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23/03/2026      "The telephone gesture isn't going away"      Ask for W-cheese! In Japan they know what you mean. This episode we're time-travelling, from Elizabethans to Millennials. Or is it time-TRAVELING? We gave you that L in 1776, they say. But what does it mean? Will I shut up and take the L? Listen on to find out!      Oxford New Words       Plants of Interest  Bulrush / Cattail       Deep...

09/03/2026      "I used to have this waking nightmare"      Get your big oar out because we're going Port and Starboard! Listen on to hear why homemade chilli oil can give you fatal paralysis, yikes! And where do the names Webster and Brewster come from?      Psycholoscopes  Fast and Furious films         Mnemonics  Port and Starboard        Not A Joke          Elemental  Xenon        Cryptic Corn...

16/02/2026       "I listened to Gangnam Style before it was cool"       Who doesn't love Psy? Maybe lobsters because their multiple ganglia can process the true horror of "Heeey sexy lady!" quicker than our brains can. Listen on for some erudite poetry plus Grandpa Kit telling you Facebook used to be good.       Ministry of Rightspeak       Phrasal verbs       What's Dis       Crabs, Lobsters     ...

02/02/2026      "I love foxes, but..."      Who doesn't love Fantastic Mr Fox? Apart from your pet chickens. Time's up as we're diving into all our yesterdays because tomorrow never dies! Plus a cheeky bit of sexy mythology, tune in for white nights with white ladies!      Harvey Dudgeon     Vikings     Etymology     Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow     Snog Mythology Avoid     Dames Blanches, Iolaus, E...

19/01/2026      "Am I being racist..."      That's not a good sign! Then again, Fresh Meat isn't a good sitcom. But it does make me reminisce about my uni days, why didn't I join Breakdancing Soc after Japanese class? Listen on to learn about the human salivary glands!      Oxford New Words       That's An Organ  Salivary glands       Cambridge Analytics  Cryptic Corner       -       Music by Kevi...

05/01/2026      "Buffalo buffalo? Buffalo sh**!"      Was Jesus the son of God? Is Buffalo Buffalo a grammatical sentence? This episode it's the twelve disciples! Let's memorise those blessed buddies, cherubic chums, messianic mates. Listen on for the book of Q (not a Star Trek reference) and how to pronounce Q in Arabic!      Psycholoscopes  Leather         Mnemonics and Deep Dive  Twelve Discipl...

22/12/2025       "I used to hate buying presents"       Merry Christmas! This week it's five reindeers prancing (why are they called "rein" deer?), four German zoos, three types of gift I give my family, two knees-a-clicking (not mine), and a partridge in a pear tree!       Ministry of Rightspeak  Quintuplicate letters       What's Dis  Reindeer, Caribou       Something Different  The Twelve Days...

01/12/2025      "Stranger Things season five means nothing to me"     Fetch! Sit! Watch every Wes Anderson film! This week it's dog breeds. Are St Bernards truly blessed? Are terriers terrible? Are whippets always huffing gas? Tune in to find out!     Harvey Dudgeon     Knots     Etymology     Dog breeds     Cryptic Corner     -     Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley     Also featuring...

29/09/2025      "Your whole system falls apart"      Will the real Slim Shady please explain English conditionals. With pleasure! And which spice is known as the stinking gum? Tune in to hear why Anti-Lock Braking is actually the nanny state.      Oxford New Words       Plants of Interest  Asafoetida       Motor Scrap Auto Service  Anti-lock braking       Punch Up The Psalm  Psalm 101: I will sing...

15/09/2025      "Did you know that Boris Johnson paints buses?"      This week I do evil work for evil people. Who Googlewashes the Googlewashers? Listen on to hear about the bear who joined the Polish army. He ate cigarettes and has a very easy to pronounce name, honest!      Psycholoscopes  Egyptian pyramids       Elemental  Mercury       Mnemonics  US universities       Did Someone Say Puzzles...

01/09/2025      "A cast list is so exciting"      Sam and Ella are totally toxic, dude. Oh, I mean Salmonella. Tune in for dastardly diseases, Superdrug soaps, and Daniel Bedingfield. I gotta get thru this copious diarrhoea!      Ministry of Rightspeak  False rhymes       What's Dis  Salmonella, Typhoid, Typhus       Double Platinum Discs  Daniel Bedingfield - Gotta Get Thru This       Cryptic Cor...

18/08/2025      "Liar Liar has aged pretty well"      Cerulean. Azure. Cyan. Indigo? It's not purple! This week I'm feeling anything but blue. Plus Alma Levant Hayden's excellent adventure where she wipes out totally bogus quackery. Dude!      Harvey Dudgeon  Horse breeds       Etymology  Blue       Cambridge Analytics       Great Women of Science  Alma Levant Hayden       Cryptic Corner       -  ...

04/08/2025      "Self driving cars are... here?"      Which Egyptian deity was exceptionally well-endowed? And are robots coming for your large intestine? Whoops, I mean your job. Tune in to find out!      Oxford New Words       That's An Organ  Caecum       Snog Mythology Avoid  Sihuanaba, Min, Red Ghost       New Accent Please       -       Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

21/07/2025      "You can wear clothes inside out"      It's a bumper episode as I tell you all of funky Will.i.am Shakespeare's plays and how to memorise them. Plus a list of all the people I've kissed! TMI.      Psycholoscopes  Mint plants       Mnemonics and Deep Dive  Shakespeare's plays       Cryptic Corner       -       Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley  Also featuring the songs:...

07/07/2025  "This episode is not sponsored by McDonalds but..." What was that Ribena advert? You know the one! All this talk of anteaters and aardvarks makes me darn thirsty. Tune in to hear my own ABCs of cryptic crosswords. I'm lovin' it! Ministry of Rightspeak  Multiple different vowels  What's Dis  Aardvark, Anteaters  Something Different  Sega P.Y.S.S.  Wonder Where I Am  Cryptic Corner  -  M...

23/06/2025      "Katy Perry won the battle, but Gaga won the war"      The Tongue Map was such BS! It certainly wasn't to my taste. But how do you say sour, salty, bitter, and sweet in other languages? What's halva got to do with it? Or myrrh? Listen on to find out!      Harvey Dudgeon  Dutch provinces       Etymology  Sour, Salty, Bitter, Sweet       New Accent Please       -       Music by Kevin...

09/06/2025      "I was quite judgmental about blasphemy"      What's your papal name? Which pope are you? I'm buzzfeeding it up with my very own quiz! Tune in to hear about the invention of velcro, and the delicious taste of Dandelion and Burdock.      Oxford New Words       Plants of Interest  Burdock       What's Your Papal Name?  Pope Quiz       Cryptic Corner       -       Music by Kevin MacLe...

26/05/2025      "Who is the real Mo Farah?"      Emma Stone? Emily Stone? You want to see stones, start digging! This episode we're memorising Geological Periods, plus we're asking what's in a name? Emma-Lee Stone?      Psycholoscopes  Architectural columns       Mnemonics and Deep Dive  Geologic Periods       Cambridge Analytics       Cryptic Corner       -       Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged...

12/05/2025      "It's cute when a dog is in the way"      Don't eat raw cassava! Tune in to find out why, and hear about the Wang Fallacy. I mean Phallus-y. It's also called the Outgroup Homogeneity Bias but I prefer wang!      Ministry of Rightspeak  IOUS       What's Dis  Sweet Potato, Cassava, Yams       Snog Mythology Avoid  Nüwa, Dungavenhooter, Hecatoncheires       New Accent Please       -...

28/04/2025      "Black Mirror is back baby!"      Piranha's aren't endangered! Phew! I feel much better about that time I fished in the Amazon now. This episode it's Ps and Qs, what links pentagons and quintets? Or Helios and Sol? Tune in to find out!      Harvey Dudgeon  Salad Dressings       Etymology  Mind your Ps and Qs       Great Women of Science  Gulielma Lister       Cryptic Corner       -...

14/04/2025      "I bought my first bluetooth earphones"      I prised the buttons off my friend's keyboard but it wasn't a prank, honest! This episode I swallow my pride as we talk tonsils, loot boxes, and gacha games.      Oxford New Words       That's An Organ  Tonsils       Not A Joke       Elemental  Cerium       New Accent Please       -       Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

31/03/2025      "I didn't get the memo"      Divorced, beheaded, died... just speeds up naming planets? We're getting historical this episode, and can someone please tell me what Off Peak means? Listen on for broiling instructions!      Psycholoscopes  Elvis Presley songs       Mnemonics  Wives of Henry VIII       Name Nerd  Capital cities       Punch Up The Psalm  Psalm 67: God be merciful unto u...

17/03/2025      "If you're running a Speed Dating event, you have to do the maths right"      Is it pronounced Pink or P!nk? So what? That's what she'd say. This episode we're burning lime and trying Turkish delight, by which I mean a devoiced "R". Sean Connery would love it!      Ministry of Rightspeak  Football teams       What's Dis  Concrete, Cement, Mortar       Double Platinum Discs  Pink -...

03/03/2025      "Fried onion wakes you up in the morning"      Genghis Khan-do attitude, that's what I say. And what do eclairs have to do with blitzkriegs? This episode we're talking pastry etymologies! Don't miss the Navajo spinal clip and my Marina and the Diamonds travel game.      Harvey Dudgeon  Leaders of the Mongol Empire       Etymology  Pastries and cakes       Great Women of Science  Ra...

17/02/2025      "You know I like logical fallacies"      Polish vampires and allergic reactions this episode! Get your logic hat on because I'm yammering on about an argument I won five years ago! Don't miss the chat about poison ivy and Mandarin Chinese consonants.      Oxford New Words       Plants of Interest  Poison Ivy       Snog Mythology Avoid  Lamia, Bakunawa, Upiór       New Accent Please...