05/01/2026

"Buffalo buffalo? Buffalo sh**!"

Was Jesus the son of God? Is Buffalo Buffalo a grammatical sentence? This episode it's the twelve disciples! Let's memorise those blessed buddies, cherubic chums, messianic mates. Listen on for the book of Q (not a Star Trek reference) and how to pronounce Q in Arabic!

Psycholoscopes Leather

Mnemonics and Deep Dive Twelve Disciples Four Gospels

New Accent Please

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Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

22/12/2025

"I used to hate buying presents"

Merry Christmas! This week it's five reindeers prancing (why are they called "rein" deer?), four German zoos, three types of gift I give my family, two knees-a-clicking (not mine), and a partridge in a pear tree!

Ministry of Rightspeak Quintuplicate letters

What's Dis Reindeer, Caribou

Something Different The Twelve Days of Christmas

Cryptic Corner

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Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

Also featuring the songs:

"Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" by Johnny Marks and Robert L. May performed by Mmm De, YouTube.

"Deck the Halls" performed by Kevin MacLeod.

01/12/2025

"Stranger Things season five means nothing to me"

Fetch! Sit! Watch every Wes Anderson film! This week it's dog breeds. Are St Bernards truly blessed? Are terriers terrible? Are whippets always huffing gas? Tune in to find out!

Harvey Dudgeon Knots

Etymology Dog breeds

Cryptic Corner

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Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

Also featuring the songs:

"Nymphetamine (Fix)" by Cradle of Filth.

"Gotta catch 'em all!" by John Siegler and John Loeffler performed by Jason Paige.

"Tossed Salads and Scrambled Eggs" by Bruce Miller and Darryl Phinnesse performed by Sid and the Comeds.

29/09/2025

"Your whole system falls apart"

Will the real Slim Shady please explain English conditionals. With pleasure! And which spice is known as the stinking gum? Tune in to hear why Anti-Lock Braking is actually the nanny state.

Oxford New Words

Plants of Interest Asafoetida

Motor Scrap Auto Service Anti-lock braking

Punch Up The Psalm Psalm 101: I will sing of mercy and judgment

New Accent Please

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Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

Also featuring songs by Eminem.

15/09/2025

"Did you know that Boris Johnson paints buses?"

This week I do evil work for evil people. Who Googlewashes the Googlewashers? Listen on to hear about the bear who joined the Polish army. He ate cigarettes and has a very easy to pronounce name, honest!

Psycholoscopes Egyptian pyramids

Elemental Mercury

Mnemonics US universities

Did Someone Say Puzzles

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Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

01/09/2025

"A cast list is so exciting"

Sam and Ella are totally toxic, dude. Oh, I mean Salmonella. Tune in for dastardly diseases, Superdrug soaps, and Daniel Bedingfield. I gotta get thru this copious diarrhoea!

Ministry of Rightspeak False rhymes

What's Dis Salmonella, Typhoid, Typhus

Double Platinum Discs Daniel Bedingfield - Gotta Get Thru This

Cryptic Corner

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Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

18/08/2025

"Liar Liar has aged pretty well"

Cerulean. Azure. Cyan. Indigo? It's not purple! This week I'm feeling anything but blue. Plus Alma Levant Hayden's excellent adventure where she wipes out totally bogus quackery. Dude!

Harvey Dudgeon Horse breeds

Etymology Blue

Cambridge Analytics

Great Women of Science Alma Levant Hayden

Cryptic Corner

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Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

04/08/2025

"Self driving cars are... here?"

Which Egyptian deity was exceptionally well-endowed? And are robots coming for your large intestine? Whoops, I mean your job. Tune in to find out!

Oxford New Words

That's An Organ Caecum

Snog Mythology Avoid Sihuanaba, Min, Red Ghost

New Accent Please

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Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

21/07/2025

"You can wear clothes inside out"

It's a bumper episode as I tell you all of funky Will.i.am Shakespeare's plays and how to memorise them. Plus a list of all the people I've kissed! TMI.

Psycholoscopes Mint plants

Mnemonics and Deep Dive Shakespeare's plays

Cryptic Corner

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Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

Also featuring the songs:

"Knights of Cydonia" Written and performed by Muse.

"Can't Take My Eyes Off You" Written by Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio Performed by Heath Ledger, from the film "10 Things I Hate About You" Performed by Morton Harket, from the film "Coneheads" Instrumental version by Atomic Karaoke, from YouTube.

07/07/2025

"This episode is not sponsored by McDonalds but..."

What was that Ribena advert? You know the one! All this talk of anteaters and aardvarks makes me darn thirsty. Tune in to hear my own ABCs of cryptic crosswords. I'm lovin' it!

Ministry of Rightspeak Multiple different vowels

What's Dis Aardvark, Anteaters

Something Different Sega P.Y.S.S.

Wonder Where I Am

Cryptic Corner

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Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley