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03/02/2025      "Knock knock, it's the Jehovah's Witnesses"      Full moon, half moon, total eclipse of the heart. This episode we're winning pub quizzes by travelling the solar system! Listen on to hear why Jesus is like a goose, and why I always answer the door in my underwear.      Psycholoscopes  Haribo       Mnemonics  Bodies of the Solar System (by size and mass)       Deep Dive  Moons      ...

20/01/2025      "They've ruined the top deck of the bus"      Why is it so "satisfying" to have a rival podcast? Listen on for why I risked it all with my recycling bin, and the difference between goats and mountain goats. Which one would happily eat a pickleball?      Ministry of Rightspeak  Homophones       What's Dis  Goat, Mountain Goat       Cambridge Analytics       Wonder Where I Am       S...

06/01/2025      "Condoms are such an easy win"      Goodness gracious, this is herbaceous. That's right, it's getting hot in here as we dive in to the etymology of herbs! Listen on for Kamehameha (a historical figure) and the Mrs Vajayjay of Dragonball Z.      Harvey Dudgeon  Swiss Army knife       Etymology  Parsley sage rosemary and thyme       Not A Joke       Elemental  Livermorium       Crypt...

23/12/2024      "Rafael Nadal was in an advert with my friend Steve!"      Here's a sketch about pronouns, I'm sure that won't be controversial! Listen on for the spooky spleen, Star Trek's nifty names, and the sport that uses a coward's weapon.      Oxford New Words       Doctor Organs  Spleen       Something Else  Thy Pronouns Please       Punch Up The Psalm  Psalm 12: Help, Lord, for the godly...

09/12/2024      "We don't really do Junior here in the UK"      I've found my soulmate! Pity she was born in 1902. This episode we're figuring out if Skip and Trey are real names. Hint, they're not! Tune in to hear if I would date an Australian drop-bear or a legendary Russian horse!      Psycholoscopes  Ham       Snog Mythology Avoid  Drop Bear, Lidérc, Sivko-Burko       Mnemonics  Critical Think...

25/11/2024      "I've been doing standup again"      Oh yes, it's the Oh-Possum! Or is it just Possum? Discover which country's name gave us "serendipity", and hear about a trailblazing computer nun! Or is she a None? In Python she is!      Ministry of Rightspeak  Hybrid compounds      What's Dis  Opossum, Possum      Cambridge Analytics      Great Women of Science  Mary Kenneth Keller      Crypti...

11/11/2024      "Atheists can say bless you"      Am I eating beetles in my M and M's? Why did NASA send Mr Bean to the moon? And what does the etymology of vermicelli noodles have to do with "red"? Listen on to find out!      Harvey Dudgeon  Moonwalkers      Etymology  Red      Double Platinum Discs  Soft Cell - Tainted Love      Wonder Where I Am      New Accent Please      -      Music by Kevin...

28/10/2024      "I have never met an easily triggered youth"      Stephen Fry! Why must you say these things? Tune in for a long rant about the Clone Wars. I mean the Culture Wars. Well, they both involve appropriating a Maori man's look.      Oxford New Words      Plants of Interest  Cogongrass      Not A Joke      Elemental  Chromium      Cryptic Corner      -      Music by Kevin MacLeod, arrang...

14/10/2024      "Greek mythology is back baby!"      Aslan is Turkish for "lion" but the Slavs completely missed the memo! And what the hell is an exabyte? Or a zettametre? Listen on to find out!      Psycholoscopes  Coal combustion waste products      Mnemonics  Kilo Mega Giga, Milli Micro Nano      Punch Up The Psalm  Psalm 115: Not unto us, O Lord      New Accent Please      -      Music by Kev...

30/09/2024      "A banking app for children?"      Discover your brand new zodiac sign! Are you an oddball or an even-keel? This week we're also talking about whales. Are you feeling Blue, or full of Sperm?      Ministry of Rightspeak  Vowel digraphs      What's Dis  Blue whale, Sperm whale      The Zoddiac  Towerer, Concerto, Monocle, Octopod, Devotee, Peloton, Reveler, Hegemon      Cryptic Corne...

16/09/2024      "Bridgerton's gone woke!"      What's the oddly smooth way other languages say odd and even? Tune in to hear how the amazing Wu lets us communicate with aliens. It's not woo!      Harvey Dudgeon  British universities      Etymology  Odd and Even      Great Women of Science  Chien-Shiung Wu      New Accent Please      -      Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

02/09/2024      "Lady Gaga's Artpop has a couple of questionable songs"      Was that woman really named a racial slur? Listen on for the terrifying Pit and the Pendulum inside your eye, plus the mythological sprite born of Margaret Thatcher.      Oxford New Words      Doctor Organs  Lens      Cambridge Analytics      Snog Mythology Avoid  Thrymr, Anaye, Knocker      Cryptic Corner      -      Mus...

19/08/2024      "What do you call the upstairs hallway?"      Vowels ho! Huh? Huh! Find out what exclamations I'm inventing this week, plus we memorise all the countries of West Africa! Hah! And how!      Psycholoscopes  Eggs      Elemental  Europium      Not A Joke      Mnemonics  Countries of Africa (Part 2)      New Accent Please      -      Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

05/08/2024      "QI chose to be Quite Interesting rather than Quite Accurate"      We're getting fruity this episode with peaches, nectarines, and apricots! What's the difference? And listen, Yahoo is definitely not an acronym, I was right. I was right!      What's Dis  Peach, Nectarine, Apricot      Ministry of Rightspeak  Binomial synonyms      Wonder Where I Am      Cryptic Corner      -      M...

22/07/2024      "Thanks for mansplaining the sun to me"      You'll never guess what medical field Baron Brain worked in! Alright, you got it. But what is Christmas Disease? And why did I find a Torah at the departure gate?      Harvey Dudgeon  Longest rivers      Etymology  Eponymous diseases      Punch Up The Psalm  Psalm 124: If it had not been the Lord      New Accent Please      -      Music...

08/07/2024      "Here's a riddle that's wrong"      Listen here Shania, does anything impress you much? How about pitcher plants being used as bat homes and vole toilets, listen on to find out more! Still no? Shania, please!      Oxford New Words      Plants of Interest  Pitcher Plants      Double Platinum Discs  Shania Twain - That Don't Impress Me Much      Great Women of Science  Laura Bassi  ...

24/06/2024      "Frankly my dear I certainly do give a damn"      Why are Germans better at maths? It's because of their mnemonics! Why do Spanish people not care one "bledo"? And was scientist Niels Bohr a good footballer? Listen on to find out!      Psycholoscopes  Oranges      Mnemonics  Order of operations      Not A Joke      Elemental  Bohrium      New Accent Please      -      Music by Kevi...

10/06/2024      "All the spaceships and the lasers are fine"      Holy moly do I have a tremendous respect for great apes. As long as they stay the hell away from me! But Captain Picard can beam down any day. We're through the looking-glass this episode!      Ministry of Rightspeak  Final syllable emphasis      What's Dis  Monkeys and Apes      Cambridge Analytics      Snog Mythology Avoid  Maping...

27/05/2024      "I know it's perfectly safe"     Why must you flee the x-ray? Checkmate, dentists! Wait, checkmate? Listen on to find out how the beautiful game gave us cheques and bodychecks.      Harvey Dudgeon  Snow White      Etymology  Chess      Wonder Where I Am      New Accent Please      -      Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

13/05/2024      "Lost in Translation was a hatewatch"     Sofia Coppola is not a Racist(TM) and neither am I! But let me tell you what colours poo can be, that's my kind of horoscope! I'm a Crapicorn.      Oxford New Words      Doctor Organs  Gallbladder      Punch Up The Psalm  Psalm 4: Hear me when I call      Cryptic Corner      -      Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

29/04/2024      "Here's a good trolley problem"     It's only Adolf's clone! Plus we're memorising the countries of Africa. Listen on to hear my take on whether Billie Joe Armstrong is bisexual or just soaned. Did he mean "stoned"?      Psycholoscopes  Quiches      Mnemonics  Countries of Africa - part 1      Double Platinum Discs  Green Day - Basket Case      Great Women of Science  Mae Jemison  ...

22/04/2024      "M. Night Shyamalan used to be good"      Owls, owls, owls! And what do they have to do with cloche hats? Or an Italian uncle? The twist ending is that there is no twist! That's right, this episode's an M. Night Sham.      Ministry of Rightspeak      Gendered pairs      What's Dis      Owls      Not A Joke      Elemental      Rubidium      Cryptic Corner      -      Music by Kevin...

08/04/2024      "I got him orange flavoured toothpaste"      I'm sinisterly dextrous because I write with both hands. And what does Sodium Laureth Sulfate taste like? I do the experiment so you don't have to! Listen on to find out why I won't date the sphinx.      Cambridge Analytics      Etymology      Left and Right      Harvey Dudgeon      Greek philosophers      Snog Mythology Avoid      Penan...

25/03/2024      "I went out at midnight to see the full moon"      Who said plants can't do slapstick? Whoops! I've dropped all my sediment! Said the ocean waves hitting the mangrove forest. And what does gutter water taste like? Tune in to find out!      Oxford New Words      Plants of Interest      Mangroves      Motor Scrap Auto Service      Immobiliser      Wonder Where I Am      Cryptic Corne...

11/03/2024      "I went to a new ice cream place recently"      Just who the hell does Richard of York think he is, giving battle in vain? Was he feeling indigo? I mean blue. Listen on to find out why he didst putte creame in a paile withe strawe!      Psycholoscopes      Berries      Mnemonics      Colours of the Rainbow, Electromagmentic Spectrum      Stress Ball      Punch Up The Psalm      Psa...