Ask The Nincompoops

Ask The Nincompoops

By Andy Stanton & Carrie QuinlanKids & Family
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Ask The Nincompoops episodes

  • Term 2, Lesson 1: How Do Mirrors Make You See Yourself?

    Are you a very unintelligent child? Of COURSE you are. All you children have soft, squashy brains which don't work very well. It's well known by clever adults that you kids know NOTHING. After all, how many kids have won the Nobel Prize for Genetics? NONE.


    But don't cry because you won't be unedumacated for much longer. Carrie Quinlan (a VERY clever grown-up) and Andy Stanton (who is also a VERY clever grown-up, thank you, actually) are here to educate the world's children and answer their soft, squashy brain questions using GROWN-UP KNOWLEDGE. It's time to....Ask The Nincompoops!


    Today it's the turn of youngsters MICHAEL and KATHERINE to be informed and educated by two very clever adults. And boy, there was a lot they didn't know. Not a surprise (they're children, they know absolutely nothing) but it's still disappointing when you see it with your own eyes.


    This podcast is suitable for all the family!

    If you have a question you want these two geniuses to ask, just send it, with your name and age, to [email protected] - and we'll try to answer them in an upcoming episode!

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    21 min
  • Episode 8: Why Is Maths So Boring?

    For the first time in human history, the tremendously clever grown-ups Andy Stanton (a bearded man behind the beloved Mr Gum books) and Carrie Quinlan (an unbearded woman who comes out of your radio) will be sharing the vast knowledge they've gained during their lifetimes with some children who, frankly, know nothing. Honestly, joking apart, these kids are almost shamefully ignorant. I blame the parents.


    Armed with five questions, every episode sees two children being informed and educated by Carrie (a clever grown-up) and Andy (who is also a clever grown-up.) So if you want to know why maths is so boring (if it even is), why Pepsi is called Pepsi, and whether this the best podcast you'll ever hear (the answer to the last one is 'yes', you can have that for free), then it's time for you to....Ask The Nincompoops!


    This podcast is suitable for all the family!

    If you have a question you want these two geniuses to ask, just send it, with your name and age, to [email protected] - and we'll try to answer them in an upcoming episode!

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    24 min
  • Episode 7: How Do We Turn Into Sausages Into Energy?

    For the first time in human history, the tremendously clever grown-ups Andy Stanton (a bearded man behind the beloved Mr Gum books) and Carrie Quinlan (an unbearded woman who comes out of your radio) will be sharing the vast knowledge they've gained during their lifetimes with some children who, frankly, know nothing. Honestly, joking apart, these kids are almost shamefully ignorant. I blame the parents.


    Armed with five questions, every episode sees two children being informed and educated by Carrie (a clever grown-up) and Andy (who is also a clever grown-up.) So if you want to know how we turn sausages into energy, why you've not been eaten by a polar bear, and whether this the best podcast you'll ever hear (the answer to the last one is 'yes', you can have that for free), then it's time for you to....Ask The Nincompoops!


    This podcast is suitable for all the family!


    But WARNING! It discusses farting and there's some big burps, so if that DISGUSTS and/or HORRIFIES you, you've been warned!

    If you have a question you want these two geniuses to ask, just send it, with your name and age, to [email protected] - and we'll try to answer them in an upcoming episode!

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    23 min
  • Episode 6: Why Are Oranges Called Oranges?

    For the first time in human history, the tremendously clever grown-ups Andy Stanton (a bearded man behind the beloved Mr Gum books) and Carrie Quinlan (an unbearded woman who comes out of your radio) will be sharing the vast knowledge they've gained during their lifetimes with some children who, frankly, know nothing. Honestly, joking apart, these kids are almost shamefully ignorant. I blame the parents.


    Armed with five questions, every episode sees two children being informed and educated by Carrie (a clever grown-up) and Andy (who is also a clever grown-up.) So if you want to know why oranges are called oranges, who invented dance, and whether this the best podcast you'll ever hear (the answer to the last one is 'yes', you can have that for free), then it's time for you to....Ask The Nincompoops!


    This podcast is suitable for all the family!

    If you have a question you want these two geniuses to ask, just send it, with your name and age, to [email protected] - and we'll try to answer them in an upcoming episode!

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    22 min
  • Episode 5: Why Is A Ruler Called A Ruler?

    For the first time in human history, the tremendously clever grown-ups Andy Stanton (a bearded man behind the beloved Mr Gum books) and Carrie Quinlan (an unbearded woman who comes out of your radio) will be sharing the vast knowledge they've gained during their lifetimes with some children who, frankly, know nothing. Honestly, joking apart, these kids are almost shamefully ignorant. I blame the parents.


    Armed with five questions, every episode sees two children being informed and educated by Carrie (a clever grown-up) and Andy (who is also a clever grown-up.) So if you want to know why a ruler is called a ruler, how deep the Loch Ness ocean is, and whether this the best podcast you'll ever hear (the answer to the last one is 'yes', you can have that for free), then it's time for you to....Ask The Nincompoops!


    This podcast is suitable for all the family!

    If you have a question you want these two geniuses to ask, just send it, with your name and age, to [email protected] - and we'll try to answer them in an upcoming episode!

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    20 min
  • Episode 4: Does Time Only Go Forward?

    For the first time in human history, the tremendously clever grown-ups Andy Stanton (a bearded man behind the beloved Mr Gum books) and Carrie Quinlan (an unbearded woman who comes out of your radio) will be sharing the vast knowledge they've gained during their lifetimes with some children who, frankly, know nothing. Honestly, joking apart, these kids are almost shamefully ignorant. I blame the parents.


    Armed with five questions, every episode sees two children being informed and educated by Carrie (a clever grown-up) and Andy (who is also a clever grown-up.) So if you want to know if time only goes forward, who names the historical eras, and whether this the best podcast you'll ever hear (the answer to the last one is 'yes', you can have that for free), then it's time for you to....Ask The Nincompoops!


    This podcast is suitable for all the family!

    If you have a question you want these two geniuses to ask, just send it, with your name and age, to [email protected] - and we'll try to answer them in an upcoming episode!

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    21 min
  • Episode 3: Why Don't Humans Have Stripes?

    For the first time in human history, the tremendously clever grown-ups Andy Stanton (a bearded man behind the beloved Mr Gum books) and Carrie Quinlan (an unbearded woman who comes out of your radio) will be sharing the vast knowledge they've gained during their lifetimes with some children who, frankly, know nothing. Honestly, joking apart, these kids are almost shamefully ignorant. I blame the parents.


    Armed with five questions, every episode sees two children being informed and educated by Carrie (a clever grown-up) and Andy (who is also a clever grown-up.) So if you want to know who invented words, what the opposite of a kettle is, and whether this the best podcast you'll ever hear (the answer to the last one is 'yes', you can have that for free), then it's time for you to....Ask The Nincompoops!


    This podcast is suitable for all the family!

    If you have a question you want these two geniuses to ask, just send it, with your name and age, to [email protected] - and we'll try to answer them in an upcoming episode!

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    25 min
  • Episode 2: What's the Opposite of a Kettle?

    For the first time in human history, the tremendously clever grown-ups Andy Stanton (a bearded man behind the beloved Mr Gum books) and Carrie Quinlan (an unbearded woman who comes out of your radio) will be sharing the vast knowledge they've gained during their lifetimes with some children who, frankly, know nothing. Honestly, joking apart, these kids are almost shamefully ignorant. I blame the parents.


    Armed with five questions, every episode sees two children being informed and educated by Carrie (a clever grown-up) and Andy (who is also a clever grown-up.) So if you want to know who invented words, what the opposite of a kettle is, and whether this the best podcast you'll ever hear (the answer to the last one is 'yes', you can have that for free), then it's time for you to....Ask The Nincompoops!


    This podcast is suitable for all the family!

    If you have a question you want these two geniuses to ask, just send it, with your name and age, to [email protected] - and we'll try to answer them in an upcoming episode!

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    25 min
  • Episode 1: Who Invented Cheese?

    For the first time in human history, the tremendously clever grown-ups Andy Stanton (a bearded man behind the beloved Mr Gum books) and Carrie Quinlan (an unbearded woman who comes out of your radio) will be sharing the vast knowledge they've gained during their lifetimes with some children who, frankly, know nothing. Honestly, joking apart, these kids are almost shamefully ignorant. I blame the parents.


    Armed with five questions, every episode sees two children being informed and educated by Carrie (a clever grown-up) and Andy (who is also a clever grown-up.) So if you want to know who invented cheese, why the grass is green, and whether this the best podcast you'll ever hear (the answer to the last one is 'yes', you can have that for free), then it's time for you to....Ask The Nincompoops!


    This podcast is suitable for all the family!

    If you have a question you want these two geniuses to ask, just send it, with your name and age, to [email protected] - and we'll try to answer them in an upcoming episode!

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    23 min
  • Ask The Nincompoops - Coming Friday 28th September 2018!

    Coming on Friday 28th September, it's Ask The Nincompoops!


    For the first time in human history, the tremendously clever grown-ups Andy Stanton (a bearded man behind the beloved Mr Gum books) and Carrie Quinlan (an unbearded woman who comes out of your radio) will be sharing the vast knowledge they've gained during their lifetimes with some children who, frankly, know nothing. Honestly, joking apart, these kids are almost shamefully ignorant. I blame the parents.


    Armed with five questions, every episode sees two children being informed and educated by Carrie (a clever grown-up) and Andy (who is also a clever grown-up.) So if you want to know who invented cheese, why the grass is green, and whether this the best podcast you'll ever hear (the answer to the last one is 'yes', you can have that for free), then it's time for you to....Ask The Nincompoops!


    This podcast is suitable for all the family! With the exception of Grandad, who will probably find it too "new-fangled" because it's a podcast. Sure, you've explained to him that it's just radio on-demand, but even that seems to go over his head. Why not just set him up with a sherry and try and keep him away from us, yeah? Thanks.

    If you have a question you want these two geniuses to ask, just send it, with your name and age, to [email protected] - and we'll try to answer them in an upcoming episode!

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    2 min

About Ask The Nincompoops

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A riotously funny all-ages podcast where Andy Stanton (author of the Mr Gum books, extremely bright) and Carrie Quinlan (of Radio 4, also…

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