Joe’s silent defenders emerge from the shadows this week to defend his honour and fact check the fact checker on everything from hair care to the global availability of black pudding.

There are strange childhood recipes pored over, and  a historic tale of a strange end has one listener asking us what would be the most undignified legacy to leave behind.

Joe proves himself surprisingly conventional in a couple of ways, but retains his all-round pessimism even in the face of a fairly staggering stat from one listener.

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