Ever feel like you missed something important when it comes to the news? A fact, a detail, or an event that it feels like everyone else knows about, and now you'd look like a moron if you asked someone to explain? Well, here's a podcast that will ask those questions so you don't have to.

This week, host Danielle Ward is joined by Hugo Rifkind, a regular guest on The News Quiz and a columnist and leader writer for The Times, who will explain everything there is to know about newspapers. Helping Danielle ask the stupid questions are comedians Margaret Cabourn-Smith (Do The Right Thing, John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme) and Gabriel Ebulue (host of The Three Track Podcast).

Questions asked and answered include:

• Why are all newspapers right-wing?
• Do columnists believe what they write?
• Who writes the puns in the headlines?

....so if you've sort of been guessing the answers based on a gut feeling, why not listen and find out for sure? And then subscribe to stay equally informed about other issues, as we get around to them.

All our guests are on Twitter, so go and say hello - @hugorifkind, @MCabournSmith and @GabrielEbulue, and Danielle is @captainward. And the show itself now has a Twitter account: @AnyStupidQs. Follow it for information about upcoming episodes, recordings, and extra bits of the show that had to be cut for any reason.

Produced by Ed Morrish (@edmorrish)

Music from www.akmmusic.co.uk

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