck and repeatedly won.

  11. 8 - My True Crime Valentine

    This week’s episode goes out to the bleeding heart romantics out there. In this Valentine’s Special, Amr and Mina host some lovebirds with a bit of a dark side. The original bad boy meets a couple who are well downright batty. Catch us on Twitter and Instagram @DiningRoomHist, like us on Facebook...

  12. 7 - Cold Revenge Stew

    Heads up: We talk about sexual assault, abuse, mysoginy and torture in this episode. Listeners be advised This week Amr and Marina’s guests are simply stewing. Will the outdoorsy bear man and the painter serve up ice cold vengeance or will it be a tepid affair? Catch us on Twitter and Instagram...

  13. 6 - Haggis Tamales

    This week Amr and Mina try their hand at fusion cuisine. Will their haggis tamales be a hit with the Scottish “prince” and the original American folk icon or will it be a meaty monstrosity? Catch us on Twitter and Instagram @DiningRoomHist, like us on Facebook at Dining Room Histories, or shoot…

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  14. 5 - Christmas Dinner

    This week Amr and Mina get festive with their christmas creations. Their guests, a famous physicist who was mad as a hatter and someone your parents told you didn’t exist. Catch us on Twitter and Instagram @DiningRoomHist, like us on Facebook at Dining Room Histories, or shoot us an email at...

  15. 4 - Racism with a Side of Bullshit

    This week Amr and Mina get hella P.O.’d. I’m afraid all we’ve got for you folks are prime examples of racism, with an extra sprinkling of bullshit, just for flavour. Our guests this week are a magnificently accomplished doctor who’s been majorly dragged by history, and a Lovely couple whose…

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  16. 3 - Seafood Stew

    This week Amr and Mina serve up some seafood stew to their seafaring guests. One was a nasty woman who spent her life sailing the high seas, and the other a would-be filmmaker and inventor of ‘infotainment’ who spent his life exploring under them. Catch us on Twitter and Instagram…

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  17. 2 - Sugar-Free Cornflakes

    Keeping with the breakfast-for-dinner theme, Amr and Mina are serving up some sugar-free cornflakes! Their guests this week are a painfully sober hatchetator, and an American inventor who's simply gr-r-reat! Catch us on Twitter and Instagram @DiningRoomHist, like us on Facebook at Dining Room...

  18. 1 - The Pancake Dinner

    Amr and Mina serve up some pancakes for dinner with their long-dead guests. One's a Greek shipping magnate, the other is an English computer scientist and mathematician. Catch us on Twitter and Instagram @DiningRoomHist, like us on Facebook at Dining Room Histories, or shoot us an email at...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Which historical figure would you most want to dine with? Marina and Amr answer this question, and share the riveting biographies of their dining companions.

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Which historical figure would you most want to dine with? Marina and Amr answer this question, and share the riveting biographies of their dining companions.

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