<p>Alecia Simmonds and Leigh Boucher are historians, which means they are uniquely qualified to gossip about the dead.</p><p>They're asking big, nosy questions about the lives of the people who shaped or misshaped Australia, like … Who really chopped off Chopper's ears? Why did they name a swimming pool after the Prime Minister who drowned? And, did our very own Dame Nellie Melba have a mean streak?</p><p>While each person's history is unique, the one thing they have in common is that they are dead, so conveniently, they can't sue.</p><p>Episodes dropping weekly from Tuesday, 30 June on ABC listen or wherever you get your podcasts.</p><ul><li>Hosted by Alecia Simmonds and Leigh Boucher</li><li>Supervising Producer: Hannah Reich</li><li>Development Producer: Beverley Wang</li><li>Executive Producers: Clare Rawlinson and Eric George</li><li>Head of ABC Audio on Demand: Jessica Radburn</li></ul>