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Answer Us Back: Naughty Elves and Same-names


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Hello! Here is this month's edition of Answer Us Back, full of your feedback on AMTs old and new - mostly pretty new. On today's menu:

  • Olly Mann himself has a change of heart about Elf On The Shelf since AMT392.

  • Laura found a variety pack of stock, as yearned for by Olly in AMT407 - although is two flavours enough to count as 'variety'?

  • Several people wrote in to chip in on AMT412's discussion of people with your same name using your email address; here we hear from Margaret and Daniel.

  • After hearing AMT411's question from Charlie from Canberra - whose mother had lately found out she was the biological child of a prolific sperm donor and thus has 600+ siblings - we heard from many of you reflecting upon your similar experiences of finding you were the child of a sperm donor, or your parent learning that they were. David, Breanne and Jo share some remarkable responses. 

    If you’ve been storing thoughts about AMTs 1-412, send them to us for future episodes of Answer Us Back. 

    And as always, send in your questions, in voicenote or written form to [email protected], for all new AMT413 which will be in your podfeed 24 December 2025. 

    And keep AMT going by signing up at patreon.com/answermethis, where highest tier gets access to our ENTIRE back catalogue, including the paywalled episodes, the special albums, the Bonus Bits of Crapp on the AMT App (RIP) and all the Retro AMT episodes.

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