James O'Brien's Mystery Hour
Hosted by James O'Brien · Global
4.8from 342 ratings
- 616
- Episodes
- 11
- Transcribed
- 342
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2012
- First episode
- 1B
- YouTube views
About James O'Brien's Mystery Hour
If you've ever wondered "why", then this is the hour for you. Sometimes simple, sometimes intelligent, but almost always entertaining, probably the best hour of radio you could ever download!
- Publisher
- Global
- Category
- comedy · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 10 May 2012
- Latest episode
- 17 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
11 of 616 episodes have a transcript.
17 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
What makes a crisp a crisp?
10 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
I've got to smell my dog's paws
3 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
What's the point of bay leaves?
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What makes a crisp a crisp?
Published 17 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] No, it's starch, basically. It's extruded starch. So in other words, you make it into a mush and you fire it through a dye and make a shape. Like Pringles is a hyperbolic shape. It starts off with a mush. And a hula hoop is a hyperbolic shape? Well, it's not. Whatever shape you make, whatever shape you make. It's basically starch. The starch can come from any source. it's a it's a absolute classic ukf food so it's may could be maize it could be corn it could be a it could be potatoes and it still wouldn't be a crisp it still wouldn't be a crisp no no crisps is sliced potato fried in oil and then the flavor is sprinkled on them there is a way you said that you could have been in an advert what about skips Skips? […]
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- YouTube views
- 1,081,343,195
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.7 / 5
- 88 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 254 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 73 / 100
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- Quality
- 70
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 98
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Who hosts James O'Brien's Mystery Hour?
James O'Brien host the show. Published by Global.
How often do new episodes come out?
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