Fascinators!

About Fascinators!

Fascinators is a show about the wonderful, weird and sometimes puzzling things that fascinate us. Each episode, father and son duo Ken and Evan Atkinson explore the histories, concepts and stories that fascinate them. Find out why Santa Claus is buried in New York City, why every film director eventually wants to make a Pinocchio movie, why no one is really sure why there are 52 cards in a deck and so much more!

Publisher

Ken Atkinson and Evan Atkinson

Category

history

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

28 Dec 2022

Latest episode

2 Jul 2026

Latest episodes

57 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   2 Jul 2026

   The Love Island Sanitarium

   The boys have returned from two new rabbit-holes. Evan uses philosophy to argue that Love Island might be a war crime and Ken takes us through the winding and sordid history of Post Cereal. Put on your thinking caps for this one gang!

2. 

   15 Oct 2025

   The Sweet Science of Where Eels Come From

   Where do tennis scores come from? What makes a bike stabilize itself without a rider? What was the fastest horse to ever live? Where do eels come from? The Atkinson boys have the answer to most of those questions, but not the ones you'd expect!

3. 

   27 Aug 2025

   Skywriting with Leaded Gasoline

   Evan goes down the rabbit hole into the history of skywriting and some of history's most daring stunt pilots while Ken spins tires and tales of the automobile and the deadliest person to ever live.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

241

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

5 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

8 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 47 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

40

Social presence

0

YouTube

64

Engagement

71