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Gareth Edwards tries to explain how come such a high percentage of L&O's hosts have broken their greater tuberosities since we got going? Post hoc ergo propter hoc? Also, Matthew Parker's first Bertrand Bisque story, operatic pirates and the world is an artichoke. This is the shortened version. Subscribers get the full archive but do listen to the most recent full episode for details o...

Anna's mum's dog is a spy! Oberon is the kind of harsh but decisive ruler we crave during a debilitating heatwave! Moira starts to wonder if there is a problem with twitter! This is our monthly free episode. We hope you enjoy it. To hear the whole thing, and the archive, you can sign up here. *If you're American.

Gareth Edwards did not 'have a fall', whatever the nice young lady who helped him thinks. James Pond has not been drunkenly stockpiling Pelotons just because he fancies the online instructor. Too many exercise bikes are the least of his problems, anyway. And then we go deep into the woods in search of human connection. And animal connection. But not in that way. With David Mitchell, Tamsin...

Benet Brandreth travels America with a film star and a cat; Agatha Maud is a grown-up; some people are Too Sensible for Love; and MORE... This is the shortened version of our show. We'd love you to hear the whole thing. You can do that by clicking this link...

Mike Westcott is back with news from the RLWU (Robot Lego Wars Universe). David Mitchell, Tamsin Greig, Rosie Holt and Clare Foster have licence to krill in James Pond. Also, opportunities for diverse divers in aquaria and crypts! Also, more! This is the taster for our weekly show. To hear the whole thing - we would love that - sign up here.

Anna Savory has seen the light, and the light says, 'Don't wear clothes'. Also, inter-continental custody battles, hot opera, sad songs and the longest chorus line on Broadway. This is our monthly free episode - do join us for the rest by clicking here.

We have Anna in Ballet! Matthew Parker Goes on the Run with Some Bankrobbing Nuns! And we all know that the truth lies in between, but in between  what ?! This is a taster for our podcast - join us for the whole thing by clicking here.

Ghosts in love! Devils in love! The Difference between us and the US, and it's not politics! Also, a Fight Song! Also, crucially, some BAD INFORMATION. As trailed last week, we accidentally say that Tall Tales is on Tuesday 26th May. It is not. It is on MONDAY 25TH MAY. Email us at talltalesnight@gmail.com (Sorry if duplicate posting. Some people got this on on Friday as per usual, some people...

Gareth Edwards plans his dream restaurant; the first series of Mike Westcott's Young Worker's Quickstart Scheme comes to a bloody end; Unlikely Puns; AND MORE... This is our free taster - for full episodes, please join us here!

Anna Savory is a labrador truther; terrible news for Agatha Maud; Belly of the Year; and an artichoke game that will one day be taught in schools... This is our free feed - we'd love to have you for full episodes and you can sign up here.

Among this week's animals are nematodes, tardigrades and an ageing badger that is NOTHING LIKE Gareth Edwards. Also, Susannah Pearse leads us boldly into a future in which, finally, all our problems have been solved... This is our monthly free full episode. For full access to the rest and the archive, sign up and get our FIRST MONTH FREE OFFER by clicking here!

Small business adventures with Anna Savory. Further economic insights from the nightclubs of the footballer belt. Aristocratic nature notes. The last potatoes on earth. This is the free taster for Listen & Often. If you'd like to hear the full thing, we'd love that too, and this is the link.

Mike Westcott is eating through the world, Anna Savory is moving out of Kent and we explore the legendary longest tunnel in Dorset, as well as giving valuable advice if you are in the market for a toaster. This is our free feed. If you want to hear the whole thing, that would be great, and you can find it here.

It's time for James Pond, Episode 2: Patagonia, with David Mitchell, Tamsin Greig, Claire Foster and Rosie Holt. But more than that, it's horses week on Listen and Often, with Anna Savory and a sinister but strangely attractive villain... This is just a taster. We'd love you to join us for the whole thing, and you can do that by clicking here .

Gareth Edwards joins us for the Series One Finale of Mike Westcott's Young Workfinders' Quickstart Scheme, and then tries to imagine his way into the minds of Midsomer's funniest appalling murderers. He finds it hard. This is our monthly free episode. We hope you like it, and if you do, we'd love you to join us every week.

A new joke gets a passing grade, but it needs work. We face up to the fact that some people in our social circles are just horrible. And we look at how history shows that everything changes for for the better. This is a shortened episode. For the full thing, please join us on https://www.patreon.com/listenandoften - we'd love that.

Mike Westcott brings the latest from the front lines of the lego robot wars. Matt Parker's eerie tale of the Victorian era's unluckiest husband. And we explore the strange history of Yang the Nauseating... If you would like the full episode, and the whole of James Pond, starring David Mitchell and Tamsin Greig, please join us!

Anna Savory is ready to bite all-comers. Also, advice on greyhounds, hares and where you should buy your next mysterious cloak. To get the full episode, please join us via the website.

The arrival, thrillingly, of James Pond, with David Mitchell and Tamsin Greig. He's running away from his girlfriend! Also, we have Stephen Brown but don't worry, he hasn't brought a joke.  This is your monthly free episode of Listen & Often. To get this much goodness every week, please join us via https://www.patreon.com/listenandoften - we'd love to have you!

Anna Savory is too intimidated by Stephen Brown's joke to risk telling one of her own; a rare heron has been seen in London (assuming it is still 2013); and the truth about taxidermy sitcom episodes is stranger than the fiction... If you want to hear the full episode, we would love that too, and you can subscribe via www.patreon.com/listenandoften

Gareth Edwards joins us TWICE. Anna Savory expands on scary movies and the Kent Education system at terrifying length. We investigate the Swiss cheese industry, cow doping and world of Tasmanian gothic... That's what you get in the full version, available via www.patreon.com/listenandoften This is the curtailed version for free members. We hope you're having a lovely day.

Or do we mean Annie Proulx's invention of the ice hockey romance? Maybe we do. Also, further analysis of Stephen's joke and Tom decision about whether or not to move past writing about sexy werewolves dining on Jeremy Clarkson. This is our free feed. To hear full shows, please join us via www.patreon.com/listenandoften

We asked for it, we got it. Also, Mike Westcott's Young Workfinder learns London Rules and we talk Vikings. And there are terrapins. This is the monthly full episode on this, our free feed. To get full episodes every week, sign up on www.patreon.com/listenandoften

Controversial rock legends; Agatha Maud cuts through a Gordian Knot; I was at school with a boy called Gordon Knot; admitting you are wrong; refusing to admit you are wrong and making an unwise bet with your dentist. All these and more! To hear the whole episode, join us via www.patreon.com/listenandoften. It would be great to have you!

Gareth Edwards on Graham the badger's adventures in the woodland health service; Matthew Parker on ill-fated Matthew Perry vehicles; Noble Postmen of Norway; AND MORE This is just a taster. The full episode is available if you go to www.patreon.com/listenandoften and click 'subscribe'. It would be great to have you.