Lessin Boy Podcast — Animated Films
The surprising true stories of everyday inventions, animated. Free to watch and download — no login, no payment. Audio episodes live at lessinboypodcast.ai.
The Invention of the Umbrella
6:10 ·
August 28, 2026
The umbrella is not a rain invention — it's a sun invention. Four thousand years from pharaohs' feather parasols to ancient China's oiled-paper breakthrough, to Jonas Hanway, the Londoner who endured thirty years of mockery for carrying one in the rain… and won.
The Invention of the Flushing Toilet
3:46 ·
August 22, 2026
From a 4,000-year-old flush at the palace of Knossos, to Sir John Harington's 1596 invention for Queen Elizabeth I that was two centuries ahead of its time, to the S-trap and the plumber whose real name gave bathroom slang its favorite word — the surprising history of the toilet.