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June 11, 2024Top 5 sonic logos
Just like every brand has a visual logo, every accomplished brand has an audio – or sonic – logo too. Everything from the Netflix “tudum” to the noise your computer makes when it starts up… even the cap on the bottle of soda; it’s all been designed to be memorable.

Professional voice actor Jodi Krangle joins Mark to discuss all things sonic branding, and to pick their combined top 5 list of sonic logos.

(00:00) - Your kettle has a sonic brand
(00:30) - Introduction
(00:53) - Why is audio branding important?
(03:01) - Jodi’s pick: Intel
(06:31) - Mark’s pick: Sega
(09:00) - Jodi’s pick: McDonald’s
(12:16) - Mark’s pick: KFC
(13:14) - Jodi’s pick: Netflix
(15:08) - Mark’s pick: macOS startup chime
(17:53) - Jodi’s pick: State Farm
(19:37) - Mark’s pick: Cadbury
(21:34) - Jodi’s pick: Renault
(23:55) - Mark’s pick: Xbox 360
(24:49) - Midamble
(27:14) - Building the final list
(28:14) - Honourable mentions
(32:15) - Making people pay attention
(35:16) - Pearl and Dean
(36:15) - The Audio Branding podcast

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40 min
June 04, 2024Top 5 attractions at Disney’s Magic Kingdom
Where can you go to get a goodnight kiss, see a big wienie, and drink your way around the world? Why, Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom of course!
This week, Mark is joined by Disney turbo-enthusiast James Smith, to create the definitive list of things you can do in the happiest place on earth.
(00:00) - Cold open
(00:14) - Introduction
(01:42) - The changing parks
(03:16) - James’s pick: The Haunted Mansion
(08:21) - Mark’s pick: Space Mountain
(14:55) - James’s pick: Pirates of the Caribbean
(19:33) - Mark’s pick: Evening fireworks
(22:48) - James’s pick: Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
(25:17) - Drink your way through Disney World
(26:38) - Mark’s pick: Cinderella Castle
(31:59) - James’s pick: Peter Pan’s Flight
(35:21) - Mark’s pick: Parades
(39:34) - James’s pick: Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover
(42:37) - Mark’s pick: Jungle cruise
(45:31) - A brief sitdown
(46:25) - The Big Minute
(48:28) - Building the final list
(51:11) - Honourable mentions
(53:02) - Disney Facts and Figment

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56 min
May 28, 2024Top 5 films that give us the creeps
If they don’t leave you humming to yourself during your midnight pee, then they don’t qualify.
Standup comic Luke Gallacher joins Mark to discuss films that give them the absolute ick, and put them in the correct order.
(00:00) - We don’t want famous people in our horrors
(00:12) - It begins
(01:26) - In this house we do horror
(02:46) - Luke’s pick: Nightmare on Elm Street
(05:18) - Mark’s pick: Midsommar
(07:46) - Luke’s pick: Paranormal Activity
(10:11) - Mark’s pick: the Babadook
(13:17) - Luke’s pick: Hereditary
(17:50) - Mark’s pick: A Clockwork Orange
(19:21) - Luke’s pick: Smile
(24:42) - Mark’s pick: The Blair Witch Project
(29:50) - Luke’s pick: The Conjuring
(32:07) - Luke’s pick: The Witch
(33:02) - Mark’s pick: Mama
(35:13) - You can open your eyes now
(37:22) - Get List Envy +
(38:52) - Coming up
(39:37) - Building the final list
(42:04) - Honourable mentions
(45:26) - The end…?

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Find Luke at a comedy venue near you. If there’s an open mic or a competition, chances are he’ll be there.
48 min
May 21, 2024Top 5 haunted locations
“Let’s get away to this old European castle”, he said. “It’ll be romantic”, he said. Then you find your husband’s EVP meter in your carry-on luggage and you remember you married a writer of real-life ghost stories.
John Olson, author of the Stranger Bridgerland book series joins Mark to discuss places that will creep you the hell out.
(00:00) - The Stair Monster
(00:07) - Introduction
(00:53) - The 100 Year-old House
(04:03) - The Man in the Hat
(05:03) - Where is the evidence?
(06:38) - John’s pick: the Queen Mary
(10:32) - Mark’s pick: 284 Green Street
(12:29) - John’s pick: The Stanley Hotel, Colorado
(16:15) - Mark’s pick: The Catacombs underneath Paris
(19:04) - John’s pick: Pavaglia
(21:19) - Mark’s pick: Aokigahara
(24:06) - John’s pick: Waverly Hills Sanatorium
(26:44) - Mark’s pick: Zvíkov Castle, Czech Republic
(28:21) - John’s pick: The Bigelow Hotel, Ogden
(31:02) - Midamble
(32:36) - Get List Envy +
(34:22) - Coming up
(35:11) - Building the final list
(36:16) - Honourable mentions
(36:55) - Stranger Bridgerland

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The Stranger Bridgerland podcast
41 min
May 14, 2024Top 5 British sitcoms of the 1980s
We’ve got some half-priced cracked ice, codpieces, yellow coats and goldfish shoals nibbling at toes. That can mean only one thing – your podcast app is on the blink again.
Jon Bounds rejoins Mark to discuss their top-5 80s sitcoms from the UK. There is a very long long-list.
(00:00) - Jon moved Dead Elvis
(00:07) - Introduction
(00:53) - What makes a sitcom?
(02:27) - Jon’s pick: Only Fools and Horses
(07:19) - Mark’s pick: The Young Ones
(11:29) - Jon’s pick: Hi-de-Hi
(15:08) - Mark’s pick: Blackadder
(21:15) - Jon’s pick: Yes Minister
(26:49) - Mark’s pick: Red Dwarf
(31:15) - Jon’s pick: Colin’s Sandwich
(33:54) - Mark’s pick: Auf Wiedersehen Pet
(37:27) - You have been watching
(38:18) - Get List Envy +
(40:10) - Coming up
(41:19) - Building the final list
(43:06) - Honourable mentions
(47:18) - Trigger’s Broom

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51 min
May 07, 2024Top 5 Eurovision songs of 2024
Sequins, ethnic-sounding instruments, scantily-clad androgynous gimps, wolves in tailored suits. It’s here. It’s Eurovision. Get used to it.
Cat Turner joins Mark to sift through all 37 Eurovision 2024 semifinalists to discover which are objectively the best 5.
(00:00) - Who chooses hockey over Eurovision?
(00:08) - Introduction
(02:00) - Memories of Eurovision past
(04:28) - How Mark got Eurovision wrong
(05:13) - Cat’s pick: Baby Lasagna - Rim Tim Tagi Dim
(07:36) - Mark’s pick: Aiko - Pedestal
(10:26) - Cat’s pick: Joost Klein - Europapa
(12:39) - Mark’s pick: Bambie Thug - Doomsday Blue
(14:22) - Sweden don’t want to host again
(15:25) - Cat’s pick: 5Minust x Puuluup - (Nendest) Narkootikumidest ei Tea Me
(18:24) - Mark’s pick: Nemo - The Code
(21:17) - Cat’s pick: Electric Fields - One Milkali (One Blood)
(22:57) - Mark’s pick: Ladaniva - Jako
(25:05) - Cat’s pick: Olly Alexander - Dizzy
(27:23) - Mark’s pick: Windows95man - No Rules!
(29:51) - Vote now!
(30:41) - Get List Envy +
(31:43) - Coming up
(33:00) - Building the final list
(33:57) - Honourable mentions
(36:32) - See you at the finals

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38 min
April 30, 2024Top 5 British standups you have to see live
Those “You had to be there” moments; the jokes that made you cry but you can no longer remember; the savage putdown of the ambitious heckler. These are the moments that distinguish live comedy from what you can get on Netflix.
This week, new standup Dave Bond joins Mark to discuss their top-5 British standups you can currently see live… and simply must!
(00:00) - A first
(00:08) - Introduction
(00:55) - Make ‘em laugh
(03:55) - Dave’s pick: Peter Kay
(08:01) - Mark’s pick: Daniel Kitson
(10:25) - Dave’s pick: Jimmy Carr
(13:58) - Mark’s pick: Sarah Millican
(17:27) - Dave’s pick: Neil Delamere
(19:55) - Mark’s pick: Ross Noble
(23:03) - Dave’s pick: James Cook
(24:05) - Mark’s pick: Nina Conti
(27:13) - Dave’s pick: Greg Davies
(28:41) - Intermission
(31:52) - Get List Envy +
(33:10) - Coming up
(34:50) - Building the final list
(38:44) - Honourable mentions
(41:48) - More of Dave Bond

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43 min
April 23, 2024Top 5 Korean TV romcoms
Everyone’s pretty, everyone eventually gets down to it, no-one throws up, and occasionally steam comes out of someone’s ears. Is there more to cute Korean dramas than this?
Turns out yes, yes there is, as positive psychologist and K-drama stan Anya Pearse explains.
(00:00) - A lot of thought wente into this
(00:11) - Introduction
(00:57) - What makes K-dramas different?
(04:39) - Anya’s pick: Extraordinary Attorney Woo
(09:02) - Mark’s pick: I am Not a Robot
(12:50) - Anya’s pick: Are You Human?
(16:21) - Mark’s pick: Strong Girl Bong-soon
(22:03) - Anya’s pick: Navillera
(25:58) - Mark’s pick: Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha
(30:10) - Anya’s pick: Rookie Historian Goo Hae-ryung
(34:13) - Mark’s pick: It’s OK Not to be OK
(38:27) - Anya’s pick: 100 Days My Prince
(40:42) - Mark’s pick: Queen of Tears
(42:31) - We’re on a break!
(44:24) - Get List Envy +
(45:37) - Back to the show
(45:46) - Building the final list
(46:45) - Honourable mentions
(47:40) - Strong female leads need not apply

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If this episode has made you happy and you want to keep feeling happy, Anya’s Unlocking Happiness online summit is available to watch for free.
50 min
April 14, 2024Top 5 emoji reactions
Whether you’re 🤩, 😡, or 🫤 about them, emoji are a useful way to express in one tiny image what would take reams of text to express.
So today, George Chachanidze rejoins Mark to pick their top 5 emoji reactions, and create a definitive list.
(00:00) - 👋
(00:17) - Introduction
(01:08) - History of the emoji
(05:14) - George’s pick: 😂
(08:16) - Mark’s pick: 🤗
(10:16) - George’s pick: 🤔
(12:11) - Mark’s pick: 🙏
(14:09) - George’s pick: 👍
(17:03) - Mark’s pick: 👋
(18:49) - George’s pick: 👀
(20:31) - Mark’s pick: 😘
(24:11) - George’s pick: 👉👈
(26:14) - Mark’s pick: 🐴
(28:03) - ✂️
(28:56) - Join List Envy +
(29:57) - Back to the show
(30:11) - Building the final list
(32:47) - Honourable mentions
(36:57) - More of George
You can find George all over the socials @GeorgeProbably, and via his blog.
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38 min
April 14, 2024Top 5 Simpsons characters
Stuart Moore joins Mark to discuss their top-5 characters from America’s longest-running animated show.
Snowball II, Groundskeeper Willy, Frank Grimes. These are just some of the characters that get absolutely no mention in this week’s episode.
(00:00) - Do the Bartman
(00:25) - Introduction
(01:22) - Changing voices of the Simpsons
(04:40) - Stuart's pick: Homer Simpson
(10:17) - Mark's pick: Ralph Wiggum
(12:51) - Stuart's pick: Lisa Simpson
(15:57) - Mark's pick: Hank Scorpio
(18:00) - Stuart's pick: Disco Stu
(20:01) - Mark's pick: Dr Nick Riviera
(23:06) - Stuart's pick: Sideshow Bob
(25:49) - Mark's pick: Professor Frink
(28:52) - Stuart's pick: Mr Burns
(31:28) - Mark's pick: Gil Gunderson
(33:36) - Get List Envy +
(34:58) - Back to the show
(35:27) - Building the final list
(36:09) - Honourable mentions
(42:16) - More of Stuart Moore

Find Stuart @StuartVincentMoore wherever you’re social, and check out the Dandelions Poetry Podcast.
44 min

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