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Who has time for lengthy history lessons? Not us! That's why we created Surface Knowledge, the podcast that delivers just enough info to impress your friends and family in 30 minutes or less. Join award-winning journalist and podcast presenter Max Kurton as he shares his vast (surface) knowledge on a wide variety of topics. Get ready to soak up some trivia that might just come in handy someday.
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Got Till Five

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Ending at 100 episodes this was a podcast where each episode was a brand new Top Five from various aspects of pop culture. Originally this was purely a wrestling based podcast. Max & Jesse dissected their top fives on a variety of subjects with two picks each, and then each presents a number one that the Got Till Five audience decided as the winner.
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In October 2017, something strange passed through our solar system, which was fast, silent, and not from around here. Meet ʻOumuamua: the first confirmed interstellar object ever detected in our skies. Was it a comet? An asteroid? A giant hydrogen snowball? Or, as one Harvard astrophysicist controversially suggested… something else entirely? In thi…
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Set sail into the strange and stormy world of ghost ships. Vessels found adrift with no crew, no answers, and plenty of eerie mystery. In this episode of Surface Knowledge, we uncover the true story of the Mary Celeste, explore the legend of the Flying Dutchman, and examine the science behind why ships vanish… and sometimes come back. From the stee…
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Literally Punk Rock 101 for this episode. Find out all the surface knowledge you'll ever need on one of the most influential music genres in recent memory. We cover everything from: - Proto-Punk - First Wave - Subgenres - 90s revival - Mainstream Punk Rock - The legacy and importance of punk today Join Max for a deep dive on his favourite music gen…
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True crime. Serial killers. FBI profiling. In this episode of Surface Knowledge, we go beyond the headlines to explore why serial killers exist, what drives them, and how they’re caught. From psychological profiling and the origins of VICAP to pop culture obsession and media myths, it’s a surface-level dive into the darkest corners of criminal beha…
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Yes, you're seeing that right there is 22 minutes of information all about the North Pole. Have you never been curious about the frozen tundra that sits above our heads? Inspired by the latest novel ‘Death in the Arctic’ by Tom Hindle, Max delves into all aspects of the North Pole. There are myths and legends about it that stretch back to ancient G…
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A complete history of video games in under 20 minutes. Discover the military lab origin of video games in the 1950s. How that expanded out to the arcade craze of the 70s and 80s. Learn about the video game market crash of the 80s and its eventual revival. Console wars, 3D graphics, mobile gaming, VR, and the state of the industry today. Including s…
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It's wrasslin' time!!! Wrestlemania 41 is just around the corner and more and more people are tuning into watching WWE on Netflix on a weekly basis. So, this episode covers one of my personal favorite subject matter - pro wrestling. This episode will teach you interesting terminology so you don't get lost in any conversation It helps you navigate t…
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This is the very first episode in this brand-new series!!! Surface Knowledge is the podcast that delivers just enough info to impress anyone in 30 minutes or less. To kick us off Max gives you a very quick surface knowledge and understanding of what the show involves. Then we look at what is a hoax how it differs from a conspiracy and why hoaxes ex…
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Its a new year so of course we must discuss the games coming out in the year ahead! Join Steph & Nikki as they look forward to games that may be so good they end up in future top fives, or worst case, games that end up in our top 5 worst ever games! Or maybe they wont ever come out, It can definitely go either way.. Tune in to find out!…
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We all know by now that Steph loves her aliens, so we thought why not theme this episode all around our most loved extra-terrestrial beings! Steph & Nikki discuss their top 5 alien characters in this episode, and delve into the best but also most iconic out of space icons from other worlds! Find out more about Game Till Five at www.gametillfive.co.…
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*EXPLICIT CONTENT WARNING* NSFW* We've got some more bonus content for you! If you've ever wanted to listen to us awkwardly read weird video game fanfiction then you are in luck! Because that is what we did for our retired patreon back in the day, which is now free for your ears as a part of our bonus episode releases! However If you dont want to h…
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If you thought we forgot about our Patreon archive bonus episodes... You would be right! However we finally dived back into the vaults once more to find an episode. We decided as the pandemic was such a sad, lonely place and we couldn't see real people, that we should create an imaginary dinner party with video game characters! Originally released …
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This episode brings all the stuff you would imagine an episode about animal human hybrid characters to bring and more! Max and Jesse from our old sister podcast Got Till Five make their return and bring the chaos with them as we all talk our top five anthropomorphic characters. We apologise in advance for any thing they say, their views are strictl…
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Warning: Episode contains explicit conversation and some sound clips that may scar you. Its Game Till Five's 69th episode so what better way to celebrate than talking about banging! Things get a bit heated as Steph and Nikki discuss their top 5 sex scenes in video games, for better or worse, they delve into the nitty gritty of moments where video g…
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*EXPLICIT CONTENT WARNING* We are back with another episode from the Game Till Five archives with a old and unreleased Patreon episode! The sun has set in the Game Till Five headquarters and many wine's have been drunk. If you ever wondered what a Game Till Five episode would be like after Nikki & Steph drink more than they normally would during a …
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Starting off a new mini series at Game Till Five all about the top weapons in video games! This first episode is all about Nikki & Steph's Top Five Guns in video games. Some silly, some deadly! So listen in to hear the list. BBC Sounds Podcast radio hour segment: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001b6l7 To listen to more episodes or find out more…
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We have decided to delve into the Game Till Five archives and release some of our old patreon episodes as bonus episodes! Nikki & Steph delve into their very own prologues and talk about how they got into playing video games. They also discuss how it was growing up as female gamers and how this affected them as adults. Join them as they take a trip…
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Well, here we are. We reached the milestone of 100 Got Till Five episodes, but it's time to say goodbye. This podcast started in September 2017 and has ran consistently ever since. Starting as a wrestling podcast and then when we covered all possible topic we could think of we expanded into general pop culture top fives. Over the past four years we…
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