Why Would You Tell Me That?

And we’re back again! Season 7 is upon us and Dave is kicking things off in style with a Word Quiz for Neil! In Part 2, the lads are joined by YouTuber RobWords who blows their minds with such nuggets as why Ireland used to be called Scotland, why Wales might actually be a slur and what the hell an eggcorn is! Presented and Produced by Neil Delamere and Dave Moore Music by Dave Moore Artwork by Ra...

What a way to end the season! This week the lads catch up with the head elf from the BBC's brilliant QI TV show, James Harkin. Here is a man who brings the trivia in a ridiculously impressive way. He's got facts and he knows how to use them. In tribute to some of their worst jokes on the podcast so far part 1 contains an explanation of the Tumbleweed plant.   Presented and Produced by Neil De...

Why would you travel to the other side of the world to play football in a rainy toad habitat? This is what Paul Watson, journalist, author and football enthusiast, found himself having to answer when he ended up in Pohnpei, a Micronesian island, with the mission to bring them the joy of football. It’s a story that involves calling on the Mormons, trying to win just one game of football and ending...

Menswear writer Derek Guy joins the lads on this week’s episode to explain why a monarch across the water might just have effected what you wear. Can his tips ensure the Neil and Dave are invited to the next Met Gala? One can only hope. Part 1 sees Neil’s travel tips help Dave find restful holiday destinations. He needs them. He’s very busy. He’s mainly busy telling us how busy he is, but he’s bus...

The fact that sharks have no bones is mind blowing. The fact that this fact is merely one of about 20 mind-blowing shark facts on this week’s podcast is even more mind blowing! All of these facts (and something terrible about shark reproduction!) are brought to us by the amazing Jaida Elcock, Shark Scientist, PhD student and co-founder of Minorities In Shark Sciences. As if that wasn’t enough, you...

Ohh this one is a cracker. Professor of Biochemistry Luke O’Neill walks the lads through the history of the brain. He covers everything from electrocuting dead frogs to accidentally firing a rod through your noggin and all the discoveries these events led to. He also casually drops in which philosopher had the brilliantly named ‘exploding head syndrome’. In part, one Dave finally receive...

In this week’s episode, Dave has recruited actor, writer, space nerd and author of the brilliant Spaced Out - A Casual Approach to the Cosmos, Kalpana Pot, to frighten all of us! So many things in space want to kill us that it’s a wonder we’re here at all! But don’t worry, Kalpana’s really sound and delivers all our impending doom stories with a touch of grace. We also learn in Part 1 about “Safet...

This week the lads are joined by the magnificent Dr. Kit Chapman to explain the weird and wonderful ways animals were used during WW2. In part 1 Neil walks Dave through the story of the Texan town that changed its name to get free TV. But both of these amazing stories frankly  pale in comparison to the Dave's violent attack on Neil's choice of chocolate bar.  You can decide who's right o...

In this week’s episode, we are in the world of noises. Certain noises can be so annoying that some people feel the need to harm the noise maker! Maybe, though, it’s not your fault. Maybe you suffer from something called Misophonia. Author of “Sounds Like Misophonia”, Dr. Jane Gregory takes us through everything there is to know about Misophonia, including her own emerging research. We also learn h...

This week the lads are joined by historian and comedian (not necessarily in that order) Dr Ciaran Barlett to talk about Roman triumphs. Not every podcast covering history will cover which historian was, as Ciaran puts it, “a rat bastard” but this one does. And to get us warmed up for all things Roman, Neil explains to Dave which man of the ancient world was the highest paid athlete of all time. Th...

And just like that, we’re back! Season 6 is here! Kicking things off with a very WWYTMT?! subject is Dave’s episode on Dan Donnelly’s Arm! History nut, Jane Casey, tells the phenomenal tale of Dan Donnelly, a Dublin man who made a name for himself first in the capital and then the country when he “beat the English”! A remarkable fellow whose life only got more interesting after he died! How did hi...

Well this episode does exactly what is says on the tin. Financial Times journalist and bona fide Italian Marianna Giusti enlightens the lads about how many of the seemingly set-in-stone and ancient culinary traditions of Italy are very recent inventions. They learn about “gastro-nationalism” and as if that’s not enough, they find out which US president actually physically cleaned up afte...

In this week’s episode, we learn about the man who went from slave to senator in the fledgling, revolutionary United States. Author Cate Linnebery joins the lads to explore the incredible life of Robert Smalls. Also, Dave unleashes all the facts he didn’t manage to include in the rest of the episodes of Season 5. What are older, sharks or the rings of Saturn? What animal eats the most moose? It ai...

It’s a dog-eat-dog world, right? The alpha male of a pack uses aggression and dominance to stay as the leader of the pack? Well not so much. The lads are joined by Kira Cassidy an associate research scientist with the National Park Service research program in Yellowstone to bust some lupine myths and explain who is  the  most important member of the wolf pack. It is definitely not w...

Have you ever borrowed a car to nip off for a few hours? Well, that's what Bertha Benz did except it was the only car in the world and nobody had ever nipped anywhere in one before! Ever! She was the wife of Carl Benz of Mercedes Benz fame, sure, but she was so much more. An investor, a businesswoman, a pioneer and the inventor of the roadtrip! Everything about this story is wild and comic, scient...

This week we meet David Gluckman, the man (amongst others) who invented everyone’s favourite Christmas tipple, Baileys. He must be Irish, right? Wrong. Well, he must be a food scientist? Wrong. Surely it’s his biggest impact of Irish exports? Wrong. To put you in the mood for such deliciousness Neil drops some food facts in part 1. Be warned, one of them will make you question ever having a 9...

Imagine working your whole life on something and, when you finally get the chance to make the dream a reality, you just go, “Naaaah. You’re grand.” Well, that’s what somebody did when offered the chance to land on the moon! Who was that man? Well, Matt Hobs, scientist, comedian and moon landing enthusiast, is here to tell us all about him. Come for the guy turning down the moon, stay for the 1000...

We finally have the episode when Dave says "Time is a just a construct". That may well be the case, but you still have to have major cajones to want to change the entire calendar. Enter badboy of Europe, France. This week the lads meet Dr Matthew Shaw from Queen's College Library, Oxford University who talks them through the plan to get rid of Sundays, decimalize time and rename every day of the y...

In this episode, Dave has uncovered an incredible tale of age-defying physical prowess and downright stubbornness! Meet Gustaf Håkansson, an elderly Swedish gentleman who cycled the length of Sweden. Twice. To prove a point. Sarah Mulkerrins, a sports journalist, who has worked with every broadcaster around, drops by to tell this incredible tale. As if that wasn’t enough, we also learn about more...

The internet’s version of Liam Neeson, Jose Monkey joins the lads to explain how just how easy it is to figure out where you shot that video you posted. Jose has amassed 1.4 million followers online by establishing the locations of videos that people send him- the phrase “Find me Jose Monkey” is fast becoming internet lore. He explains just how he does what he does Of course, an obvious accompanim...

It’s SEASON FIVE! We are so grateful so many of you listen to us and we can’t believe we’re back for a fifth season! Dave is really easing us into this one with a simple question: what’s the worst pain the natural world has to offer?  In this episode, we meet Mark Vins, the CEO of one of YouTube’s most successful channels, Brave Wilderness. Mark and his friend, Coyote Peterson, have spent the...

In this week's episode, the final one of Season 4, Neil asks a question we've all asked ourselves a thousand times: Did General Franco rig the Eurovision Song Contest? This led to other questions being asked, such as: What? How? And Neil, are you ok? Well, it turns out that Neil's claim might just stand up and he brings in the brilliant author, journalist and documentary-maker, Richard Fitzpatrick...

This week Dave excels himself for sheer WWYTMTness by explaining just why der Fuhrer had the details of your local Maxol. He has enlisted the help of Dr Joseph Quinn of Oxford University to explain Operation Green, the Nazi invasion plan of Ireland. If that doesn’t whet your appetite, part 1 finds Dave in military manoeuvres mode. The Allies blew a lot of stuff up during WWII. Just not in the...

Yeah, you heard right. This week with the help of ophthalmic surgeon Arthur Cummings the lads explore just why you’d want one of your gnashers inserted into your own eye. To counteract such gore, in part one, Neil explains which man might be the person who has saved the most human lives ever. Add arsonist birds and animals that willingly sacrifice their young, and we got ourselves a podcast....

Maybe, to you, Death Metal sounds like an animal enduring some kind of torture alongside an explosion in a giant metal fabrication factory. Well, guess what, those of us who listen to that music are happier and nicer people than everyone else! Professor Bill Thompson, who is associated with a number of Australian universities, has proven this in a number of incredible studies and he's here to conf...